Ms. Raina Shah is a Principal Consultant in the Human Factors group and directs chemical risk communication activities. She has extensive experience in litigation matters related to chemical hazard communication, occupational health and safety, and consumer product safety and warnings. Her activities have included researching user response to warnings and instructions; evaluating product safety information in consumer, medical, recreational, retail, and occupational contexts; analyzing product and occupational accidents and premises safety issues; and providing general safety and human factors consultation.

Ms. Shah has played an active role in national standards for consumer product warnings and instructions (ANSI Z535), chemical labeling (ANSI Z129.1), and material safety data sheets (ANSI Z400.1), and she has regularly guest lectured at the University of Michigan on topics including hazard communication, driver distraction, and uncertain health and safety risks.

Ms. Shah holds a master’s degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan. She also holds two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Michigan, one in Psychology and another in Industrial and Operations Engineering. While at the University of Michigan, Ms. Shah assisted with research at the University of Michigan Center for Ergonomics in the area of biomechanics and human motion simulation. She also worked in the Human Factors Division of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, where she studied human factors issues related to the design of driver interfaces.

• M.S.E. Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2004)

• B.S.E. Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1999)

• B.S.E. Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1999)