College of Agriculture & Natural Resources School of Packaging

Shannon Hoste is a Human Factors Engineer in the Human Factors Pre-Market Evaluation Team of FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), Office of Device Evaluation (ODE), where she reviews Human Factors data for ODE, OIR and pre-market submissions which cross centers. Prior to joining the FDA in January 2015, Shannon spent 18 years in the medical device industry as a Human Factors/ System Engineer and R&D manager. Over this time she has worked within and directed project teams in all phases of product development from front end research to post-market support.  Over her industry career, she had been integrally involved in bringing a wide range of product types to market including devices for home health, telemedicine, surgical applications, laboratory applications, respiratory care, diabetes care and assistive technologies. Shannon has a BS in Mechanical Engineering, MS in Cognitive Systems Engineering and MS in Management.