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Paul J Fearis

Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Overview


Paul Fearis joined Duke after 28 years in the medical device design consulting industry with PDD, Sagentia and latterly his own consultancy Clinvue.

Originally trained in Industrial Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art and in Mechanical Design at Cranfield Institute of Technology in the United Kingdom, Paul helped to define and bring to market a broad range of medical devices for both multinational corporations and startups in the United States and around the world.

Paul specializes in human-centric product design with particular emphasis on front-end innovation and product specification processes, including ethnographic observational research and the identification of unmet, underserved and unarticulated clinical/stakeholder needs.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering · 2021 - Present Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

Education, Training & Certifications


Royal College of Art (United Kingdom) · 1990 M.A.