Dr. Rammohan (Ram) Maikala joined the National Safety Council, USA, in November 2021 as a Subject Matter Expert and Program Technical Consultant for the MSD Solutions Lab. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of Ergonomics by Design. Previously, he worked as a Senior Injury Prevention and Ergonomics Program Specialist at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington, for seven years. At Providence, Ram taught and trained hospital staff on safe patient handling and mobility.

Before he arrived at Providence in October 2014, Ram was a Research Scientist for more than 12 years at the Center for Physical Ergonomics, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Ram has a Doctoral degree in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Masters in Industrial Engineering with special emphasis on Ergonomics and Safety Engineering from West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, and a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, Telengana, India. He is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.