Dr. Benjamin McManus is a Developmental Psychologist and Assistant Director in the UA TRIP Laboratory.
Benjamin McManus, PhD, manages and programs the TRIP lab’s state-of-the-art driving simulator. Dr. McManus has expertise in information processing, attention, human factors, and driving safety in various populations, including workers, adolescents, individuals with developmental disabilities, and older adults. His research focus is occupational injury prevention through the identification of workplace risk factors affecting worker well-being and subsequently impacting critical safety outcomes, namely driving safety. He has 26 publications across a variety of journals, including Accident Analysis and Prevention, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, Journal of Sleep Research, and American Journal of Surgery. Dr. McManus has received funding from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the CDC’s National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for his work. He is currently PI on a NIOSH-funded longitudinal K01 examining sleep, fatigue, and stress as risk factors for motor vehicle crash risk in surgical residents.
Selected Publications:
- McManus, B., Underhill, A., Mrug, S., Anthony, T., & Stavrinos, D. (2021). Gender moderates the relationship between media use and sleep quality. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(4), e13243.
- McManus, B., Galbraith, J. W., Heaton, K., Mrug, S., Ponce, B. A., Porterfield, J. R., Schall, M. C., & Stavrinos, D. (2020). Sleep and stress before and after duty across residency years under 2017 ACGME hours. American Journal of Surgery, 220(1), 83-89.
- McManus, B., Heaton, K., & Stavrinos, D. (2017). Commercial motor vehicle driving performance: An examination of attentional resources and control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23(2), 191-203.
Selected presentations:
- McManus, B. & Stavrinos, D. (2021, October). The effect of prior night sleep on simulated driving performance in medical residents. Short communication presented at the 65th Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN.
- McManus, B. Heaton, K., Mrug, S., Porterfield, J. R., Schall, M. C., & Stavrinos, D. (2018, April). The effect of poor sleep and occupational demands on driving safety in medical residents. Oral presentation at the 62nd Annual Association of the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Scientific Conference. Nashville, TN.
- McManus, B. (2018, April). Effect of occupational demands on driving safety in surgical residents. Presented at the 2018 Southeastern Regional Research Symposium Agenda. Savannah, GA.
- McManus, B., & Stavrinos, D. (2018, January). Impact of stress and sleep on driving safety in medical residents. Presented at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Poster Session at the 97thAnnual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, DC.
- McManus, B., Heaton, K., & Stavrinos, D. (2017, March). Examining attentional resources and control in commercial motor vehicle driving. Presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association. Atlanta, GA.