Every Wednesday at noon during the fall 2008 semester, Texas A&M College of Architecture students will have an opportunity to hear leading professionals from the allied healthcare professions discuss relevant issues related to health care and healthcare facilities design as part of the semester-long Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series.
The public lectures, held in Room 006 of the Williams Administration Building on the Texas A&M campus, are sponsored by the Center for Health Systems & Design, the Health Industry Advisory Council, Student Health Environments Association and Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture.
Topics and featured speakers include:
Aug. 27
“The Epidemiologic Transition”
Featuring Ken McLeroy, professor with the Department of Social and Behavioral Health in the Texas A&M Health Science Center’s School of Rural Public Health.
Sept. 3
“It’s not Just About Hospitals”
Featuring Jean Mah, FAIA, FACHA, LEED AP, principal of national healthcare practice leader Perkins + Will Architects of Los Angeles, California.
Sept. 10
“A Nurse’s Perspective on Hospital Design”
Featuring Teri Oelrich, MBA, BSN, RN, principal with NBBJ in Seattle, Washington.
Sept. 17
“Research & Design for Health”
Featuring Derek Parker, FAIA, RIBA, FACHA, director of Anshen+Allen Architects in San Francisco, Calif.
Sept. 24
“Maximum Flexibility Through Standardization”
Featuring James R. Diaz, FAIA, FACHA, principal and Lari Diaz, AIA, both with with Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz, Architects in San Francisco, Calif.
Oct. 1
“A Tale of Two Graduates: A Week in the Life of Ashley and Alejandro After Graduating from Texas A&M”
Featuring Ashley N. Dias of HKS Inc. Dallas and Alejandro Iriarte, associate medical planner with WHR Architects, Inc. of Houston, Texas.
Oct. 8
“Master Planning and Design of the Jersey Shore University and Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey”
Featuring LaTonya Whitfield-Horhn, AIA, LEED AP, project manager with PBK Architects in Houston and Tushar Gupta, AIA, NCARB and Marie Hoke, AIA, both principals with WHR Architects, Inc. in Houston.
Oct. 15
“Innovative Healthcare Design”
Featuring James Brinkley, FAIA, ACHA, president of James Brinkley Co. in Seattle, Washington.
Oct. 22
“The Value and Role of STERIS Corporation, a Healthcare Capital Equipment Provider, Brings to the World of Healthcare Education and Architecture”
Featuring Robert J. Spampani, AIA, project manager with Mukilteo, Washington-based STERIS and the company’s corporate liason to the AIA- Academy of Architecture for Health.
Oct. 29
“Research Informing Design: Can Evidence-Based Design Strategies Influence Non-Hospital Spaces?”
Featuring Tama Duffy Day, FASID, IIDA, LEED, AP, principal with Perkins + Will Architects in Washington, D.C.
Nov. 5
“Building Information Modeling”
Featuring Ron Meyer, AIA, NCARB, vice president of HKS, Inc. and Christopher Peck, J.D., AICP, vice president of McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Texas Division, both from Dallas.
Nov. 12
“Healthy Cities and the Design Institutes in China”
Featuring Chang-Shan Huang, PhD., AICP, ASLA, RLA, the Harold L. Adams’ 61 Endowed Interdisciplinary Professor in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University.
Nov. 19
“Critical Issues in the ‘How’ of Healthcare Facilities Design and Construction: Our Experience with ‘Lean’ and Integrated Project Delivery”
Featuring Phillip Sun, AIA, NCARB, ACHA, institutional consulting practice leader with Jacobs Carter Burgess of Dallas, Texas
For additional information on the Fall 2008 Architecture-for-Health Lecture Series, contact Judy Pruitt at 979.845.7009 or jpruitt@tamu.edu.
