The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine on the University of Connecticut Health Center campus, in Farmington, Conn., facilitates the discovery of personalized treatments for cancer, diabetes, immunology, neurodegenerative disorders, and microbiology based on information derived from an individual’s genome.
While world leaders gathered this week at the G-7 Summit in Germany discussed the impacts of climate change globally, Robin Guenther, a principal with Perkins+Will (New York office), is focusing on what it means to healthcare facilities in the U.S.
The principal at Boulder Associates Architects discusses the top five trends and issues getting her attention right now.
The population of Fort Collins, Colo., has increased by more than 30 percent since 2000. To help meet the healthcare needs of this fast-growing city, the University of Colorado Health System needed to expand its Poudre Valley Outpatient Cancer Center.
Body mass index, or BMI, has been the traditional benchmark for classifying obesity, which affects more than 60 million adults in the U.S. But Christopher Upton, a project manager at the University of Texas Office of Facilities, Planning, and Construction (Austin, Texas), says that the system falls short in adequately defining the bariatric patient population.
Studio Dental Inc. is making it a lot harder for patients to put off their biannual cleanings. Founders Dr. Sara Creighton and CEO Lowell Caulder have created the 26-foot-long Studio Dental Mobile Unit to deliver dental services to offices around San Francisco.
The goal is to provide a convenient experience that’s a balance of high-tech and serene office space—all within a 230-square-foot interior.
Obesity is a problem in this country that’s not going away, says Christopher Upton, a project manager at the University of Texas Office of Facilities, Planning, and Construction (Austin, Texas).
Wanderlust has led Jennie Evans to many different parts of the world. At a young age, she would look through travel books and pick out spots she wanted to visit. “I was always thinking beyond my current geography,” she says.
She’s traveled to several continents, including Asia, South America, and Europe, and a few years ago fulfilled a life-long dream backpacking along the Salkantay Trail to the Incas in Peru.
For someone who, in his own words, didn’t particularly like school, George Mann has built quite a career in academia.
One thing is for certain when it comes to master planning in healthcare today: The process is a lot different than it was 10, even 5, years ago. While in the past, hospitals looked mainly at where to build, these days, the conversation is about that and so much more.
“Master planning is all about gathering data,” says Craig Piper, senior principal/operations leader, SMRT (Portland, Maine).
Concerned with declining job satisfaction among its physician members related to shifting job responsibilities, data overload, and diminishing time spent with patients, the American Medical Association (AMA) set out to design a simulated medical environment where solutions to such issues can be put to the test.
Growing up in southern Indiana on a parcel of his grandfather’s farm provided the perfect setting for a young Paul Strohm to discover his love for creating things.
“I was a kid who ran around the farm a lot and I built things—forts, tree houses, structures,” says Strohm, now a senior vice president and director of healthcare at HOK (St. Louis) and the HCD 10 Architect for his work in 2014.
