PROJECTS
Nurse Burnout: A Social Listening Perspective
Category: Health
Year: Ongoing
UC Davis Study
Category: Education
Funds: UC Davis, HKS, Inc.
Collaborators: CADRE, UC Davis Student Housing and Dining Services, HKS
Location: San Diego, California
Year: 2023
Project Uplift Impacts of School Design on Well-being, First-Gen College Readiness, and Social and Emotional Learning
Category: Education
Funds: HKS Inc., ASID Foundation
Collaborators: CADRE, HKS Inc., Uplift Education, ASID Foundation
Location: Dallas, Texas
Year: 2023
Clinic 20XX: Designing for an Ever-Changing Present (A COVID Era Study)
Category: Health
Collaborators: CADRE & HKS, Inc.
Location: Not Applicable
Year: 2022
Agile Dwelling Units: A Report
Category: Residential
Funds: HKS, Inc. & UTA
Collaborators: CAPPA, UTA, CADRE, HKS
Location: Dallas, Texas
Year: 2022
Resilient Access to Social Connection
Category: Residential
Funds: RRF Foundation for Aging
Collaborators: HKS, RRF, CADRE, PresbyterianVillages of Michigan, Salk, Mass, CommunitiesFirst, Inc., Ideas Institute
Location: Not Applicable
Year: 2021-2022
Student Well-Being on a Live-Learn Campus: A COVID-Era Study
Category: Education
Funds: UC San Diego & HKS, Inc.
Collaborators: UC San Diego, CADRE, ANFA, HKS, Inc.
Location: San Diego, CA
Year: 2021
FleXX: A Study of Flexibility (Contagion Special Edition)
Category: Health
Collaborators: CADRE and HKS, Inc.
Location: Not Applicable
Year: 2020
Clinic 20XX: Designing for an Ever-Changing Present (Telehealth Special Edition)
Category: Health
Collaborators: CADRE and HKS, Inc.
Location: Not Applicable
Year: 2020
FleXX: A Study of Flexibility in Outpatient Settings
Category: Health
Funds: Steelcase, and HKS Inc.
Collaborators: Not Applicable
Location: Not Applicable
Year: 2019
Clinic 20XX: Designing for an Ever-Changing Present (United Kingdom)
Category: Health
Funds: CADRE
Collaborators: HKS, Inc.
Location: Nationwide panel survey
Year: 2018
Point-of-Decision Design (PODD) to Support Healthy Behaviors in the College Campuses
Category: Education
Funds: AIA Upjohn Research Grant, Patcraft, DuPont, McCarthy, and HKS Inc.
Collaborators: Designing4health
Location: Not Applicable
Year: 2016
Personalized Learning, Personalized Place
Category: Education
Funds: ASID Foundation’s Transform Grant, Herman Miller, and HKS Inc.
Collaborators: Dallas Independent School District, Herman Miller, Sally Augustine
Location: Dallas, TX
Year: 2016
Personalized Choice & Wellbeing Towards a Healthy Workplace
Category: Workplace
Funds: HKS Inc.
Collaborators: Not Applicable
Location: Nationwide panel survey
Year: 2015
Clinic 20XX: Designing for an Ever-Changing Present
Category: Health
Funds: JE Dunn Construction and HKS Inc.
Collaborators: Intermountain Healthcare, Adelante Health Care, Five Forks Family Medicine (see full report for the complete list of collaborators)
Location: Nationwide panel survey and three ambulatory clinics in the US
Year: 2015
Staff Perception and Change Engagement Study: The Role of the Environment and the Design Process
Category: Workplace
Funds: Akron Children's Hospital and HKS Inc.
Collaborators: Akron Children's Hospital
Location: Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH
Year: 2015
The Value Analysis of Lean Processes in Design and Integrated Project Delivery
Category: Process
Funds: Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation (AAHF) Research Grant, HKS Inc., and Boldt
Collaborators: Department of Construction Science, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, and Akron Children's Hospitals
Location: Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH
Year: 2015
Optimizing Walking Distances and Visibility in a Med-Surg Unit
Category: Workplace
Funds: ProMedica Healthcare System
Collaborators: ProMedica Healthcare System
Location: ProMedica Toledo Hospital, Toledo, OH
Year: 2014
Healthcare Workplace: A Design Diagnostic of the Surgical ICU
Category: Workplace
Funds: HKS Inc. and Midwest Healthcare System
Collaborators: Midwest Healthcare System
Location: State of Ohio
Year: 2014
Identifying and Examining Micro Physical Environment Factors Contributing to Patient Falls (Texas Tech University Project)
Category: Health
Funds: National Patient Safety Foundation Research Grant
Collaborators: CADRE
Location: Covenant Medical Center, Lubbock, TX and Human-Centric Design Research (HCDR) Lab of Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Year: 2014
Translational Guide for Workplace (Cornell University Project)
Category: Workplace
Funds: HKS Architects, Herman Miller, and EL+R
Collaborators: CADRE and Herman Miller
Location: Not Applicable
Year: 2014
MHS Facility Innovation and Research Model
Category: Process
Funds: Military Health System, US Department of Defense
Collaborators: University of California San Diego (UCSD) StarCAVE and California Institute for Tele-communications and Information Technology (Calit2), Sidney R. Garfield Health Care Innovation Center, Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation (CFI), and Georgia Tech SimTigrate Design Lab
Location: Not Applicable
Year: 2013
Creation of a Facility-Research-Focused Institutional Review Board (IRB) within the MHS
Category: Process
Funds: Military Health System, US Department of Defense
Collaborators: U.S. Department of Defense, Medical Facilities Center of Expertise and Standardization, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location: Not Applicable
Year: 2013
Identifying Elements of the Healthcare Environment that Contribute to Wayfinding
Category: Workplace
Funds: Military Health System, US Department of Defense
Collaborators: Texas Health Resources
Location: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, TX
Year: 2013
Develop and Prioritize Research Questions on Interstitial Building System (IBS)
Category: Process
Funds: Military Health System, US Department of Defense
Collaborators: U.S. Department of Defense, Medical Facilities Center of Expertise and Standardization, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Medical Command, Air Force Steering Group, NIKA Architects + Engineers, Skanska USA Building Inc., Ball State University, Veterans Affairs, TDK Consulting, LLC, Hunt Construction
Location: Not Applicable
Year: 2013
An Empirical Examination of the Impacts of Decentralized Nursing
Category: Workplace
Funds: HKS Inc.
Collaborators: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Location: Three inpatient units of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Year: 2012
Environmental Correlates of Efficiency and Safety in Emergency Departments
Category: Health
Funds: Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation (AAHF) Research Grant and Herman Miller Grant
Collaborators: Herman Miller and Synurgy Healthcare Solutions
Location: Four emergency departments in large US hospitals
Year: 2012
Review of the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Healthcare Facilities, 2010 Edition
Category: Health
Funds: Facility Guidelines Institute and HKS Inc.
Collaborators: Not Applicable
Location: Not Applicable
Year: 2011
Extraneous and Peripheral Factors Impeding Designing for Flexibility
Category: Process
Funds: Herman Miller Grant
Collaborators: School of Nursing, University of Texas, Arlington, TX
Location: Five acute care hospitals across the United States
Year: 2010
Advancing Translational Research by Design (Expert Roundtable)
Category: Health
Funds: HKS Inc.
Collaborators: MedStar Institute for Innovation (MI2) Center for Building Sciences
Location: Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Health, Washington, DC
Year: 2010
Towards Optimizing Inpatient Unit Design and Operation: a Measure to Predict Nurse Walking Distance on Hospital Bed Units
Category: Workplace
Funds: Herman Miller Grant
Collaborators: The Research and Education Institute of the Texas Health Resources
Location: THR System Hospitals
Year: 2010
Membrane Ceilings in Healthcare Environments Study
Category: Process
Funds: US Department of Health and Human Services Grant - 6 HFPEP070012-01-02
Collaborators: Washington Hospital Center, CCRD Partners, and Fluid Dynamics Solutions, Inc.
Location: MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Year: 2009
Influence of Positive Distractions on Children in Hospital Waiting Areas
Category: Health
Funds: American Art Resources, Catherine Meyers Fine Art, Henry Domke Fine Art, Mohawk Carpets
Collaborators: Dallas Children's Medical Center
Location: Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Year: 2009
Patient Room Handedness: An Empirical Examination
Category: Workplace
Funds: Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation (AAHF) Research Grant and Herman Miller Grant
Collaborators: School of Nursing, University of Texas, Arlington, TX
Location: Smart HospitalTM, University of Texas, Arlington, TX
Year: 2009
A Multi-Dimensional Comparative Assessment of Headwall Versus Ceiling Booms in Intensive Care Units
Category: Process
Funds: Getinge USA Grant
Collaborators: University of Texas Southwestern
Location: Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Year: 2008
Impacts of Patient Room Physical Design Configuration on the Care Process, Caregivers and Patients
Category: Workplace
Funds: HKS Inc.
Collaborators: Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Location: Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Year: 2008
A MedModel Decision-Support Study to Assess the Relative Impact of Nurse Servers Over Central Medication Rooms on Nursing Efficiency
Category: Workplace
Funds: HKS Inc.
Collaborators: College of Architecture (PI), Georgia Institute of Technology
Location: Houston Medical Center Neuro-Ortho unit, Warner Robbins, GA
Year: 2007
Relationships between Exterior Views and Nurse Stress: An Exploratory Examination
Category: Workplace
Funds: HKS Inc.
Collaborators: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Location: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and Scottish Rite, Atlanta, GA
Year: 2007
Inpatient Unit Design: Defining the Design Characteristics of a Successful Adaptable Unit
Category: Process
Funds: AIA Research Grant 2006 and Herman Miller Grant
Collaborators: School of Nursing, University of Texas, Arlington, TX and Herman Miller
Location: Six large US hospitals
Year: 2007