Spring 2016 Architecture-For-Health Lecture Series

When:  Apr 29, 2016 from 11:30 AM to 12:20 PM (CT)

Theme: Toward World Class Specialty Medical Facilities

   Lecture series to focus on impact of healthcare changes and trends

The latest developments in healthcare and their effects on planning and designing world-class specialty hospitals — facilities with a narrower treatment focus than their full-service counterparts — will be discussed by health and design experts during the Spring 2016 Architecture-For-Health Lecture Series at Texas A&M. The lectures, open to the public, will take place on most Fridays at 11:30 a.m. in Langford C105. Earn 1 credit hour.

“Leading public health administrators, physicians, healthcare facility administrators and architects will identify new and emerging design challenges associated with specialty hospitals, which are facilities that provide a limited range of services such as orthopedic surgery or obstetrics,” said George J. Mann, series coordinator and holder of the Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA Endowed Professorship in Health Facilities Design.

The series, “Toward World-Class Specialty Medical Facilities,” is also coordinated by Bita Kash, director of the Center for Health Outcomes Transformation and associate professor, Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health, Macharia Waruingi, chief executive officer of the Ustawi Biomedical Research, Innovation and Industrial Centers of Africa, Inc., Zhipeng Lu, associate director of the Center for Health Systems & Design and Chanam Lee, professor of landscape architecture.

This spring’s Architecture for Health lecture series is a collaborative effort of the Texas A&M College of Architecture, CHSD, CHOT, and the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health.