News, Recent Publications, and Events

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A Toast to Dr. Craig Zimring

We recently celebrated Dr. Craig Zimring, who transitioned to Emeritus Faculty this past fall, at the Healthcare Design of the Future Showcase. Colleagues and students, from around the world of Dr. Zimring, put together a thank you video.

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Healthcare Design of the Future Event

The Healthcare Design of the Future class displayed projects focused on improving the mental and behavioral health crisis experience for patients, families, and staff.

Click the link below to view all the projects and learn more.

2023 CEP Symposium

On February 17, 2023 Researchers, stakeholders, staff, members, care partners, and community members gathered at the Cognitive Empowerment Program for its annual Research Symposium.

Discussions revolved around the Center’s progress and future directions, and learning about the various research studies that were conducted in the previous year. Some of these projects investigated sleep quality and the impact it has on cognition, while others focused on how artificial intelligence can be a helpful tool used to facilitate completing common daily tasks such as activities in the kitchen.

Researchers study design alternatives for biocontainment units.

Researchers' Guidelines Could Keep COVID-19 Workers Safe

We produced guidelines that could help protect health care workers as they test and treat COVID-19 patients. The recommendations are contained in a white paper that looks at ways to design biocontainment units so health care workers don’t contaminate themselves when they remove their personal protective equipment (PPE). 

Recent Publications

Cover art for the Empowered by Design report.

Empowered by Design

Impact report

Student projects for the Charlie and Harriet Shaffer Cognitive Empowerment Program.
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L[ux] Lab Hosts Medical Device Usability Study

Ethos Medical and L[ux] Lab

SimTigrate students get hands on experience designing medical device studies.
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Simulation-based frameworks

for healing building envelopes in healthcare design

By Tanmay Anil Naik
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Design Strategies for Biocontainment Units

Creating Safer Environments - White Paper

Zorana Matić, M. Arch, PhD (C), Benton Humphreys, B. Indd, M.S. (C), Jennifer DuBose, M.S., EDAC
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Finding the Right Pieces

HCD Magazine: Strategic Approaches to Design

By Leandro Miletto Tonetto, Jennifer DuBose, Joshua Crews, Craig Zimring
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Clinical and Social Isolation of Patients

HCD 2022

Jill Morgan, RN, Zorana Matić, M. Arch, Ph.D., Leandro Miletto Tonetto, Ph.D., Jennifer DuBose, MS, EDAC

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