Architecture for Health Speaker Program

Spring 2022 Architecture for Health Lecture Series

Speakers Program

Date	Presentation	Speakers
Friday, January 21st	Welcome & Course Review	George J. Mann, AIA Zhipeng Lu, Ph.D.
Friday, January 28th	Keynote Address: Achieving Health — Through Teams, by Design	Nancy W. Dickey, M.D.
Friday, February 4th	Experiencing a Pivotal Moment in World History	Ray Pentecost, DRPH, FAIA, FACHA Zhipeng Lu, Ph.D.
Friday, February 11th	Human-Centered Design: Big Picture to Small Details, Houston Methodist Hospital	Mezio Zangirolami, AIA Renee Fiala, AIA, EDAC Zhouzhou Su, Ph.D., AIA
Friday, February 18th	Born on the Enge, Mbale Centre of Excellence for Newborn Care & Newborn Training, Eastern Region of Uganda	Whitney K. Fuessel, AIA, ACHA, RID, LEED AP Amie Akers
Friday, February 25th	Building a Sustainable Healthcare System in a Third World Country	Dr. Vincent Ohaju, DO Shawn Andaya-Pulliam
Friday, March 4th	Challenges & Opportunities in Planning & Designing Healthcare & Senior Care Environments in Developing Countries	L. Bradford Perkins, FAIA, MRAIC
Friday, March 25th	BUILD	Nick Janzen Travis Andrews Dr. Gordon Carstens
Friday, April 1st	Sustainability, Comfort, & Experience — Leveraging Multi-System Approaches & Data-Driven Design	Mezio Zangirolami, AIA Yin Jiang, Ph.D., LEED Green Assoc.
Friday, April 8th	Global Healthcare Architecture — Tales from Working Abroad: Southeast Asia, China, India	Julia Hager, AIA, LEED AP BD + C Chad Porter, AIA
Friday, April 22nd	Operational Health Facility Planning for the U.S. Army in an International Environment	Col. Christopher F. Drum Autumn Leveridge

Welcome & Course Review

Friday, January 21st

Agenda:

Welcome & Introductions
Review Schedule of Speakers
Review Objectives of Course
Course Requirements

George Mann — **George J. Mann, AIA**
*The Ronald L. Skaggs Endowed Professor of Health Facilities Design; Lecture Series Coordinator*
Texas A&M University, College Station

**Zhipeng Lu, Ph.D.**
*Associate Director, Center for Health Systems & Design; Associate Lecture Series Coordinator*
Texas A&M University, College Station

Keynote Address: Achieving Health — Through Teams, by Design

Friday, January 28th

Nancy Dickey — **Nancy W. Dickey, M.D.**
*President Emeritus, Texas A&M Health Science Center; Executive Director, A&M Rural & Community Health Institute; Professor and Department Head, Department of Primary Care Medicine*
Texas A&M University, College Station

Experiencing a Pivotal Moment in World History

Friday, February 4th

**Ray Pentecost, DRPH, FAIA, FACHA**
*Director, Center for Health Systems & Design*
Texas A&M University, College Station

Human-Centered Design: Big Picture to Small Details, Houston Methodist Hospital

Friday, February 11th

Mezio Zangirolami 1 — **Mezio Zangirolami, AIA**
*Lead Designer, Architecture; Associate Principal*
EYP, Houston

**Renee Fiala, AIA, EDAC**
*Project Medical Planner; Associate Principal*
EYP, Houston

ZhouZhou Su — **Zhouzhou Su, Ph.D., AIA**
*Medical Planner; Senior Associate*
EYP, Houston

Born on the Enge, Mbale Centre of Excellence for Newborn Care & Newborn Training, Eastern Region of Uganda

Friday, February 18th

Whitney Fuessel — **Whitney K. Fuessel, AIA, ACHA, RID, LEED AP**
*Director of Health; Principal*
HKS, Houston

**Amie Akers**
*Medical Planner; Associate*
HKS, Houston

Building a Sustainable Healthcare System in a Third World Country

Friday, February 25th

The Vincent Obioma Ohaju Memorial (VOOM) Foundation was established to raise the standard of care and create a sustainable medical program in Nigeria. The Nigerian healthcare system is poorly developed and suffers from several recent epidemics. Despite Nigeria’s strategic position in Africa, the country is greatly underserved in the healthcare sphere. Health facilities, expertise, personnel, medical equipment, and major diagnostic modalities are inadequate, especially in rural areas.

**Dr. Vincent Ohaju, DO**
*Trauma Medical Director; Chief of Surgery*
CHI St. Joseph Health, College Station

Shawn Andaya Pulliam — **Shawn Andaya-Pulliam**
*Executive Director, Development & Sustainability*
VOOM Foundation, College Station

Challenges & Opportunities in Planning & Designing Healthcare & Senior Care Environments in Developing Countries

Friday, March 4th

**L. Bradford Perkins, FAIA, MRAIC**
*Chairman; Co-founder*
Perkins Eastman Architects, New York City

BUILD

Friday, March 25th

BUILD’s long-term vision is to unite the student body at Texas A&M University through the completion of an annual university-wide service project, which involves converting 40-foot shipping containers into Texas Aggie Medical Clinics (TAMCs). Since 2014, the students of BUILD have deployed 36 TAMCs to communities in more than 20 countries around the world to provide medical services to people in need. These TAMCs have been dedicated in honor of the students who lost their lives during the 1999 Aggie Bonfire tragedy, and to Aggie veterans who have died serving our country since 9/11. From the start, BUILD has embodied the Aggie core value of selfless service and has provided a tangible way for students at A&M to continue to give back to our campus environment and the global community. It is BUILD’s goal that this university-wide service project will become a mainstay tradition in Aggieland.

Additional information may be found on BUILD’s website.