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February 2007
DON'T MISS OUR ENVIRONMENTS FOR AGING CONFERENCE APRIL 23-24 Join key stakeholders in government, real estate development, construction, senior housing, architecture, design, academia, and finance to explore the best ways to develop and redevelop all types of communities for the burgeoning baby boom generation. Brought to you by Vendome and The Center for Health Design - producers of the HEALTHCAREDESIGN conference. For program details and registration information, click here. NEW PAPER ON SOUND CONTROL "Sound Control for Improved Outcomes in Healthcare Settings" See complete list of our research reports and papers. NEWS FROM CHER A warm welcome to the newest members of the CHER Research Committee: Paul Barach, MD, MPH, and W. Thomas Schipper, FASHE. Paul is a practicing physician and Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Director of Patient Safety Strategic Planning at the University of Miami, Miami FL. He is a nationally known author and speaker involved in evaluating the role of the built environment in healthcare and its impact on patient safety. Tom is a healthcare facilities engineer and is currently the National Senior Consultant on Environment of Care, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and represents Kaiser in all dealings with regulatory agencies. He is also a current Board Member of the American Society of Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) and has served two terms as President in 1991 and 2005. Look out in the coming weeks for the latest CHER-initiated research study to be released: Limiting the Spread of Infection in the Healthcare Environment. Keep updated about release dates for other upcoming CHER research reports, click here. For general information about CHER, or to purchase completed CHER research reports, visit the CHER pages on the CHD site. NEWS ABOUT THE CENTER We welcome two new staff members to The Center this month. Mark Goodman joins us as Vice President of Project Development. Mark is responsible for managing and directing the research and advocacy initiatives of The Center, including growing and expanding current programs and developing new initiatives. Read his bio here. Amy Keller joins us as Research Associate. Amy is working closely with our Director of Research Anjali Joseph to develop Pebble Project partners' research agendas and to communicate research efforts. She will be also involved in other research projects and provide educational consulting on research topics. Read her bio here.
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