Healthy Communities - Community Health Impact from COVID-19
2021 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: COMMUNITIES
Join an expert panelists discussion of how architecture has contributed to Black, Indigenous, & People of Color communities bearing the brunt of COVID-19, and how we do better going forward-can set up the post-pandemic discussion. They also explore technical concerns contributing to community health such as safe air quality and movement of aerosols as well as social determinants of health and designing for community connection.
Learning objectives
- Learn about community health metrics.
- Consider the coming climate challenges and how to mitigate them (heat island effect, air pollution).
- Discuss what post-COVID neighborhood improvements and community health infrastructure will look like.
- Understand the technical concerns contributing to community health, the social determinants of health, and designing for community connection.
This course is part of a series
- HSW
Instructors
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William Bahnfleth
PhD., PE, Fellow/Presidential Member ASHRAEProfessor of architectural engineering | Pennsylvania State University
William Bahnfleth is a professor of architectural engineering at the Pennsylvania State University... -
Lynne M. Dearborn
PhD, AIAProfessor of Architecture | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Professor Lynne M. Dearborn PhD, AIA, leads curricular development in Health and the Built... -
Cierra Higgins
NOMAHealth Fellow and Designer I | Perkins and Will
Cierra is a native of Kansas City, MO, and recently graduated from Washington University in St.... -
Joanna Lombard
AIA, LEED APProfessor | University of Miami School of Architecture / Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine
Joanna Lombard, is a registered architect and Professor at the University of Miami School of...