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Finding the Human, in the Pathway of Research to Impact
Part of the BCTR’s Talks at Twelve series.
This talk explores the pathway of translating research into impact through a case study on a multidisciplinary partnership to enhance medication adherence for community-dwelling older adults with cognitive impairment. It will overview the application of a human-centered approach and team science to empower all stakeholders while overcoming obstacles to maximize impact and reach underserved populations.
Rana Sagha Zadeh, M.Arch., Ph.D., Associate AIA, LEED AP, EDAC, is an associate professor and the co-director and co-founder of the Health Design Innovations Lab (HDIL, affiliated with the Institute for Healthy Futures) in the Department of Human Centered Design at Cornell Human Ecology and a visiting associate professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine.
Dr. Zadeh’s team received the Innovation Incubator Award and the Novel Technology Award from the Clinical and Translational Science Center and Weill Cornell Medical College. She also received the Center for Health Design’s 2012-13 New Investigator Award for her high-quality research in evidence-based healthcare design and the 2013 Architectural Research Centers Consortium’s King Medal for innovation, integrity, and scholarship in environmental design research.
Dr. Zadeh specializes in evidence-based and human-centered healthcare design. Zadeh’s work focuses on improving the quality of life and management of symptoms for individuals who experience chronic, advanced or life-limiting illness, and optimizing working environments and caring experience for their formal and informal caregivers.
