Healthcare Design - December 2019 - 9

EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Hank Adams
Wayne Barger

EXPOSURE TIME

Sometimes all it takes to attract young people to our
field is giving them the opportunity to experience it
By Jennifer Kovacs Silvis
that talent acquisition is a tricky
task in healthcare design. The sector is already up
against sexier rivals like hospitality, workplace, etc.
Layer on the inherent complexities of the building
type, endless codes, and several-years-long project
schedules, and it all becomes a much tougher sell.
That is, until someone is exposed to it.
I can't tell you how many times an industry member has shared with me that she didn't set out to
focus on healthcare until landing on a project and
realizing how deeply meaningful it is. After all, you
get to devise ways to combat those challenges I listed-and many others-to
deliver an environment that will improve peoples' lives. What other design
sectors can say that?
Yet getting young designers to that point is, again, no easy task.
One trailblazer on that front is David Allison, who heads up the Architecture + Health graduate program at Clemson University. He's responsible for
not just developing healthcare architects but sending them into the field to
become the industry's champions. For his three decades spent doing that,
Allison was named The Center for Health Design's Changemaker at our
Healthcare Design Expo & Conference held in November (more on page 20).
During the Changemaker general session, Allison mentioned that one of the
things that drew him to healthcare design was its collaborative spirit.
I can't help but agree that the deep level of knowledge-sharing and camaraderie that exists here is unique-another selling point for any young person.
For those who have attended the HCD Expo, you know what I mean. Every year, industry members come together, throw competition out the window, and coalesce. To bring more college students and recent graduates
into the fold, this year in New Orleans we collaborated with our partners at
The Center and the American Institute of Architects' Academy of Architecture for Health to introduce the NextGen Forum.
We worked with local universities and other healthcare design programs
as well as design firms to get the word out, establishing special student and
young professional rates for conference passes, too. We also created a
NextGen Lounge where those new to the field could pause to hang out, talk
shop, and share a few business cards. And, finally, we added the forum itself,
an evening that included a panel conversation between me and industry
leaders including Allison, a presentation from an impressive newcomer to
the field, and details on various association opportunities.
It was a great first step, and I can't wait to develop it more. Yes, this industry
and its members must clear an impressive number of hurdles each day, but I
hope we can all work together to make sure talent isn't one of them. 
IT'S NO SECRET

Carolyn BaRoss
Jeffrey Brand
Sam Burnette

SMITHGROUP
PERKINS+WILL

PERKINS EASTMAN

EARL S WENSSON ASSOCIATES

Sheila F. Cahnman
JUMPG ARDEN CONSULTING LLC

Thomas W. Chessum

CO ARCHITECTS

James Crispino
G ENSLER

Christine Hester Devens
Mary Frazier

AECOM

EWINGCOLE

Jocelyn Lum Frederick
HC TANG RAM DESIGN

Catherine L. Gow

F RANCIS CAUFFMAN

Natalie Miovski Hagerty
THE CHILDRE N'S HOS PITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

Laurel Harrison

STANTEC

Suzen L. Heeley
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER

Scott Holmes
Walter Jones

BWBR

METROHEALTH SYSTEM

Julie Kent

TRINITY HEALTH

Bryan Langlands
Michael Lied
Jain Malkin

J AIN MALKIN INC.

Mike McKay
Victoria Navarro

NBBJ

G BBN ARCHITECTS

UW HEALTH

ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH

Don Orndoff

KAISER PERMANENTE

Diane R.K. Osan
Chris Powers

CANNONDESIGN

HCA HEALTHCARE

William D. Repichowskyj
E4H ARCHITECTURE

Kim Shinn
TLC ENG INEERING SOLUTIONS

Janet H. Sisolak
UT MD A NDERS ON CANCER CENTER

Karl R. Sonnenberg
ZIMMER GU NS UL F RASCA ARCHITECTS LLP

Kurt Spiering
Steve Stokes

HGA

G RESHAM SMITH

Jeffrey C. Stouffer

HKS INC.

Paul E. Strohm
Jocelyn Stroupe

Gary L. Vance

HOK

CANNONDESIGN

Joshua A. Theodore
Travis Tyson

Jennifer Kovacs Silvis
Editor-in-Chief

HDR

LEO A DALY

CLEVELAND CLINIC
VANCE CONSULTING

DECEMBER 2019

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