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Dr. Roger Ulrich is a professor both in the Department of Architecture
and the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, and
serves as Director of the Center for Health Systems and Design. A behavioral
scientist, he teaches courses in the area of evidence-based design, and
conducts research on the effects of healthcare facilities and nature
on medical outcomes. He and his associates have researched, for example,
the effects of hospital window views on recovery from surgery, beneficial
influences of healthcare gardens and art on patients and hospital staff,
and how attractive versus blighted urban roadscapes affect auto commuters'
stress levels. His work has influenced the architecture, interior design,
and site planning of scores of major hospitals in different countries.
His research has also examined public health benefits of landscape architecture
and urban nature, and has proven useful for professionals in such areas
of urban planning and urban forestry.
Roger Ulrich has worked extensively
in Scandinavia, where he has carried out research at Lund Institute of
Technology, Uppsala University, and the Karolinska
Institute of Medicine. He has also been Visiting Research Professor in Healthcare
Architecture at the University of Florence, Italy, and served as Invitation
Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. He is a
member of the Board of Directors of The Center for Health Design, California,
and serves as co-chair of its national Research Committee.
Publication Environmental
Research and Critical Care, Houston: Center for Innovation in Health
Facilities, 2000; Effects of gardens on Health Outcomes: Theory and
Research, New York: John Wiley, 1999; “Evidence Based Environmental Design
for Improving Medical Outcomes,” Proceedings of Conference, Healing By
Design: Healing for Improving Medical Outcomes, 2000; “The View from
the Road: Implications for Stress Recovery and Immunization,” Journal
of Environmental Psychology, 1998.
Roger received his BA, MA and PhD from University
of Michigan....[more]
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