A weeklong symposium at WSU Spokane will examine the relationship between health and the built environment. The symposium, hosted by the Interdisciplinary Design Institute, will be held Oct. 17-20. Events include workshops for healthcare and design professionals, faculty and students, as well as a student design competition involving both design and nursing students, and a showing of Fritz Lang’s classic film Metropolis.
Featured speakers include
• Richard Jackson, pediatrician, epidemiologist and author of “Creating a healthy environment: The impact of the built environment on public health.” Jackson is former director of the National Center for Environmental Health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Cynthia Leibrock is the principal/founder of Easy Access to Health, Fort Collins, Colo. She describes her mission as improving the lives of older and disabled people through design.
• Dina Battisto, an assistant professor in the Architecture + Health Graduate Program at Clemson University.
Registration for the week is $50 and includes continuing education units from the American Institute of Architects or Interior Design Educators Council. For a complete schedule of events and registration information, see www.idi.spokane.wsu.edu.
