Dear Friends of CIHF,

The Institute had an exciting and productive Spring semester! Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Advisory Board meeting, and the CIHF Roundtable: Nature, Health and Wellbeing. The meeting brought together many of our Advisory Board members who shared their creative visions for the future of healthcare and the Institute's role in helping to craft that future; the Roundtable benefited from the participation of dedicated industry leaders, scholars, and students who gathered in order to exchange ideas and suggest practical solutions for expanding understanding of the connections between nature and healthy living.

This past May, CIHF student Alexina Federhen graduated with her BS in Design and Environmental Analysis (DEA) as the first minor in Healthy Futures! This is the inaugural year of the program and we are eager to continue expanding our minor program and see Ms. Federhen's graduation as the first of many to come. Congratulations Alexina!

Finally, please do not hesitate to contact us if there is news you wish to share with the CIHF community. Feel free to send an email to Program Assistant, Ellie Mendoza, at ev227@cornell.edu.
 As always, thank you for all you do to support this important work!
CIHF Leadership Team
Improving service excellence in healthcare, senior living, and wellness related organizations
Teaching | Research | Engagement | Membership
NEWS
Congratulations Alexis Strong!
Graduate student, Alexis Strong (MMH '08, PhD '20), recently passed her A Exam!

Alexis holds a BA in Healthcare Policy from Duke University and a Master of Management in Hospitality from Cornell. She worked for years in industry before returning to Cornell for her Ph.D in Service Operations Management. Ms. Strong's research focuses on patient experience cultures, patient choice modeling, and the ROI of provider patient experience initiatives.
Congratulations Alexis!
SLOAN Prepares New MHA Program

The SLOAN Program recently obtained necessary approvals for establishing a new Executive MHA Program in conjunction with eCornell. There are already a significant number of students who have accepted admissions offers and SLOAN is looking forward to launching the program!
CIHF Faculty Fellow, LaWanda H. Cook, Ph.D. Leads New Study: "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Keeping Older Healthcare Workers Engaged"

LaWanda H. Cook, Ph.D, is a Training Specialist at the Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability in the Industrial and Labor Relations School. This new study seeks to learn more about workplace policies, personal concerns, and other factors that healthcare professionals - age 50 and older - consider when deciding how long they will stay in the healthcare workforce.
Participants should be healthcare professionals age 50 or older, who are currently working in the field or who have worked in the field within the past 2 years. Please see this link if you or someone you know is interested:
 
Congratulations to the Patient First Consulting Team!

Recent graduate, Joseph De Los Santos led the Patient First Consulting Team that was awarded the Capstone Student Choice Award as well as the Jay O. Yedvab Capstone Award for their Ronald McDonald House, New York presentation.

Congratulations to Christine Gang, Samihah Ahmed, Kathy Lind, and Joseph De Los Santos!
Brooke Hollis attending Vision 2025:
University and Senior Housing and Care Symposium
Center for Health Administration and Aging Services Excellence (CHAASE)
June 19-20, 2019
Chicago, Illinois
The Vision 2025 Symposium, sponsored by CHAASE, will focus on the ways universities are uniquely positioned to address challenges and opportunities created by the longevity economy. Panels and discussions will center on the role of healthcare administrative programs in partnership with trade and professional associations in making a positive and productive impact on the workforce and leadership prospects within the healthcare industry. 
CIHF Roundtable: N ature, Health and Wellbeing
April 25 and 26, 2019
Cornell Botanic Gardens, Nevin Welcome Center
Ithaca, New York
The Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures Spring 2019 Roundtable event covered topics ranging from how interactions with nature can positively impact a person's well-being to how landscapes and cities can be designed to foster human and nature connections while improving quality of life. Thank you to all who were able to attend and we are looking forward to the Fall 2019 Roundtable, focusing on workplace wellbeing!
CIHF Nature Innovation Challenge for Students
April, 2019
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Four teams presented their innovation designs in the Spring 2019 Nature Innovation challenge. Once the votes were in, it became clear that all four teams had impressed the voters. To that end, all four teams won a portion of the prize money. Congratulations teams!
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Mardelle Shepley at Prevention 2019
American College of Preventive Medicine
May 20-23, 2019
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mardelle Shepley presented at the Prevention 2019 conference this year. Her panel's theme was: "When Despair is the Disease, What's the Solution?"

This year, the conference focused on improvement and Innovation, policy, evidence and practice, engagement and change, models and health systems, lifestyle medicine and precision public health, and the future of preventive medicine. Thank you to Mardelle for representing CIHF, D+EA, and Cornell!
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SLOAN & CIHF Host Open Houses for Reunion
June 7, 2019, 4:30 to 6:00 PM
Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Cornell University  
Ithaca, New York
Cornell's annual Reunion event seeks to bring alumni together and help former graduates stay connected to the Cornell community. The SLOAN Program as well as CIHF held open houses for interested alumni. It was an excellent opportunity to introduce and reintroduce the Institute's mission to returning Cornellians!
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Corporate Membership

Composed of senior-level leaders in industry from around the globe, Advisory Board members are representatives from Corporate Members. This diverse network collaborates with CIHF academics on projects and initiatives with a focus on integrating the fields of hospitality, health management, policy, and design.

Advisory Board members participate in bi-annual meetings and conferences, as guest lecturers, speakers, and mentors to students, and as collaborators with Cornell faculty, researchers, and student groups. Membership provides a platform for industry professionals to connect, build lasting relationships, and collaborate across academia and business.



CIHF affiliates with Faculty Fellows from various Cornell colleges and departments, Industry Scholars from corporations and nonprofits, and Visiting Scholars and Academic Scholars from other academic institutions. Affiliates participate in collaborative activities, lead research or curriculum projects, provide feedback on strategic priorities, and create industry-focused deliverables that link hospitality, health, and design.

We are pleased to welcome new affiliates who recently joined CIHF.      
Alan Hedge, Professor of Design and Environmental Analysis
Alan Hedge is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University. Since 2012 he has been the Program Chair for the National Ergonomics Conference and Exposition.
Alan's research themes include: workstation design, computer ergonomics and carpal tunnel syndrome risk factors, alternative keyboard and input system designs, the performance and health effects of postural strain. Alan also examines health and comfort impacts of various environmental stressors, such as the effects of indoor air quality effects on sick building syndrome complaints among office workers as well as the effects of office lighting on eyestrain problems.

Among extensive published book chapters, articles, and reports, Alan has edited a book on Ergonomic Workplace Design for Health, Wellness, and Productivity, co-authored a book on Healthy Buildings, co-edited Advances in Ergonomics Modeling and Usability and also the Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods. He received the 2009 Oliver K. Hansen Outreach Award and the 2003 Alexander J. Williams Jr. Design Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society for “outstanding human factors contributions to the design of a major operational system."

His professional activities are extensive. He is a Certified Professional Ergonomist and a Chartered Ergonomist. He was a founding member of the International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ), and was an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He has been a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, and is on the editorial board of the journals: Ergonomics, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Journal of Human Environment Systems, and the Journal of Architectural and Planning Research. He has also been on the editorial board of Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics. He is past president of the Environmental Psychology division of the International Association of Applied Psychology, and past chair of the Organizational Design and Management Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. In 2011 he was appointed as the IEA Representative on Environmental Design.

Alan is extensively cited in the national and international media and has appeared on several TV and radio programs, indeed the current President of the International Ergonomics Association recently said “he is perhaps the most often cited ergonomist in the media.”


Jay Yoon, Assistant Professor of Design and Environmental Analysis
Jay (JungKyoon) Yoon is an assistant professor in the Department of Design + Environmental Analysis at Cornell University where he leads the Meta Design & Technology Lab.
Yoon investigates how products can be systematically designed to enrich users’ momentary as well as long-term experiences by means of emotions, building on knowledge and methods from user-centered design and positive psychology. His research revolves around experience-driven design with a focus on emotions in human-product interactions, design-mediated behavior change and psychological well-being, and development of design tools and techniques that support designers in designing for them. The research findings have been applied to and iteratively improved through several industry projects that covered multiple design contexts and business domains, e.g., a smart home service, an airport crew-center, a museum tour and a brand loyalty program.

His research and education themes include, but are not limited to: experience-driven design, design for emotion and subjective well-being, design for behavior change, pervasive healthcare, empirical studies into the product development process, methods and tools for early design stages, product service systems, research methodology, to name a few.
CIHF + DEA Minor in Healthy Futures
CIHF and the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis offer a minor in Healthy Futures open to all Cornell undergraduate students. This innovative minor— the first of its kind — provides a high caliber, trans-disciplinary education in the fields of health, hospitality, and design, and may be of particular interest to students enrolled in health, wellness, policy, and hospitality related majors, or students interested in applying their education to problem-solving in the population health and wellness space.

If your organization is interested in sponsoring a three week or longer internship for CIHF minor students, please contact us at healthy-futures@cornell.edu to learn more.

Innovating Wellbeing in Hospitality
Caitlin McKenna, Senior Director of Strategic Innovation Delivery at Hilton Worldwide , gives a talk at the CIHF seminar course (HADM/DEA 3033/6055). The speaker series provides an unique opportunity for students to learn from industry leaders.

CIHF CornellCast Videos
View 39 informative, forward-thinking, engaging interviews with industry leaders in health, hospitality & design, and roundtable discussions. CIHF CornellCast Link

CIHF Webinar Series eCornell Channel
Innovations in Health, Hospitality, Design, and Senior Living features webinars by Cornell faculty speakers on CIHF Innovations in Health, Design, and Senior Living. eCornell Subscription Link
Caitlin McKenna, Senior Director, Hilton Worldwide, CIHF Advisory Board Member