Barbara Dellinger, MA, EDAC, AAHID, IIDA, CID, who serves as interior design director and AVP in HDR’s Alexandria, Va. office, has recently joined the Center for Health Design’s Research Coalition. The opportunity is a three-year volunteer commitment.
In this new role, Dellinger will be responsible for using her Evidence-Based Design expertise to write abstracts for research articles that will be part of an online, searchable database (called Ripple). The database strives to help the industry achieve best possible patient outcomes by applying Evidence-Based Design principles.
She will also be part of the team reviewing research proposals under a new program called the “New Investigator Award.” Additionally, she will be involved in advocating the importance of Evidence-Based Design to non-design groups such as those in the cost estimating or construction industry, engineering, purchasing, facility management and environmental services.
Dellinger has been actively involved with the Center for Health Design for many years, serving on advisory boards for both the Evidence-based Design Accreditation and Certification and the ASID/CHD Patient Room Design Evaluation and Research Grant.
Most recently, she and Jeff Getty, healthcare principal in HDR’s Alexandria, Va. office, were invited to participate as guest speakers at Georgia Tech’s Evidence-based Design Symposium called “Knowledge turned into buildings — Impacts of architectural research on practice,” where they will highlight the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital project.
