Date: Thursday, April 5, 2018
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Marshall Student Center Room 2708

According to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), governments have committed to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030 by building better systems for health. However, the context in which health systems operate will evolve dramatically as urbanization and further development takes place in our communities. The global population is projected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, of which over 60% will live in urban areas. Unsustainable organization and development poses a threat to our health including air pollution, access to clean water, sedentary lifestyles, and unhealthy diets. While urbanization is inevitable, we need to ensure that it’s not detrimental to our health. By looking at the WELL District and other initiative in cities around the world, we can act on these opportunities that are unique in urban settings to strengthen Health Systems while taking a “Health in All” policies approach to decision-making.

On Thursday, 5 April 2018 from 1pm-3pm, the USF College of Public Health, Florida Center for Community Design & Research (FCCD+R), USF School of Architecture, the Disaster and Humanitarian Relief (DAHR) Student Collaborative, and the United Nations Association Tampa Bay will host “Design + Health” an event organized in celebration of World Health Day 2018. We will bring together experts from the field to talk about how addressing health disparities needs to be done across sectors including urban planning, transportation, food and agriculture, public health, and education in an effort to minimize the burden of disease. This event will explore these important connections and suggest actions to advance Urban Health with Keynote Speaker, Joel Mills, Senior Director of the Center for Communities by Design at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Washington DC, along with a panel of experts from a wide-range of disciplines as we lead progressive and forward thinking conversations that ensure collaboration in the areas of design and health.

Date: Thursday, 5 April 2018
Time: 1pm-3pm
Location: USF Marshall Student Center (MSC) 2708

Keynote Speaker & Moderator:
Joel Mills. Senior Director of the Center for Communities by Design at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Washington DC. Joel’s career has been focused on strengthening civic capacity and civic institutions around the world. This work has helped millions of people participate in democratic processes, visioning efforts, and community planning initiatives. In the United States, Joel has worked with over 100 communities, leading participatory initiatives and collaborative processes that have facilitated community-generated strategies on a host of issues.

Confirmed Panelists:
Donna Petersen. Dean of the USF College of Public Health. Earning her masters and doctoral degrees in maternal and child health from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, and holding faculty and senior leadership positions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Minnesota, and served as Director of the Division of Family Health at the Minnesota Department of Health. She is a frequent lecturer on topics related to maternal and child health, health care reform, and systems change and leadership, and has provided extensive technical assistance and training to over 25 state health departments in the areas of needs assessment, data system development, systems level accountability and the development of population-based indicators. She is also leading the Framing the Future Task Force on the future of education in public health and is a member of the national advisory committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Public Health Systems and Services Research Initiative. Locally she is a member of the Tampa Bay Partnership’s OneBay Healthy Communities Executive Committee, the Hillsborough County Health Care Advisory Board, the Bayfront Health, Education and Research Organization Board of Trustees, the Hillsborough County Commission on the Status of Women Advisory Council on Women’s Health, and the Tampa Preparatory School’s Board of Trustees.

Allison G. Yeh, AICP, LEED Green Associate. Principal Planner and the Sustainability Coordinator with the Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission. Allison works with the County comprehensive plan and community plans. She also collaborates with the Hillsborough MPO on sustainability and resiliency projects. As Sustainability Coordinator she facilitates the development of sustainability initiatives and works with stakeholders from local governments, organizations, and regional and federal entities on implementation. Her past positions include work with the Hillsborough County MPO, the Atlanta Regional Commission, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), and the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG). Urban and Regional Planning is an interdisciplinary field that matches well with Allison’s areas of interest which includes work in sustainability, climate change mitigation, adaptation & resiliency, community capacity building, new urbanism and smart growth, transit planning, and community planning and universal accessibility.

Sarah S. Mason, WELL AP, LEED® AP. Sarah Mason serves as the Sustainability and Wellness Senior Analyst for Strategic Property Partners where she is responsible for certifying the district as a WELL Community as well as several LEED buildings as part of a core sustainability masterplan. Prior to SPP, Sarah Mason worked for the City of Tampa as the Sustainability Assistant where she coordinated the City of Tampa’s Florida Green Building Coalition’s Green Local Government recertification. Mason received her Bachelor of Arts in International Business from Eckerd College and her Master of Arts in Global Sustainability from the University of South Florida. She is also a certified LEED® AP O+M and WELL AP.

Join us on April 5th..Save the Date. Free and OPEN to the Public! RSVP at https://design-health2018.eventbrite.com.

Interested in joining the Design + Health Applied Research Team (D+HART)? Learn more about how you can get involved in this new partnership here at the University of South Florida. Apply at https://goo.gl/forms/H3rJYOwUFZGUKQkg2.