Health & Wellbeing
About Health & Wellbeing
The University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) is dedicated to being a platform for intersecting disciplines, sharing knowledge and applications, and connecting with communities to improve society's health and wellbeing. Our outcomes are intended to develop products and tools to help bring about future living as healthier selves, homes, and neighborhoods. We focus on convergent research integrating considerations of future technology and future care systems, including dwellings and abilities for humans to reach their potentials and wellbeing.
These futures refer to placing the creative disciplines at the center of health issues to bring about interventions catalyzing innovation in public health, computer science, engineering, psychology, and medicine to create new care cultures. As such, we address major health issues at the intersection of the built environment and medicine for health and wellbeing, including healthcare settings and systems; education and public health for health and wellbeing, including social work and public spaces; and design and home environments for health and wellbeing including smart homes and wearable technologies. Potential to merge disciplines for better impact. A multifaceted cluster of medical and associated fields to address human health and wellbeing but framing research and techniques for understanding and mainly collaborating to translate outcomes for bettering of health in society.
Centers, Labs and Initiatives
- Preventive/patient care
- Urban Health
- Disease management
- Public Health Interventions
- Aging and Caregiving
- Personal Health
- Smart Environments
- Urban Health
- Universal Design
- Human Centered Design
- Wearable Computing
- Augmented and Virtual Reality
- Design Thinking
- Planning
- Spatial Planning
- Data visualization
- Design Research
Ann L. Black,
Associate Dean Academic and Faculty Affairs
Anton C Harfmann,
Professor and Director of Architectural Engineering and Director of DAAP Facilities and Technology
Ashley Kubley,
Associate Director Associate Professor
Brooke C Brandewie,
Associate Professor
Claudia Beatriz Rebola,
Associate Dean for Research, Associate Professor
Craig M. Vogel,
Professor - Emeritus
Matthew Wizinsky,
Associate Professor
Ming Tang,
Director of Extended Reality Lab. Professor.
Pravin Bhiwapurkar,
Assoc Professor
Steven J. Doehler,
Associate Professor, Industrial Design Coordinator
Todd F Timney,
Associate Professor
Vittoria S Daiello,
Associate Professor
Vikas Mehta,
Professor, Fruth/Gemini Chair, Ohio Eminent Scholar, Urban Design Certificate Coordinator
Xinhao Wang,
Professor
- Live Well Collaborative - Live Well Patient journeys and optimal experiences in cancer treatment
- Art Therapy interventions - Vickie Daiello
- Automated System to Combat Patient Nonadherence - Partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital, Disease management, Todd F Timney
- ARMCan: Active versus Receptive Music listening to reduce “Brain Fog” symptoms of Breast Cancer Survivors. Dr. Claudia B. Rebola (PI Soma Sengupta MD, College of Medicine)
- HIV Voices - Matt Wizinsky
- Pain Management Interventions - Live Well Collaborative
- COVID-19 Design Innovation - Dr. Claudia B. Rebola
- AntiOD - Narcan distribution program - Dr. Claudia B. Rebola
- ARIES - Next Generation Robotic Intelligence that Provides Psycho-Social support for Older Adults, funded by NSF PArtnerships for Innovation, Dr. Claudie B. Rebola (PI Dr. Bertram Malle, Brown University and Industry Partner Ageless Innovation)
- Sleep APNEA Production Design - Steve Doehler
- Sweat Suit - Ashley Kubley
- Work WELL - Understanding the interrelationshipd between humans and technology to improve the quality of work life in smart buildings, funded by NSF Future of work, Anton Harfmann, Dr. Claudia B. Rebola (PI" David Wendell)
- HEARTS - Helpful Engagement Applications using Real Time Systems, Dr. Claudia B. Rebola (Co-PI: Dr. Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc, CAHS and Industry Partner Family CareSpace.
- Hospital access - Vikas Metha
- Environmental Indicators of Health - Xinhaop Wang
- The Routledge handbook for health and well-being: Shaping a sustainable and healthy future, Christopher Auffrey
For inquiries about Health and Wellbeing, please contact
Claudia Beatriz Rebola,
Associate Dean for Research, Associate Professor
513-556-4239
For partnerships in alignment with faculty research areas and expertise in Health and Wellbeing, please contact: