- Feb 2, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Holistic Human Health
From bench to bedside: how Joeva Barrow is improving human health
When Joeva Barrow began her career training to become a registered dietitian (RD), working at Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies, she saw firsthand how nutrition could change lives. Her curiosity led her to explore molecular nutrition and understand how evidence-based nutrition recommendations worked.
“We found a lot of really powerful relationships between diet and health, but many of the fundamental mechanisms still needed to be explored in order to maximize those
Lorraine Maxwell
I joined the Design and Environmental Analysis faculty in 1993 as my first full time academic appointment. My first graduate degree was a masters in city and regional planning. I worked as city planner for a large city in New Jersey and as a facility planner and programmer for an architectural firm in New York City. My PhD is in psychology, specifically environmental psychology. My research interests have always been, and continue to be, related
Keith Evan Green
Keith Evan Green is the Jean and Douglas McLean Professor of Human Centered Design and professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Green is also Graduate Field member in the PhD Programs of Information Science and Robotics.
Green founded the field of architectural robotics—the practice of designing physical environments that act, think, and grow with their inhabitants. These environments support and augment us as we work, play, learn, roam, discover, create, connect
- Jan 25, 2023
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Holistic Human Health
Human Centered Design faculty win design awards in research partnership
EYP, a Page Company has received two Touchstone Awards for evidence-based design for healthcare facilities thanks to research partnerships with Rana Zadeh, associate professor and Alan Hedge, emeritus professor, Department of Human Centered Design.
The projects used assessments and interviews with front-line practitioners to design positive interventions in two hospitals. Hypotheses were documented and surveys questions targeted feedback of specific environmental attributes relative to mitigating medical errors, adverse events, reduction in perception of excessive walking
- Oct 4, 2022
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
Undergrad is first co-author on design for fast-disintegrating drug delivery
Emmy Hsiung '23, a fiber science major in the Department of Human Centered Design, is the first co-author on a recent paper on the use of nanofibrous webs for fast-disintegrating drug delivery. She has been working in Prof. Tamer Uyar’s NanoFibers and NanoTextiles Lab since her first year at Cornell.
“Research is rewarding when things work out but there are definitely challenges to get there,” said Hsiung.
Ondansetron is an antinausea drug. By embedding the
- Apr 6, 2022
- by E.C. Barrett
- Alumni, Donor
Leading a business through growth
As co-owner and creative director of Juice Press LLC, Erica Karsch ’94 (human development and family studies) helped her company navigate the challenges of the pandemic by focusing on innovation, customer experience, store design, and doing whatever needed to be done.
“I'm often stocking groceries and cleaning the shelves,” Karsch said, “that's just what you do when you're an entrepreneur. It's like having a child; you are never off duty. You walk in and if