Thomas Smith, Ph.D., teaching specialist in the School of Kinesiology, has authored the following two reports published during 2016. “Occupancy and patient care quality benefits of private room relative to multi-bed patient room designs for five different children’s hospital intensive and intermediate care units,” was published in WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, a special issue devoted to Environmental Design.

“Evolution of Design – Models and Modes” was published in the Proceedings of the 60th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. The paper also will be presented during the Society’s annual meeting, convening in Washington, DC later this month.