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Dear Friends of CIHF,

Happy New Year! As we welcome the new year we are preparing for a fresh line-up of CIHF events and news items to share. We are excited to begin another year filled with conversations and collaborations!

The CIHF team has been steadily planning the next Board Meeting and Roundtable, scheduled to take place in April. This event will bring together industry experts, academic scholars, leaders and students for engagement that will center on dealing with the greatest needs and biggest hurdles in achieving a well-rounded healthcare system.

CIHF is collaborating in the Spring to create the “Safety by Design” student charrette. Students will work in multidisciplinary, trans-institutional teams to create objects, a space, a building or an environment that will incorporate features that support a smarter, kinder, and healthier built-environment for healthy futures. CIHF board members and leaders from Johns Hopkins will vote on the finalists at our meeting in April.

In support of the high level of activity that 2022 promises, we have recently been joined by Allison DeDominick, our new program assistant.

Our Health, Hospitality and Design Industry Seminar Course will be held each Friday at 9:05 am this semester in MVR. We hope you will be able to join us. Please see below for more information!

Thank you, as ever, to our CIHF community for your continued support.

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CIHF News & Announcements
Spring Webinar and Roundtable
Workforce Challenges in Staffing and Engagement
The Spring Webinar and Roundtable will be held on Monday, April 11th (11:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) with a welcome gathering on Sunday, April 10th (5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.). Our Roundtable will bring in participants from diverse disciplines and roles to explore problems and consider ways to solve increasingly complex puzzles related to workforce challenges—with a particular focus on senior living.

The first half of the roundtable will focus on recruitment, including broad labor trends and specific technologies that are changing the way that people work.

After lunch, we will focus on culture, especially what the world of senior living and potentially other health and wellness organizations might be able to learn from elite hospitality companies or people in the field using their hospitality backgrounds and other ideas to improve recruitment and retention. We will also consider how facility design impacts culture and process efficiency.

A discussion of possible synergies between relationship-driven and data-driven approaches to workplace culture will conclude the roundtable.
More information and panelists will be announced soon. 
Health, Hospitality, and Design Industry Seminar
Course Speakers and Organizations
This series provides a unique opportunity for students to learn from industry leaders with proven success in Health, Hospitality, and Design. Speakers share their views about successful management styles, possible career paths, critical industry-related issues, and qualities conducive to successful business leadership. The speakers are chosen for their knowledge, experience, and proven success in emerging industries that combine the elements of wellness and health. As a student in this course, you will have an unparalleled opportunity to gain insight into the emerging industry at the directly from senior executives.

Mardelle Shepley (HCD) and Heather Kolakowski (SHA) co-lead the course.

Speakers:

Esther Greenhouse, ​Built Environment Strategist Consultant, AARP International 
Strategic Director, Tompkins County Age Friendly Center for Excellence​ 

Dave Deininger, ​​Healthcare Facility Master Planning Consultant, 2D Planning

Anne Wilkinson, ​Principal, BAMO, Inc., Interior Design 

Sarah Johnson Dwyer, ​Executive Director, T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition 

Michael Schonbrun, Founder & CEO, Balfour Senior Living

Trip Riggs, ​Chief Financial Officer, Balfour Senior Living​ 

Ruth Browne, CEO, Ronald McDonald House 

Sue Edinger, ​General Manager, Inns of Aurora​ 

Meryl Eriksen, ​Director Food & Beverage, Inns of Aurora 

Tim McCarthy, ​Partner & Managing Principal, Hart Howerton 
Spring Safety by Design Charrette
The objects and spaces we encounter in day-to-day life may result in unexpected injuries. This year for our 2022 Spring Safety by Design Charrette, Cornell students will be collaborating with students from Johns Hopkins University. The charrette will challenge students to create a design that incorporates features that support human safety and address injury risk. Intentions to participate are due by February 15th. Winners will be announced April 17th.

Prizes:
1st place: $5000
2nd place: $3000
3rd place: $1000
CIHF Becomes Part of the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy
The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, launched in fall 2021, harnesses the university’s wide-ranging expertise in public policy teaching, research and engagement into a shared academic home. Various established policy-focused institutes and programs from across the university are aligning with the school to boost its scholarship and outreach activities and to establish new and expanded undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and professional public policy courses and degrees.
Inaugural Dean Announced in the Brooks School
The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy has named Colleen L. Barry as their inaugural dean. Prior to coming to Cornell, Barry was a professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. As a policy scholar and leader in mental health, addiction, and gun violence, she will lead the school’s mission to improve lives through evidence-based policy. Barry holds a Masters of Public Policy and her Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard University, and a bachelor’s degree in political science and Russian language and literature from Drew University.
CIHF Director Nicolas Ziebarth Announces Sabbatical and New Position
Nicolas Ziebarth will be on leave from Cornell to take on a leadership position at a German nonpartisan research institute in Mannheim. That leadership role will allow him to conduct research on labor markets, social policy and advise German policymakers.
Welcome Allison DeDominick as the New Program Assistant for CIHF
Allison’s role as Program Assistant for the CIHF is to help generate the implementation of marketing plans and materials, event coordination, and general support for students, and directors. Allison holds a bachelor’s degree in art history, culture, and art theory from Alfred University. She received a master’s degree in corporate and community education from Elmira College with a focus on art and its impact on diverse populations.
2021 Photo Competition Winners Announced!
The contest was open to all Cornell undergraduate and graduate students. Students were asked to capture an image that invoked a sense of recovery and growth in the context of health and/or hospitality. Submissions were due in October of 2021.

First Place - Kevin Hu
Second Place Tie - Natalie Brunco
Second Place Tie - Jacky Lin

Thank you to all the students who submitted photos! We truly enjoyed witnessing the creativity of the Cornell student community!
1st place Evening Song by Kevin Hu
Tied for 2nd place:

Change Doesn't Mean Bad (left) by Natalie Brunco

Lakeside Afternoon (right) by Jacky Lin
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WHO HAS NEWS?
Have you attended a fascinating virtual conference? Do you know of any webinars coming up that our community would be interested in? Published a paper? Earned a research grant?

If you have news to share - and we hope
you do! - please email CIHF at:
healthy-futures@cornell.edu
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Corporate Membership
Composed of senior-level leaders in industry from around the globe, Advisory Board members are representatives from Corporate Members. This diverse network collaborates with CIHF academics on projects and initiatives with a focus on integrating the fields of hospitality, health management, policy, and design.
 
Advisory Board members participate in bi-annual meetings and conferences, as guest lecturers, speakers, and mentors to students, and as collaborators with Cornell faculty, researchers, and student groups. Membership provides a platform for industry professionals to connect, build lasting relationships, and collaborate across academia and business.