Ballinger Presents “How Do We as the Design Community Contribute to Population Health?”

Ballinger principal Louis A. Meilink, Jr., AIA, ACHA, ACHE was invited to speak at the spring 2018 Architecture-For-Health Lecture Series at Texas A&M University. The televised series “Innovative Healthy Communities’,” invites experts to discuss the built environment’s effect on the health of communities. Louis presented ‘How Do We As The Design Community Contribute To Population Health?’ to an audience comprised of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty members. His talk identified key factors that link design and population health, and illustrated them through case studies. Featured projects included Puentes de Salud in Philadelphia, and buildings at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, Tower Health System and Rutgers University.

Link to video of presentation