Dr. Craig Zimring
Full Name
Dr. Craig Zimring
Organization
Georgia Institute of Technology
Speaker Bio
A developer of the field of evidence-based design of healthcare and with over 100 scholarly and professional publications, Dr. Craig Zimring is Professor of Architecture and Director of the SimTigrate Design Lab. The SimTigrate Design Lab is a research and simulation facility located in Tech Square in Atlanta that conducts field and lab research and simulates healthcare settings and processes, including full-scale mockups of spaces, computer modeling and virtual reality. SimTigrate helps creates healthcare spaces that improve the experience, quality and efficiency of healthcare, with a special emphasis on improving teamwork and patient engagement.    An environmental psychologist, Dr. Zimring has led over $7M in research for the US Defense Health Agency, CDC, US Army Medical Command, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Emory Health Sciences, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, LSU Health Sciences, Hill Rom, Philips Lighting, Herman Miller, Steelcase and many others.