Presenter

Dr. Hui Cai is the Associate Professor and Chair at the Department of Architecture, and Associate Director of the Institute of Health and Wellness Design at the University of Kansas. Prior to joining KU, she served as the Health + Science research leader and designer at CallisonRTKL Associates in Dallas. Cai received her Ph.D. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology after several years of architectural education and practice in China and Singapore. Dr. Cai’s current research focus is using a performance-driven and evidence-based design approach to analyze the relationship between culture, human behavior, and the physical environment, especially in healthcare settings and healthy communities. Cai disseminates her work extensively through numerous publications on academic journals. Her work in healthcare research has received several awards, including the International Academy Award for best Research project and AIA-AAH/AAH Foundation Burgun Fellowship. She is recently named as 2021 HCD 10 Healthcare Design Educator.