2024-12-22T02:49:04-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150191063/bridging-the-gap-between-architecture-and-healthcare-with-dr-andrew-ibrahim-and-the-university-of-michigan-s-health-and-design-fellowship Katherine Guimapang 2020-04-02T10:00:00-04:00 >2020-04-01T13:34:07-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ec/ecaaaba07b848605ef0fe2ca0bc38e93.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Fellowships offer individuals the opportunity to dive into specialized areas of practice where topics and ideas can be explored and fostered within the context of the university setting. Like most architectural fellowships, many fellowships engage in work that oscillates between teaching, theory, pedagogical questioning, research, and design prototyping. However the University of Michigan offers a unique fellowship opportunity that submerses a fellow into medicine and healthcare design.</p> <p>Through a partnership between the University of Michigan's Department of Surgery and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, a Health and Design Fellowship works to encourage, as program director&nbsp;Andrew M. Ibrahim MD, MSc. explains, a "merging of networks [...]&nbsp;to create an opportunity for individuals to have a foot in both doors - architecture and healthcare." Architecture and planning haven't done a good job interfacing with healthcare and healthcare policy. However, alongside our t...</p>