HKS Health Fellowship
The HKS Health Fellowship is a one-year program developed to propel talented recent graduates who are committed to improving health care environments through design. The fellow pursues research while working on design projects in our award-winning health studio.
The prestigious fellowship — open to applicants finishing their undergraduate or graduate studies — is much more than an academic opportunity to delve into a topic of choice. The winning applicant is given full-time employment at HKS and the opportunity to continue his or her career with the firm after the one-year fellowship term.
Fellows work with some of the most influential architects and researchers in the profession and have access to networking and travel opportunities.
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Kick-Starting Your Career — The HKS Health Fellowship
The HKS Health Fellowship helps recent health care design graduates bridge the two worlds with a unique experience in the health care field. Participants — a single applicant is chosen annually for the one-year program — reserve a portion of their Fellowship for research on a proposal they submit, while enjoying many other benefits.
“[The Fellowship] got me into three conferences in my first year after graduation, and it put me in front of CEOs, allowed me to travel and it catered to what I thought was important. Research opened these previously inaccessible doors.” -Tyler Schwede
How It Works
Each year, the HKS Health studio leadership and previous fellows assist the incoming fellow to develop a research topic. This topic will be based on the fellow’s particular area of interest and strategic initiatives within the HKS Health studio.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Community/Population Health
- Mental & Behavioral Health
- Aging Population
- Outpatient/Ambulatory Design & Planning
- Master Planning
- Resilient Design (All risk ready facilities)
- Emergency Department Design & Planning
The fellow will also get the opportunity to attend one health-related conference to support research and education, coordinated through the committee of mentors.
At the end of the fellowship, the designer delivers results, such as a research paper or a design tool.
HKS leaders will work with the selected Health Fellow to pair them with the HKS office location and mentorship that can best support their research interests. During the interview stage, fellows can relay their office preference with firm leadership and discuss that office’s ability to support their research.
Announcement
2019 HKS Health Fellow Will Research the Effect of Emergency Departments on Psychiatric Patients
We’re happy to announce that Clemson University graduate Hannah Shultz is the 2019 HKS Health Fellow.
Important Dates & Applying
Applications open
December 6, 2021
Applications close
January 14, 2022
Interviews via Skype
Late January – Early February
Fellow announced
Mid-February
“We prioritize research in everything we do, and the fellowship infuses this mentality into a unique entry-level position. It’s creating the next leaders in our firm.” –Southern Ellis
Fellowship Advisors
The Fellows
2021-2022
Maya Thornton
Howard University (BArch + MArch)
Zach Orig
University of Tennessee (BArch)
2019-2020
Hannah Shultz
The Effect of Emergency Departments on Psychiatric Patients
2019-2018
Sophie Crocker
Outpatient Waiting Behaviours: A Cross-Cultural Pilot Study in the U.K. and China
2017-2018
Emily Johnson
Psychosocial Spaces, With a Deep Dive Into Pediatric Inpatient Units
2016-2017
Kaitlyn Badlato
Health Care Design Benchmarking and Data Collection
2015-2016
Chau Tran
Mindfulness and Compassion Architecture in Community Design
2014-2015
Tyler Schwede
Efficiency in planning: A Parametric Approach
2013-2014
Fang Xu
Cancer villages in China — A Study and Design of a Delivery Treatment Model
2012-2013
Joel Benavides
Future Health: A Framework for Design of Future Ambulatory Care Centers
2011-2012
Southern Ellis
Health Design in China – The Dawn of a New Dynasty
2010-2011
Lindsay Todd
Empathy + Healthcare Architecture
2009-2010
Kelly Harbacheck
Senior Living Design and Retirement Communities
2008-2009
Ashley Dias
An Enduring Foundation: The Evolution of Johns Hopkins Medicine
