堪萨斯大学建筑与设计学院任命蔡慧博士为建筑系下一任系主任。 

Cai 自 2014 年以来一直在堪萨斯大学担任建筑学副教授和 KU 健康与健康设计研究所的副主任。她专注于医疗保健设计的跨文化研究，帮助该研究所成为社区和行业研究资产。该研究所与公司和社区合作，以改善农村医疗保健的可及性，开发创新的医疗保健设施，并应对 COVID-19 大流行。 

蔡女士分别在中国江苏东南大学和新加坡国立大学获得建筑学学士和硕士学位后，获得佐治亚理工学院循证设计博士学位。这段时间也用于在该地区练习建筑。2011 年，她因在将护理单位的空间配置与护理人员之间的沟通和协调联系起来方面所做的工作，获得了国际设计与健康学院颁发的国际学院研究奖。 

正如 KU 所详述的那样：“她的论文是同类论文中的第一篇，在包含国家和组织医疗保健文化的整体框架下探索了护理单元设计的文化维度。它通过空间句法分析提供了美国和中国护理单元类型与定量指标的全面比较。”

在加入堪萨斯大学之前，蔡在密苏里大学任教，并在达拉斯的RTKL Associates担任健康 + 科学研究负责人和设计师，她目前的研究重点是通过使用绩效驱动和循证设计来分析文化、人类行为和医疗保健环境中的物理环境之间的关系。 

“自 2014 年到达 KU 以来，蔡一直是该系教学和研究任务成功不可或缺的一部分，”KU 的公告中写道。“作为一名执业建筑师，其教学经验涵盖从一年级到博士生的教学经验，她对建筑教育有着全面和跨文化的理解。

英文版

The University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design has named Dr. Hui Cai as the next chair of the Department of Architecture. 

Cai has been at the University of Kansas since 2014 working as an associate professor of architecture and associate director of the KU Institute of Health + Wellness Design. With a focus on cross-cultural studies on healthcare design, she has helped build the institute into a community and industry research asset. The institute has worked with companies and communities to improve rural health care access, develop innovative health care facilities, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Cai received her doctorate in evidence-based design from the Georgia Institute of Technology after earning a Bachelor’s and Master’s in architecture at Southeast University in Jiangsu, China and the National University of Singapore, respectively. This time was also spent practicing architecture in the region. In 2011, she was awarded the International Academy Award in Research by the International Academy for Design and Health for her work in linking spatial configurations of nursing units with communication and coordination among caregivers. 

As detailed by KU: “Her dissertation was the first of its kind, exploring the cultural dimensions of nursing unit designs under a holistic framework encompassing the national and organizational culture of healthcare. It provides a comprehensive comparison between the U.S. and Chinese nursing unit typologies with quantitative metrics through space syntax analysis.”

Prior to joining The University of Kansas faculty, Cai taught at the University of Missouri and also served as the Health + Science research leader and designer at RTKL Associates in Dallas. 

Her current research focuses on analyzing the relationship between culture, human behavior, and the physical environment in health care settings by using performance-driven and evidence-based design. 

“Since arriving at KU in 2014, Cai has been integral to the success of the department’s teaching and research missions,” reads the KU’s announcement. “As a practicing architect with teaching experience that ranges from working with first-year through doctoral students, she brings a holistic and cross-cultural understanding of architectural education.