About the Author

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Dr. Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, B.A., M.Arch., M.A., D.Arch., is a professor in the Department of Human Centered Design and a member of the graduate faculty in the Department of Architecture at Cornell University and the Academic Director of the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures. A fellow in the American Institute of Architects and the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA), she has LEED AP, WELL AP and EDAC credentials. Dr. Shepley has published multiple peer-reviewed journal papers and authored/co-authored six books, the most recent of which are: Design for Critical Care (2009), Health Facility Evaluation for Design Practitioners (2010), Design for Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care (2014), and Design for Mental & Behavioral Health (2017). Mardelle has worked full and part-time in professional practice for 25 years. Committed to designing and conducting research on healthy and healing environments, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from ACHA.