Convening virtually on the afternoon of Friday December 10th, the ReDesignAging conference unites Johns Hopkins clinicians, researchers, and graduate students with designers from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) to broaden the conversation on designing effective, inclusive, and sustainable interventions to meet the needs of our aging population.
Students, alumni, faculty, staff, and the community-at-large are invited to attend and participate in workshops and panels as we strengthen this community of practice.
With the support of MICA's Office of Open studies, there is no cost to attend and participate in this virtual conference.
While advances in medicine, technology, population health, and policy have improved quality of life for older adults, significant inequities persist in accessibility, inclusion, care and many other domains. We know what isn't working. So, what does work? Attendees will have this question (and more!) answered by an expert panel comprised of practitioners leveraging innovative interdisciplinary interventions that integrate public health, design, and placemaking. Audience Q&A to follow.
Ms. Kafi Waters (she/her) is a multidisciplinary experience design strategist passionate about social impact, and how innovation can be a driving force for more inclusive design. An Innovation Champion with AARP Innovation Labs, Kafi influences and shapes products and services through her design thinking and innovation work with startups. An instructor at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Kafi teaches Foundations of User Experience in the Master of Professional Studies, UX Design Program. She is a founding co-producer of user experience design
unconference-style conferences, UXCamp DC and UXCamp NYC.
Dr. Thomas K. M. Cudjoe, M.D., M.P.H.
(he/him) is board certified internal medicine and geriatric medicine physician actively engaged in the medical care of homebound older adults via the Johns Hopkins Home Based Medicine program. Dr. Cudjoe is a Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Endowed Assistant Professor (Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology) and a Caryl & George Bernstein Human Aging Project Scholar at Center for Innovative Medicine. He has served as a Commissioner to the Baltimore City Commission on Aging and Retirement Education. Dr. Cudjoe's research has focused on identifying risk factors for social isolation and currently examines the relationship between social connections and health outcomes.
Ms. Cindy Shonaiya, AIA (she/her) is an architect with 27 years of professional experience spanning three continents. She is the Senior Living Market Sector Leader at design firm Hord Coplan Macht, where she leads a team of 48 architects and interior designers. She has been Principal-in-Charge on a number of senior living, multi-family and assisted living community projects, including the award-winning Brightview Bethesda, Brightview West End, and Clare Court Convent & Apartment projects. Cindy is part-owner at HCM, serves on their Board of Directors, and leads their Student Engagement Committee. Her passion is to motivate and mentor the next generation of architects. She also serves on the Maryland State Board of Architects and is a regular jury member at the Morgan State University School of Architecture.
Founder, ReDesignAging
Principal, inclucivic
MA/MBA Design Leadership (MICA & JHU) 2022
Alykhan Alani (he/him) is an innovation strategist working in the public interest. He specializes in applying participatory research and design methods to social sector challenges, with a particular focus on accessibility, inclusion, and operations. His consulting practice, inclucivic, serves clients active in the fintech, civic tech, and public health space.
Alykhan serves on the CIEB (Committee for Inclusion, Equity and Belonging) at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and volunteers as a social enterprise coach for community college students via the Everyday Entrepreneur Venture Fund.
Founder & President, SCRD
MA/MBA Design Leadership (MICA & JHU) 2022
Courtney Morgan is a multidisciplinary designer and architect, and founder of the Studio for Research, Collaboration, and Design (SCRD).
Baltimore has been home to Courtney for 10 plus years, and has afforded her opportunities to collaborate with artists and designers throughout the Baltimore-DC area. During her time in architecture Courtney spent 5 years in the senior living industry, working to innovate the living experiences of older adults.
Courtney's experiences range from product design, design facilitation, and architecture, to organizational development and urban design.
MICA graduates Vidisha Agarwalla (MASD '20) and Erika Hornstein (MA/MBA '18) will share how they are implementing HCD strategies in research at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. They will describe two project examples of how tools like photovoice and card sorting are helping professors co-create interventions with older adults, clinicians, and care partners.