Bon Ku: Health Design Thinking

Dec 6, 2022

About

“One of my dreams would be for all doctors, nurses, and med students, to be trained in design.”

— Dr. Bon Ku, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of the Health Design Lab at Thomas Jefferson University.

As the Director of a creative space where health and design collide in exciting ways, Dr. Bon Ku shares inspiring insights on how to design better healthcare. The second edition of his book, Health Design Thinking, co-authored by Ellen Lupton and co-published by MIT Press, shows how human-centered design methodologies can effectively address real-life situations, including creative responses to Covid-19.

Speaker

  • Bon Ku

    Marta and Robert Adelson Professor of Medicine and Design, Sidney Kimmel Medical College

    Dr. Bon Ku is a recognized leader in healthcare design. He created the first design thinking program for medical students at Sidney Kimmel Medical College where he is the Marta and Robert Adelson Professor of Medicine and Design, the associate dean for Health and Design and a practicing emergency physician. Bon directs Thomas Jefferson University’s Health Design Lab, a research group that explores medical applications of 3D printing and the design of healthier communities.

    His work toward redesigning healthcare has been featured widely in media outlets including the New York Times, CNBC, Architectural Digest, and Fast Company. Bon is an international speaker who has been featured at conferences and universities around the world including SXSW, TEDx, Yale School of Management, Fortune Magazine, American Institute of Architects and Singapore Design Week. He co-wrote the book “Health Design Thinking: Creating Products and Services for Better Health” (2019), is host of the “Design Lab” podcast and was a regular panelist on the primetime medical TV show “Chasing the Cure” with Ann Curry.

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