Where Health 
and Design Meet

Use research and simulation to improve medical experience and quality, patient safety and outcomes, and drive innovations. 

Our Mission

The SimTigrate Design Lab explores the full ecology of designed systems that impact our health and wellbeing, including the built environment, services, devices and policy in partnership with key stakeholders. We bring our 14-year history of working with researchers, organizations, and end-users to this collaborative process to help implement evidence-based designs and solutions.

Our Beginnings

SimTigrate – combining concepts of simulation and integration – grew out of the Healthy Environments Research Group (HERG). Established around 2000, HERG was a multidisciplinary group of faculty and students at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University dedicated to improving healthcare outcomes through the design of cities and buildings.

The SimTigrate Design Lab was launched in late 2011 to focus more directly on health and healthcare and to create a lab structure focused around researchers, including Georgia Tech staff and students. Zimring and Associate Director Jennifer DuBose were instrumental in creating SimTigrate.

Inside Design

A Look Inside the SimTigrate Design Center

Approach

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Look for moments of change & impact

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Engage in discovery with stakeholders

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Identify relevant evidence

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Build long-term trusted relationships with sponsors

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Involve students in everything

Settings

An elderly hand grips a metallic grab bar in a bathroom, next to a white sink. The image conveys safety, support, and accessibility.

Home

  • Home Design Guidelines
Spacious modern office lobby with light wood flooring. Features a stylish reception desk, gray sofas, and large windows, conveying a welcoming atmosphere.

Day Program Spaces

  • Cognitive Empowerment Program
Office setting with three people in blue shirts seated at desks, focused on computer screens. A window shows a view of cars and buildings outside.

Outpatient

  • Design for teamwork in outpatient settings
  • Exam rooms
  • Pediatric clinics
A hospital room with a bed surrounded by medical equipment and monitors. Cabinets and drawers are on the left, and the room has wooden flooring.

Acute Care

  • Med/Surg Patient Rooms
  • ICU
  • Biocontainment Units

Populations We Serve

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