Gresham Smith is pleased to announce that Healthcare Design Researcher Dagmar Bachmann (Rittenbacher) will speak at the 2026 International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction™ (PDC Summit™) on Wednesday, March 11, at 9:30 a.m. CT in Houston. Texas.
Bachmann will join fellow presenters Soheyla Mohammadi Gorji, Assistant Professor of Interior Design & Architecture at San Francisco State University, and Sheila Bosch, Associate Professor in the Department of Interior Design at the University of Florida, for a session titled “Safer Spaces, Better Care: Development of a Decision Support Tool to Reduce Workplace Violence.”
Their presentation will introduce a new Quality Function Deployment–based tool designed to help health care designers better understand clinician priorities and translate them into safer emergency department environments. Attendees will explore findings from literature synthesis and space syntax analysis, test the tool through interactive activities, and contribute feedback that will inform future enhancements.
As one of the nation’s premier events for health care planning, design and construction, the PDC Summit brings together more than 3,500 multidisciplinary professionals from across the field to foster collaboration, improve project outcomes, and advance the health care built environment.
