Healthcare Planning and Research Fellowship

Overview

One-year fellowship for recent grads to research and design healthcare environments.

Key Responsibilities

• ai modeling
• healthcare design
• research study
• client meetings
• collaboration
• white paper

Tasks

-Be involved in client leadership and user group meetings, patient focus groups, public meetings, consultant coordination, and Owner/Architect/Contractor (OAC) meetings. -Receive mentorship from multiple healthcare planning, design, research, and analytics leaders within Flad. Participate in quarterly check-ins with mentors to review progress, expectations, and goals. -Collaborate across disciplines (internal and external) to develop holistic problem-solving. -Work on a year-long research study based on your interest and alignment with Flad’s strategic healthcare initiatives, which include: -Participate in the research, planning, and design of innovative healthcare environments for top-tier healthcare organizations, including academic medical centers and large community health systems. -Attend two healthcare architectural conferences with registration, airfare, hotel, and meals covered by Flad. -Have opportunities to share knowledge through regular meetings, quarterly updates, and a final presentation and white paper. -Focus 65% of your time on healthcare project work and dedicate 35% to research, with the opportunity to select both a primary design mentor and research mentor. -Leveraging AI for Pre-design, Simulations, Modeling, and Design Research -Provide two (2) Letters of Recommendation from faculty or design/research professionals

Requirements

• revit
• sketchup
• rhino
• masters architecture
• healthcare design
• sustainability

What You Bring

-Beginner Revit knowledge required. -Letters of Reference and Essays can be uploaded along with your application as portfolio documents. They may also be emailed to [email protected] and marked as Healthcare Fellowship to supplement your online application. -Master’s degree in Architecture with a certification in Healthcare Design or a healthcare-related thesis. -Master’s degree in Interior Design with a certification in Healthcare Design or a healthcare-related thesis. -One of the following degrees are required: -Submit an essay (maximum two (2) pages) addressing the following: -Experience with SketchUp and/or Rhino and 3D rendering software preferred. -Sustainability accreditation preferred. -Physician and Staff Experience (how the built environment influences staff experience and reduces burnout) -Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited university with completion of a Design and Health program/courses. -Previous internship experience preferred.

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Benefits

-Generous paid time off and paid holidays -Health, dental, and vision insurance -Financial health and wellness benefits - retirement savings plan; fiduciary advisor; identity theft plan; Section 125 flexible benefits; income protection – life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability; Employee Assistance Program (EAP) -Receive exposure to inpatient and outpatient health care environments and workflows and innovative technologies used for healthcare planning and design. -Baseline and Post-occupancy Evaluations -Virtual Interviews - Mid-January 2026 -Environments for Cancer Care, Orthopedics, Cardiology, Neurology -Continuing education and career development – internal programs; funds set aside for external programs, licensure and sustainability support, annual professional registration and organization reimbursement -How will this fellowship help you achieve your long-term career goals? Where do you see yourself in five or ten years, and how does this fellowship fit into that plan?

About Flad Architects

-Typical projects include high-performance labs, academic research facilities, hospitals, corporate R&D centers, and campus master plans. -Their services span architecture, interior design, structural and landscape engineering, master planning, sustainable design, innovation & analytics. -They have offices in ten U.S. cities, enabling both local presence and national reach, including Boston and San Diego expansions. -Specializing in environments that foster discovery and healing, their work often supports cutting-edge science and healthcare breakthroughs.

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Interview Process

-virtual interviews scheduled for mid-january 2026