Public health intersects with urban design in the latest pairing of creative thinkers -- Dr. Richard Jackson and architect Roger Sherman -- for a Hammer Conversation on April 17 at 7:30 p.m.Jackson is a pediatrician, professor, chair of environmental health sciences in UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is a leading advocate for prioritizing urban health issues in urban design.
Sherman is principal of Roger Sherman Architecture and Urban Design and co-director of cityLAB, an urban think tank at UCLA. He is currently designing a new town in the Ecuadorean Amazon intended to represent a new model of sustainable urban development.
The Hammer Museum program is free, but tickets are required and available at the box office the evening of the event. Find more information here.
