EP 50: Designing Healthier Places at Scale | Matthew Trowbridge

Matthew Trowbridge is a physician, Chief Medical Officer at the
International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), and Associate
Professor at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine.
Dr. Trowbridge’s academic research focuses on the impact of
architecture, urban design, and transportation planning on
individual and population health. Prior to joining IWBI, Dr.
Trowbridge served as principal investigator for the Green Health
Partnership between UVA and the U.S. Green Building Council; a
multi-year initiative, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, focused on increasing consideration of health and
well-being outcomes across global real estate by applying green
building principles of market transformation. Notable
accomplishments include development of the Health + Well-being
Module in partnership with the Global Real Estate Sustainability
Benchmark, and launch of the Integrative Process for Health
Promotion Credit within the Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) Green Building framework. Dr. Trowbridge is board
certified in both general pediatrics and preventive medicine and
obtained his medical and public health training at Emory
University. Bon and Matt talk about how the built environment is a
modifiable risk factor for health, public health experts as design
thinkers, and why creativity will win over time.