February 16, 2008

Jain Malkin is president of Jain Malkin Inc., a San Diego, California, interior architecture firm specializing in health care facilities. A leader in the field of health care design, Malkin has lectured widely and written numerous articles on the psychological effects of health care environments. She is a former instructor at Harvard University in the Graduate School of Design and is often a keynote speaker at conferences on the design of healing environments. Jain is the author of several books on health care design including the latest book, A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design, and has been named by California Medicine magazine one of California’s 100 most interesting and influential health care leaders. She serves on the board of The Center for Health Design and the editorial advisory board of the Health Environments Research & Design Journal.