Roxana Jafari

Dr. Roxana Jafari serves as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture, Texas A&M University. Prior to joining Texas A&M School of Architecture, she served as an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Lawrence Technological University in Michigan, U.S. She has earned her Ph.D. in Planning, Design, and the Built Environment (area of focus: Built Environment and Health) from Clemson University and worked as a Research Assistant at the Center for Health Facilities Design and Testing (CHFDT), Clemson University. Her research incorporates human-centered design, evidence-based design, and socio-technical systems approaches to improve occupants’ safety and well-being in high-stress, complex healthcare environments, such as operating rooms and intensive care units. To date, she has collaborated with multiple interdisciplinary teams of researchers and clinicians across the U.S. on over $4 million of R01 and R03-funded projects by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), ranging from improving safety in operating room environments to the integration of telemedicine systems in ambulance environments. In addition, she has collaborated with industry sponsors (e.g., View Inc. and Haworth) and deployed innovative combined approaches utilizing virtual reality (VR) technology (digital twins) alongside physical mockups to evaluate the impact of environmental factors (e.g., lighting or room configurations) on users’ preferences and comfort. Dr. Jafari’s interdisciplinary research projects have received national and international media coverage through the SALUS Global Knowledge Exchange and Clemson News in South Carolina, U.S.

• Jafarifiroozabadi, R., Joseph, A., Bridges, W., & Franks, A. (2022). The impact of daylight and window views on length of stay among patients with heart disease: A retrospective study in a cardiac intensive care unit. Journal of Intensive Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jointm.2022.11.002
• Jafarifiroozabadi, R., Woo, M., Joseph, A., MacNaughton, P., & Mihandoust, S. (2022). The effects of window blind positions and control on patients’ hospital and care quality perception: A mediation and moderation analysis. Building and Environment, 226, 109672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109672
• Woo, M., Jafarifiroozabadi, R., MacNaughton, P., Mihandoust, S., Kennedy, S., & Joseph, A. (2022). Using Discrete Choice Methodology to Explore the Impact of Patient Room Window Design on Hospital Choice. Journal of Patient Experience, 9, 23743735221107240. https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735221107240
• Mihandoust, S., Joseph, A., Madathil, K. C., Rogers, H., Jafarifiroozabadi, R., Ahmadshahi, S., … & McElligott, J. (2022). Comparing Sources of Disruptions to Telemedicine-Enabled Stroke Care in an Ambulance. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 15(2), 96-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/19375867211054759
• Jafarifiroozabadi, R., MacNaughton, P., & Osnaga, A. (2022, March). Investigating lighting quality in office workstations: A combined approach utilizing virtual reality and physical workstations. In 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (pp. 85-87). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00029
• Jafarifiroozabadi, , Joshi, R., Joseph, A., & Wingler, D. (2021). Perceived usability of seating in an outpatient waiting area: A combined approach utilizing virtual reality and actual seating prototypes. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/19375867211062268
• Joseph, , Chalil Madathil, K., Jafarifiroozabadi, R., Rogers, H., Mihandoust, S., Khasawneh, A., … & McElligott, J. T. (2021). Communication and teamwork during telemedicine-enabled stroke care in an ambulance. Human Factors, 0018720821995687. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720821995687
• Jafarifiroozabadi, , Joseph, A., Joshi, R., & Wingler, D. (2020). Evaluating care partner preferences for seating in an outpatient surgery waiting area using virtual reality. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 1937586720922194. https://doi.org/10.1177/1937586720922194
• Mousavi, S., Jafarifiroozabadi, R., Bayramzadeh, S., Joseph, A., & San, D. (2018). An observational study of door motion in operating rooms. Building and Environment, 144, 502-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.08.052
• Bayramzadeh, , Joseph, A., Khoshkenar, A., Taaffe, K., Jafarifiroozabadi, R., San, D., & Neyens, D. (2018). The impact of operating room layout on circulating nurse’s work patterns and flow disruptions: A behavioral mapping study. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 11(3), 124-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/1937586717751124