Medical architect (architect and medical planner) i.e., an architect specializing in healthcare facilities including environments for people across the lifespan holding a PhD on psychiatric facilities. Associate Professor at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction UCL, Director of MSc Healthcare Facilities. Active in research having won several prestigious grants and fellowships including a Marie Curie Horizon 2020 Fellowship from the EC on acute mental health wards in the UK, with the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Member of the newly established National Accessibility Authority in Hellenic Republic by invitation from the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Teaching experience involved multi-disciplinary and block (modular) teaching at medical and architectural schools, including being module coordinator at Medical Architecture Research Unit, LSBU. RIBA architect registered in Greece and the UK being the founder and owner of the multi-awarded practice SynThesis Architects. Involved in consultancy and policy such as collaboration with the Greek Ministry of Health and the Centre of European Constitutional Law on legislation regarding mental health facilities and the European Innovation Partnership on Healthy and Active Aging of the EC and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on infectious diseases. Vice-President of the Urban Health Section, EUPHA. Awarded work and research in countries across Europe, Japan, the Middle East and New Zealand. Author of two books on psychiatric environments and several scientific and professional publications on healthcare environments. Accomplished speaker on multi-disciplinary and cross sector audiences, including a Ted-MED presentation and numerous TV and radio broadcastings. RIBA chartered member and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/construction/people/dr-evangelia-chrysikou Evangelia Chrysikou, 
Alexi Marmot COVID-19 has affected most of our activities in multiple ways, with changing our working environment being one of them. This project explores measures for preventing or limiting the transmission of COVID-19 in indoor office workplaces, focusing on space and place by promoting healthy behaviours within those environments. Research comprised of a series of literature reviews using both systematic and narrative methods. Suggestions made from literature review were then split in a) top down guidance mainly from governmental guidance and b) bottom up guidance deriving mainly from the industry. Results were organised under three main themes: a) advice on surface interactions and virus viability); b) behavioural advice focusing on the return-to-work effects on psychological and mental health outcomes along with control measures and suggestions on preparing buildings to return-to-work during Covid-19 and c) advice focusing on thermal and ventilation conditions and how they affect virus transmission. The implications of COVID-19 for workspace are more relevant than ever. The project shed light a)to the interrelationship between individuals and their office space and how the latter influences workers and b) to the knowledge transfer from medical architecture to office design for Covid. This cross-disciplinary review raises questions that need to be considered in future studies inclusive of other topic areas apart from the ones discussed here, so as to generate interdisciplinary knowledge on other equally important fields of study which will impact companies that plan and design workspaces and the people who use it, promoting both healthy working environments and behaviours.