Dr. Nirit Pilosof

Dr Nirit Pilosof is a faculty member at the Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University, and an Associate of Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) at the University of Cambridge in the UK.

Dr Pilosof is an architect and researcher exploring the intersection of Healthcare, Technology, and Architecture. Since 2020, she has been leading a research collaboration between the University of Cambridge and healthcare organizations in Israel on the 'Smart Hospital of the Future: Digital Technologies, Service Innovation, and Hospital Design' focusing on remote care and new hybrid models across the healthcare ecosystem.

Dr Pilosof is currently the Head of Research in Innovation and Transformation at Sheba Medical Centre, a Fellow of Cambridge Digital Innovation (CDI) at the University of Cambridge, and the Executive Member of Israel at the International Union of Architects (UIA) Public Health Group.

Dr Pilosof holds a PhD from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, a Post-Professional M.Arch from McGill University, and an Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC) from the Center for Health Design in the USA. In her architecture practice, she gained experience in multidisciplinary design processes of major public and medical facilities in Israel and Canada.

Dr Pilosof won international awards, including the prestige's American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architects for Health award, the American Hospital Association (AHA) graduate fellowship, The McGill Graduate fellowship, and the Azrieli Foundation fellowship.

Healthcare Design, Hospital Architecture, Smart Environments, Innovation and Transformation, Remote care, Planning for Change, and Evidence-based Design (EBD).

Pilosof N. P., Barrett, M., Oborn, E., Barkai, G., Zimlichman, E., Caspi, A. (2022). Telemedicine for Inpatient Psychiatric Care: Remote Care in a COVID-19 Mental Health Unit. ARCH22 Enabling health, care and well-being through design research.

Oborn, E., Pilosof, N. P., Hinings, B., & Zimlichman, E. (2021). Institutional logics and innovation in times of crisis: Telemedicine as digital 'PPE.' Information and Organization, 31(1), 100340.

Pilosof, N. P., Barrett, M., Oborn, E., Barkai, G., Pessach, I. M., & Zimlichman, E. (2021). Inpatient Telemedicine and New Models of Care during COVID-19: Hospital Design Strategies to Enhance Patient and Staff Safety. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, Vol. 18, Page 8391, 18(16), 8391.

Pilosof, N. P., Barrett, M., Oborn, E., Barkai, G., Pessach, I. M., & Zimlichman, E. (2021). Telemedicine Implementation in COVID-19 ICU: Balancing Physical and Virtual Forms of Visibility. Health Environments Research and Design Journal, 14(3), 34–48.

Pilosof, N. P., & Grobman, Y. J. (2021). Evidence-Based Design in Architectural Education: Designing the First Maggie's Centre in Israel. Health Environments Research and Design Journal.

Pilosof, N. P. (2021). Building for Change: Comparative Case Study of Hospital Architecture. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 14(1), 47–60. 

Pilosof, N. P., Schaumann, D., Sopher, H., Kalay, Y. E., Yahav, J. (2020). Outpatient Clinic Design in Israel: Comparative Evaluation by Digital Simulation. Healthy Healthcare: A system-based understanding of healthcare organizations, workers health and quality of care for patients. Tevik Løvseth, L. & de Lange, A. Editors. Springer.

Van der Zwart J., Pilosof N. P. (2020). Evidence-based design for healthcare work environments. Healthy Healthcare: A system-based understanding of healthcare organizations, workers health and quality of care for patients. Tevik Løvseth, L. & de Lange, A. Editors. Springer.

Schaumann, D., Pilosof, N. P., Gath-Morad, M., & Kalay, Y. E. (2020). Simulating the impact of facility design on operations: a study in an internal medicine ward. Facilities, 38(7–8), 501–522.

Schaumann, D., Pilosof, N. P., Sopher, H., Yahav, J., & Kalay, Y. E. (2019). Simulating multi-agent narratives for pre-occupancy evaluation of architectural designs. Automation in Construction, 106.

Pilosof, N. P. (2018). The Evolution of a Hospital Planned for Change. Healthcare Architecture as Built Infrastructure: Stability and Change. Kendall, S. H. Editor. Routledge, New York.

Schaumann, D., Pilosof, N. P., Date, K., & Kalay, Y. E. (2016). A study of human behaviour simulation in architectural design for healthcare facilities. Annali Dell’Istituto Di Sanita, 52(1), 24–32.

Pilosof, N. P. (2005). Planning for Change: Hospital Design Theories in Practice. The AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) Journal, 8, 13-20.

The Azrieli Foundation Fellows Program award for PhD research (2016-2019).

The Robert A. Stewart Fellowship for PhD studies at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) James J. Sounder Fellow award for outstanding research.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Hospital Association (AHA) Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning and Design for Master research.

Canadian Institute of Health Research (CHIR) Strategic Fellowship in “Health Care, Technology, and Place” (HCTP).

McGill University Graduate Studies Fellowship for outstanding students.

Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) International student design competition award.