Kara is the Director of Healthcare Research at Flad Architects where she focuses on advocating, leading, and advancing strategic research initiatives for pre-design services and post-occupancy evaluations within the firm’s healthcare practice. Serving as a subject matter expert, she educates and advises firm leadership and teams on the development of planning tools, operational studies, and research-based services. Her work has received multiple Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Certificates of Research Excellence (CORE) and The Center for Health Design, Evidence-based Design Touchstone Awards.