Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures (CIHF) is an academic center that combines hospitality, environmental design, and health policy and management into a broad-based platform to improve service in healthcare, wellness, and senior living. To achieve this goal, the Institute develops and supports multidisciplinary educational programs, sponsors and disseminates research, and hosts conferences, roundtables, meetings, and practicum projects.

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CIHF Values

We innovate and integrate across health, hospitality and design because it transforms and improves each field.

We nurture relationships because it amplifies our impact in health, hospitality and design.

We celebrate our shared knowledge because it builds partnerships and disseminates information.

We conduct and support translational research because it has real world application to improve health outcomes.

CIHF Mission

Integrating hospitality, health management/policy and design thinking- through education, research and industry relations- to enhance service excellence in health and wellness-related organizations.

CIHF Vision

A society where everyone receives excellent health and wellness-related services in well managed, well designed, and hospitable facilities.