Annmarie Adams, McGill University

Research

architecture history women medical museum biography medicine

Latest papers

19th-century thermosiphon ventilation and its potential for heat recovery in buildings today.
iScience · 2024
Kids in the atrium: comparing architectural intentions and children's experiences in a pediatric hospital lobby.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2010 · first author
A doctor in the house: the architecture of home-offices for physicians in Toronto, 1885-1930.
Medical history · 2008 · first author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Encountering Maude Abbott
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$78,676
Re-imagining long-term residential care: an international study of promising practices
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$2,498,987
Design and practice: tuberculosis in Montreal, 1880-2002
SSHRC · 2003 · Principal investigator
$72,254

All 3 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

19th-century thermosiphon ventilation and its potential for heat recovery in buildings today.

Halepaska A, Adams A, Craig S

iScience2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108765 PMID: 38235337

02

Kids in the atrium: comparing architectural intentions and children's experiences in a pediatric hospital lobby.

Adams A, Theodore D, Goldenberg E, McLaren C, McKeever P

Social science & medicine (1982)2010First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.049 PMID: 19962223

03

A doctor in the house: the architecture of home-offices for physicians in Toronto, 1885-1930.

Adams A, Burke S

Medical history2008First author

DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300002349 PMID: 18458781

04

Design for control: surgery, science, and space at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, 1893-1956.

Adams A, Schlich T

Medical history2006First author

PMID: 16902703

Encountering Maude Abbott

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Adams, Annmarie

Keywords: architecture; history; women; medical museum; biography; medicine

$78,676

Re-imagining long-term residential care: an international study of promising practices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Armstrong, Pat

Keywords: long-term care; elderly; theories of care; work organization; quality of care; ownership; accountability; health policy; gender

$2,498,987

Design and practice: tuberculosis in Montreal, 1880-2002

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Adams, Annmarie

Keywords: tuberculosis; design; hospital; contagion; architecture; health; space; material culture; medicine; ventilation; professionalization; practice

$72,254

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Architecture
School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering
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Salmaan Craig

School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2024

David Theodore

Architecture

1 shared papers, latest 2010

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: architecture Dear Professor Adams, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "19th-century thermosiphon ventilation and its potential for heat recovery in buildings today." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Encountering Maude Abbott" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Annmarie Adams