Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing Annual Showcase

You are invited to join us for the exciting showcase event on Monday 15th April, 10am-3.30pm. This event will highlight the work of the research centre over the last year, with a range of different presentations and panels covering a variety of subjects.

Running order

Please not that there are scheduled breaks / networking opportunities throughout the day.

10am – Introduction to the Health Research Institute (Professor Greg Irving), Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing (Professor Vicky Karkou), and Links with the World Health Organisation (WHO) (Dr Nils Fietje)

10.30am – International Panel: Presentations and Discussion

• Dr Nisha Sanjani, New York University
• Dr Martina de Witte, University of Melbourne
• Dr Hod Orkibi, University of Haifa
• Dr Matthew Pelowski, University of Vienna
• Professor Stephen Clift, Canterbury Christ Church University

11.45am & 1.15pm – Research Centre of Arts and Wellbeing: Presentations and Discussion

• Arts4Us
• Arts for the Blues
• Tackling the Blues
• Neuroscience meets dance in therapy
• Wellbeing of staff and doctors in training
• Create+
• Working creatively with parents and infants
• Experiences of black creative arts therapists

2.30pm – Friends of the Research Centre

• Dr Zoe Moula, King’s College London
• Eleanor Keiller, Queen Mary University
• Jackie Edwards, Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health NHS Trust
• Emily Abbott, Intergenerational England
• Dr Alex Boyd, Intercultural Roots for Public Health
• Dr Melanie Brierley, Conscious Bodies

3.15pm – Plenary (Guila Clara Kessous) and close.