Does Art Heal?
Does Art Heal?
What is the Evidence? What should the policy be?
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In collaboration with University College London and the National Centre for Creative Health
The WHO hosts this discussion between researchers, practitioners and policy makers to ask the question: what is the verifiable evidence that art heals? What does that mean? What are the implications for health care and the arts community? Lord Vaizey, Dr Daisy Fancourt and other specialists explore what is currently known about the health benefits of the arts and how society can best take advantage of them.
Moderated by Dr Alexander Van Tulleken, British doctor and TV presenter, with Helen Chatterjee, professor of biology at University College London (UCL); Dr Daisy Fancourt, associate professor, psychobiology and epidemiology, UCL; Harold Offeh, artist and participant in the Hospital Rooms; Christopher Bailey, Arts & Health lead, World Health Organization (WHO); Dévora Kestel, director, department of mental health and substance use, WHO; Lord Vaizey, former UK Minister of Culture; and Alexandra Coulter, acting director, National Centre for Creative Health.
Panelists
Acting Director for the National Centre for Creative Health
Arts & Health Lead, WHO
WHO Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Use
Associate Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology, University College London
Doctor & TV Presenter
UK Parliament Member
Artist & participant of Hospital Rooms
Professor of Biology in University College, London (UCL) Biosciences