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Jameel Arts & Health Lab
Measurably improving health and wellbeing through the arts

About the Lab

The Jameel Arts & Health Lab, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), is a global initiative leveraging scientific evidence, artist-led advocacy, and a global Healing Arts campaign to drive the integration of the arts in clinical and public health. The Lab was co-founded by WHO Regional Office for Europe, NYU Steinhardt, Community Jameel and Culturunners.

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Research Series

Global Population Health Fellowship

The Jameel Arts & Health Lab Global Health Fellowship is a three-year fellowship that is supported by the Lab in collaboration with University College London. The fellowship is awarded to one post-doctoral researcher to further research and expand population-level work on arts and health to include individuals from global ethnic majorities, Global South populations, and low and middle-income countries.

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Research Project

Arts, Health, and Climate

This project seeks to articulate how engaging in the arts can mitigate the health impacts of climate change, communicate about these impacts, and promote adaptive capacity through adaptive behaviours or interventions that address the health risks posed by climate change.

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Research Project

Hospital Murals Evaluation (HoME)

The largest study of its kind, aiming to better understand the impact of murals in hospitals on patients, staff, and visitors, and to study murals across different cultural contexts in Nigeria, Slovenia, the UK, and the US.

Event

House of Commons: Value of UK Arts & Health

Roundtable at the Houses of Parliament calls for cross-sector strategy and Government collaboration to reimagine UK Arts abroad

Date

11 March 2025

Event

Healing Arts Scotland Impact Report Event

Scottish Ballet and the Jameel Arts & Health Lab, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the “Healing Arts Scotland” impact report at the Scottish Parliament.

Date

21 January 2025

Event

NYU London: Groundbreaking UK Arts & Health Report

NYU Steinhardt and the Jameel Arts & Health Lab hosted a series of events celebrating this report, which had been commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DMCS) and published by Frontier Economics.

Date

15 January 2025

Policy

Arts, Mental Health, and Forced Displacement

This WHO-Europe led policy brief outlines the existing evidence surrounding the arts and mental well-being for forcibly displaced people, providing case examples of arts interventions working at these intersections, and presents policy recommendations.

Policy

US Caucus Report

The report presents key learnings from the Arts and Health Caucus held in advance of Healing, Bridging, Thriving: A Summit on Arts and Culture in our Communities, co-hosted by the White House Domestic Policy Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Current Focus Areas

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Arts & Post-Conflict

Policy Brief: Arts & Forcibly Displaced People

Arts & Health Equity

Case Study: Yazidi Cultural Archive

Arts & Mental Health

Project: Music & Motherhood

Arts, Health & Climate

Event: COP28 Healing Arts Week

Arts & Health Ethics

Artist Project: Resource on Art Practice and Ethics of Care

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Arts & Hospitals

Project: Hospital Murals Evaluation (HoME)

Arts & Neuroscience

Event: Creative Brain Week

Healing Arts 2025

A global campaign of city and country-wide activations, exhibitions, dialogues, and live events. Healing Arts socializes arts and health research to drive public engagement for the vital role of the arts in health.

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UNGA Healing Arts Week 2025

New York City

20 – 26 September 2025

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Healing Arts Barcelona

Barcelona

20 – 26 October 2025

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Healing Arts Singapore

Singapore

8 – 12 December 2025

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Healing Arts Partners

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The Team

Meet the Lab’s dedicated team of global arts and health researchers at NYU, policy makers at WHO, and communications specialists at Culturunners.

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