Research Projects

This research project will assess the emotional and psycho-social impact of healthcare clowning activities for both unaccompanied minors and the aid workers supporting forced migrants in Lesvos, Greece.

In this project, researchers will develop an Arts and Health Evaluation Toolkit to promote more rigorous evaluation of arts and health interventions, to enable more systematic assessment of interventions, allow meaningful comparisons across studies, and drive progress in the field - developed in collaboration with key institutions in Singapore.

This evaluation project uses a comprehensive and adaptable mixed-methods framework for understanding the impact of regional healing arts activation strategies. This includes generating insights about the arts and health sector, and embedding arts-based approaches within health, social care, cultural, and community systems, to advance evidence-based, scalable approaches that improve individual and population health across regions.

This study will explore the neural basis of fictional role playing, with the aim of comparing novices and professional actors, where a novice would represent the typical type of client in a drama therapy or psychodramatic setting.

This study is the first to use neuroimaging to investigate the neural effects of dance-based interventions on people with Parkinson’s Disease, building on growing evidence that such programs improve motor and cognitive function, and employing a well-powered design with a walking control group.

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.