Addressing HIV-related Stigma through Photovoice
Addressing HIV-related Stigma through Photovoice
Ashley Grosso and Jacqueline Thaw
$10,000
Arts in Health Research Lab
About Us
Have you ever experienced a song that brings joy or calm, a poem or story that helps you make meaning, or a performance that brings together a community? A developing body of evidence shows that, like exercise and good nutrition, the arts benefit physical and mental health. Arts participation is now understood to be a health behavior and a social determinant of health. Arts in Health is a multidisciplinary field of practice, education, and research that engages the arts to enhance health and well-being in diverse institutional and community contexts.
Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers School of Public Health, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center have joined to launch the Arts in Health Research Lab. This unique partnership between a major public research university and a celebrated performing arts center is the first of its kind in the nation, contributing to the new and growing field of Arts in Health across the country and around the world.
The mission of the Arts in Health Research Lab is to support arts in health research, education, community development, and interdisciplinary partnerships to improve individual and community well-being and health outcomes.
The Arts in Health Research Lab is a Collaborative Effort
Community-Engaged Research Seed Grants
Other Research Projects
New Jersey Arts in Wellbeing Indicators Study
New Jersey Arts in Wellbeing Indicators Study
Examines New Jersey residents’ perspectives of the arts and their individual and community well-being
Aly Maier Lokuta, Stephanie Cronenberg, Peichi Waite, Kristen Krause, Jaqueline Thaw, Rebecca Cypess
Notice Nature: An Art-Science Collaboration in Support of Student Wellness
Notice Nature: An Art-Science Collaboration in Support of Student Wellness
$50,000 Chancellor-Provost Challenge: Toward the Common Good Grant
Mary Nucci, Jacqueline Thaw, Lena Struwe, Rebecca Cypess, Margaret Swarbick, Dee Magnoni, Peichi Waite
Let's Get in Touch
If you're interested in joining the Arts in Health Research Lab email listserv and receive periodic updates about our work, or have any questions, please reach out to us at artshealthlab@rutgers.edu.