Arts + Health: A USC Arts Now Symposium

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How does dance benefit neurology? How does music help healthy aging? How does a radiologist read a painting? How can accurate health storytelling move audiences to action?

Explore these questions and more in the first-ever USC symposium on the intersection of the arts with health, medicine, and wellness. Featuring USC faculty, researchers, artists, healthcare professionals, and community partners, the half-day symposium will explore groundbreaking arts-based innovations in healthcare, healing, and medicine through a dynamic mix of panels, lightning talks, demonstrations, performances, and a keynote conversation with special guests from the award-winning HBO Max series, .

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

9:30 AM to 12 NOON: MORNING SESSION

OPENING REMARKS
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KEYNOTE INTRODUCTION

FIRESIDE CHAT
: A conversation with (star/executive producer), (showrunner/creator), and (executive producer)

DEMONSTRATION

Dance, Neurology, and Embodied Practice

LIGHTNING TALKS

Music, Memory, and Healthy Aging

Case Studies from the Intersection of Health Humanities, Cinema, and Interactivity

Telling Stories Saving Lives: The Change Making Media Center
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12:00 PM: LUNCH

1 to 3 PM: AFTERNOON SESSION

PANEL DISCUSSION

Arts of Healing and Aging
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DEMONSTRATIONS

Building Community Around a Shared Cancer Journey: A Narrative Medicine Approach
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Music Appreciation for Cochlear Implant Users
, Chrysa Kovach, Julianne Papadopoulos

Radiology Live
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Presented by USC Arts Now. Organized by Josh Kun, Vice Provost for the Arts; Michele Kipke, Associate Senior Vice President for Strategic Health Initiatives, Office of the Senior Vice President for Health Affairs; and Shri Narayanan, USC Vice President for Presidential Initiatives. Co-sponsored by USC Visions and Voices.

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