Speakers

Jeremy Nobel

Adjunct Faculty in Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health
Founder and President of the Foundation for Art and Healing

As a practicing general internist, Dr Nobel has delivered preventive, acute and rehabilitative care. Currently, through his faculty appointment at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Nobel’s teaching, research, and community based projects address the design of healthcare delivery systems that improve quality, cost-effectiveness and access. A published poet, Dr. Nobel has received several awards for his poetry including the Bain-Swiggett Prize from Princeton University, and the American Academy of Poets Prize from the University of Pennsylvania. An avid arts supporter, he has served on the board of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company of New York City, the Board of Overseers of the DeCordova Art Museum in Lincoln, MA, and is a member of the Board of Overseers for the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, MA, and the Institute for Contemporary Art Director’s Circle in Boston, MA. Dr Nobel is also the founder and President of the Foundation for Art and Healing, a foundation dedicated to exploring the important relationship between creative engagement and the healing process and bringing the benefits of that engagement to individuals and communities.

Additional Information:
The Connection Between Art, Healing, and Public Health
WSJ: In Search of the Science Behind the Healing Powers of Art