Date: 7th February 2024
Ep 12
Christopher Bailey is the Arts and Health Lead at the World Health Organization and a co-founder of the Jameel Arts and Health Lab.
Educated at Columbia and Oxford Universities as well as the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, after a career as a professional actor and playwright, Christopher worked at the Rockefeller Foundation before joining the WHO.
Our conversation covers Christopher’s journey to his current role (which he created), philosophy, theatre, and how arts and health fit into the aims of the WHO. We talk about the effects of art from neuroscience, public health, and preventative perspectives, along with the effects of awe, shock and wonder and the deep aesthetic experience.
We cover the UK’s influence in this field but also the lack of investment. Christopher shares how the WHO influences health policy around the world to be inclusive of the arts and lets us in on his own creative health world.
Links
WHO Arts and Health
Jameel Arts & Health Lab
Creative Brain Week
Healing Arts Scotland
NeuroArts Blueprint
Daisy Fancourt
Socials
Christopher’s LinkedIn
@baileychristophet
Creative Health Stories socials:
Instagram: @creativehealthstories
LinkedIn: @LauraBaileyCreativeHealth
