Claire Hooker joins us from Sydney, Australia to chart the trajectory of her work and changes in the field she has observed over her career. As a scholar, her efforts all connect to expanding and making it possible for more diverse voices to contribute fully to the health humanities conversation and encouraging practitioners to reflect more deeply on the nature of empathy in their lives and work. Claire also sheds a light on exciting future possibilities in health humanities, as well as medicine and the arts more generally.

Claire Hooker is an Associate Professor in Health and Medical Humanities at the University of Sydney and Founder and first President of the Arts Health Network NSW/ACT (AHNNA), an affiliation of academics, artists, health practitioners, and allies who provide information, research, resources and activities to broaden understanding of the impact and value of creative arts in improving health outcomes.

Claire undertakes research, advocacy work, and writing in the areas of arts and health, health humanities, and risk communication. She is also a member of the NBM Lab’s International Advisory Board.

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