TLRH | Art+Science Reading Group: GBHI Atlantic Fellows

Recorded October 28, 2020. What does equity in brain health look
like? How do artists and scientists approach this question
together? This month we’ll be hosting another evening chat with a
panel of experts from the Global Brain Health Institute. Join us
for a discussion on health equity, social memory and the role of
music in brain health and research. As Atlantic Fellows with GBHI,
neuroscientist Francesca Farina, musician Grainne Hope, and Public
Engagement Specialist Sarah Fox will come together to share
insights into making and mapping memory through art and science.
We’ll also have a practical discussion about mediating priorities
and practices when artists, scientists, and the public come
together. About the speakers Francesca Farina is a neuroscientist
whose research focuses on identifying risk factors and early
biomarkers of dementia. She also has a strong interest in
developing creative engagement initiatives to promote brain health
and life-long well-being. Grainne Hope is a professional cellist,
Kids' Classics Founder & Artistic Director & Wellcome Trust
Clore Fellow. ‘Kids’ Classics' is Ireland’s leading Music in
Healthcare organisation that provides training and mentoring to
professional musicians, and creates and designs music programmes
for healthcare, community and school settings in partnerships with
the National Arts Organisations and Healthcare Settings. Sarah Fox
gained a PhD from The University of Manchester studying how
rhythmic activity in the brain could be used to better understand
changes in the early stages of Alzheimer’s dementia. But her PhD
taught her much more than the ups and downs of brain waves, as she
spent an increasing amount of her time working with other
scientists and artists to find ways of discussing scientific
findings with a wider audience. She now helps patients understand
and take part in dementia research and can often be found waxing
lyrically about brains over a cup of something warm. The Art +
Science Reading Group is a virtual group where researchers,
artists, thinkers, and revolutionaries come to share ideas.
Organised by PhD candidates Autumn Brown (School of Education and
Science Gallery Dublin) and Amelia McConville (School of English
and Institute of Neuroscience) and supported by Science Gallery
Dublin and the Trinity Long Room Hub, the series explores the ways
art and science shape one another and society. Learn more at:
https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/