ADMISSION: 
Admission is free. Reservations required.
Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

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DESCRIPTION:
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, The Pitt.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

9:30 AM to 12 NOON: MORNING SESSION 

OPENING REMARKS
Josh Kun, Michele Kipke, Shri Narayanan

KEYNOTE INTRODUCTION
Kate Folb

FIRESIDE CHAT
The Pitt: A conversation with Noah Wyle (star/executive producer),  R. Scott Gemmill (showrunner/creator), Simran Baidwan (executive producer), and Dr. Elizabeth Ferreira (medical consultant)

DEMONSTRATION 

Dance, Neurology, and Embodied Practice
Patrick Corbin

LIGHTNING TALKS 

Music, Memory, and Healthy Aging
Assal Habibi

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

Telling Stories Saving Lives: The Change Making Media Center
Sheila T. Murphy, Jeremy Kagan

12:00 PM: LUNCH

1 to 3 PM: AFTERNOON SESSION

PANEL DISCUSSION 

Arts of Healing and Aging
Teal Eich, Genevieve Nelson, Jacek Pinski, Zachary Steel, Robin Stevens (moderator)

DEMONSTRATIONS 

Building Community Around a Shared Cancer Journey: A Narrative Medicine Approach
Kiaros Llobera, Kathy Riley, Erika Wright

Music Appreciation for Cochlear Implant Users
Ray Goldsworthy, Chrysa Kovach, Julianne Papadopoulos, Maggie Whittemore

Radiology Live
Edgar Arceneaux, Summer Decker, Jonathan Ford

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.