Nisha Sajnani

Nisha Sajnani is the co-director of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab, a collaboration with Community Jameel, the World Health Organisation (WHO), New York University (NYU) Steinhardt and CULTURUNNERS, where she leads the Lancet global series on the health benefits of the arts. Nisha is the founder of Arts & Health at NYU, director of the programme in drama therapy and the Theatre & Health Lab and chair of the NYU Creative Arts Therapies Consortium.

Nisha received her PhD in interdisciplinary studies, combining drama therapy and community economic development, from the School of Community and Public Affairs at Concordia University in Montreal.

News

Jameel Arts & Health Lab designates Carnegie Hall as its first Healing Arts centre of excellence

Ground-breaking research series on health benefits of the arts announced on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly

World Health Organization, NYU Steinhardt, Community Jameel and CULTURUNNERS launch the Jameel Arts & Health Lab to measure the impact of the arts on health

Media

NYU Steinhardt hosts September 18 symposium exploring how the arts lessen loneliness and isolation

NYC Health + Hospitals and The Jameel Arts & Health Lab collaborate on largest ever evaluation of the impact of murals in hospitals

Jameel Arts & Health Lab co-hosts caucus before White House event

When art met science at COP28

Art champions and health thinkers unite at COP28 for common good

Could the arts be good for your health?

The art of wellbeing: How Europe is using culture for its health benefits

Healing Arts Scotland 2024

WHO meeting on music and motherhood: healthcare innovation through the arts

NYU Steinhardt joins launch of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab/Lancet global series on health benefits of the arts

WHO, Lancet and Jameel Arts & Health Lab launch new research collaboration on the health benefits of the arts

Ground-breaking research series on health benefits of the arts

Les activités artistiques promeuvent la santé

Arts activities promote health: An interview with Dr Nisha Sajnani, co-director of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab

WHO 75 healing arts concert, Victoria Hall, Geneva follows launch of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab

A digital archive launches on Google for Yazidi survivors about the role of art in promoting health

New digital art archive launched to help Yazidi community rebuild after genocide

The Art of Survival: A Yazidi Cultural Archive

Events

UNGA Healing Arts Week 2024

Jameel Arts & Health Lab x Art Basel | Healing arts: Reimagining healthcare

Creative Brain Week 2024

COP28 | Community Jameel x afikra COP28 live conversation

UNGA 78 | Reception for the Jameel Arts & Health Lab x Lancet series launch

UNGA 78 | WHO75 Wellbeing Concert

National arts in health week Nigeria

WHO 75: Healing arts concert

Jameel Arts & Health Lab launch