Performing Arts Health: A Tale of Two Needs – FREE Webinar TODAY (July 10th) at 10am (Sponsored by the NNLM SCR)

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region housed at the Gibson D. Lewis Library would like to invite you to join us for the next session of our monthly webinar series.

This monthly 1 hour series will focus on topics of interest to clinicians, researchers, faculty, and information professionals.

Kris Chesky, PhD and Sajid Surve, DO, Co-Directors of the UNT Texas Center for Performing Arts Health, will present “Performing Arts Health: A Tale of Two Needs” at 10am CT on Wednesday, July 10th. Details on joining the meeting are available at the event link below. No registration is required, and the session is free to any interested parties.

Description: Performing arts health is a budding area of medicine and research. Performing artists have long been focused solely on their craft, ignoring the potential implications to their hearing, vocal, musculoskeletal, and mental health that arise from playing music, dancing, acting, or other performance. Similarly, the medical profession has historically ignored the unique medical problems of performing artists, opting instead to treat them as something other than the endurance athletes that they are. In both instances, a strong case can be made for the need for high-quality health information. In this talk, the speakers will discuss the historical problems, present situation, and future implications of informatics and performing arts health.