Health Care for Humans in the Digital Age

As technological innovations transform the systems, practices and institutions of medicine, public calls are growing to maintain the human at the center of healthcare. But what does this call mean in practice? How can (and should) the humanities help?

This brown bag lunch panel discussion and group activity will bring together faculty leaders in the Humanities at ASU to explore how methods and modes of inquiry from the arts and humanities can drive healthcare innovations and promote practices that advance care for all.

Students, faculty, health professionals, and members of the public are warmly invited to join this interdisciplinary conversation. Following a short speakers panel, participants will break into interest groups to discuss ongoing projects and generate new ideas for keeping human flourishing at the center of healthcare.

This event marks the first celebration of Humanities Week on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus. Please join us for a thought-provoking faculty panel and a community-building event supporting the humanities for health on the downtown campus.

Event Schedule

12:00-1:00 p.m. | Panelists and Group Facilitators

• Hannah Lennon; MS 1, Inaugural Class of the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering; MA in Healthcare Innovation, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation; President of the ASU Health Humanities Society.
• Annika Mann, PhD; Co-Director of the Health Humanities Initiative of the ASU Humanities Institute; Course Director, Health Humanities I: Narratives and Care, John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering; Associate Professor, School of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies
• Ian Peebles, PhD; Co-Director, Health Humanities 2: Bioethics and Values, John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering; Affiliated Faculty, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics; Assistant Professor, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies
• Swapna Reddy, JD, DrPH, MPH; Assistant Dean of Strategic and Global Partnerships and Clinical Professor, College of Health Solutions; Director, Health Systems Science and Health Humanities 3: Policy and Advocacy, John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering
• Cora Fox, PhD, Moderator; Executive Director, ASU Health Humanities Commons; Director of Humanities Integrations, ASU Health; Associate Dean of Health Humanities, John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering; Associate Professor, Department of English

1:00-1:30 p.m. | Collaboration and Networking Groups

Narrative Studies and Communications
Languages and Cultures
Ethics and Philosophy
Creativity and the Arts
Law and Policy

This event is supported by ASU Health — which is building the ASU Health Humanities Commons — in collaboration with the ASU Foundation, the humanities division of The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Department of English.