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Meet the Lab’s dedicated team of global arts and health researchers at NYU, policy makers at WHO, and communications specialists at Culturunners.

Nisha Sajnani, PhD

Founding Co-Director

Christopher Bailey

Founding Co-Director

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Nils Fietje, PhD

Founding Co-Director

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Stephen Stapleton

Founding Co-Director

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Tessa Brinza

Research Coordinator

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

Felix Craven

Communications Coordinator

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

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Marcel Foster

Research & Evaluation Associate

NYU Steinhardt

Ameer Shaheed

Consultant

WHO Regional Office for Europe

Calum smith

Calum Smith

Consultant

WHO Europe

Elisabeth Bahr

Elisabeth Bahr

Postdoctoral Research Associate

NYU Steinhardt

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Karen Mak

Senior Research Fellow in Global Epidemiology

University College London

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Herbert and Nell Singer Research Assistant Professor

Rockefeller University