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Andrea Charise, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair-Research in the Department of Health and Society at the University of Toronto Scarborough. With over twenty years of experience as a health researcher, she specializes in geriatrics and care of older individuals. Her award-winning research has received external funding from agencies such as the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Canada Council for the Arts. Charise has published extensively in peer-reviewed venues, including Academic Medicine and Journal of Medical Humanities, and has authored and edited books like the Routledge Companion to Health Humanities. As a founding supervisor of Canada’s undergraduate program in Health Humanities, she promotes innovative research and community wellness through arts engagement. Charise has received multiple teaching awards for her commitment to student learning and pedagogical innovation, and is actively involved in initiatives such as The Resemblage Project and FLOURISH, focusing on community-engaged arts for social wellness. Her publications also include her work on aesthetics, aging, and the intersection of arts and health.
Department of Sociology