Scientists and Artists have something to say to each other, and together they help us understand the world around us.  At Long Wharf Theatre’s annual Global Health & the Arts forum, artistic creativity meets scientific innovation in a penetrating, exhilarating exploration of major global health issues.  Unexpected insights arise from combined perspectives from the scientists, who seek understanding through the lens of their microscopes and machines and the artists, who seek understanding through the lens of human story and emotion. READ MORE > 

On January 24 – 25, 2013 Global Health & the Arts: OBESITY AND ITS PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES will take place, in conjunction with Long Wharf’s production of Laura Jaqmin’s January Joiner.  The event will take a comprehensive look at all aspects of the obesity challenge—environmental, genetic, and biological causes; treatment, prevention, and the catastrophic relationship between obesity and many other diseases—heart disease, diabetes, cancer, liver disease, even Alzheimer’s.  Co-chairs David Scheer and Kelly Brownell are reaching far and wide for the best speakers from the scientific and public health communities who, combined with the experience of the play and several artistic interludes throughout the day, will provide a comprehensive, inspiring, and unusual perspective on one of our major global health threats.  READ MORE >