Dear colleague,

 

We are conducting this survey to identify humanities-based (and humanities-inspired) responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, so that we may document and help others build upon these creative efforts. We are interested in all kinds of pandemic responses that involve some dimension of the humanities, and we are particularly interested in "translational humanities" approaches. We welcome projects that respond to the pandemic, the recovery, and future health, climate, and social crises that may emerge.

 

The NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) defines translation as “the process of turning observations in the laboratory, clinic, and community into interventions that improve the health of individuals and populations – from diagnostics and therapeutics to medical procedures and behavioral interventions.” We believe that the humanities offer unique and critically important insights, observations, and methods that can improve the human condition and help alleviate suffering in our pandemic response.

 

This survey seeks to capture those humanities-based interventions in order to disseminate our findings through a public-facing website that will inform scholars, artists, policymakers, government officials, students, educators, health professionals, patients, community-based organizations, technology developers, and others who are engaged in helping individuals and communities survive and thrive during the pandemic and the recovery.

 

Thank you in advance for contributing to this project. We appreciate your time and the work that you do. Please share this survey with your networks. For more information, contact Kirsten Ostherr, PhD, MPH, through the Medical Futures Lab.

 

To continue with the survey, please complete a brief consent form.