Kathryn
Rhine,
PhD
Associate Professor, Geography & Atmospheric Science and African & African-American Studies
The University of Kansas
Dr. Katie Rhine is Associate Professor, Geography & Atmospheric Science and African & African-American Studies; Faculty Fellow, University Honors Program; co-director of the first humanities-based lab, CoILAB-oratives: Bridging Health Divides in East Africa; Integrated Arts Research Initiative faculty fellow with the Spencer Museum of Art; and Co-Founder/Co-Facilitator of HHARC. She studies the relationship between culture and health in Nigeria and her research is centered on topics including women and the HIV epidemic in northern Nigeria, and trauma systems and bloodless medicine in southern Nigeria. Additionally, she teaches and mentors honors students thought an undergraduate global medicine seminar.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Achieving health equity demands a fundamental reexamination of the human experience. The humanities and arts offer a useful lens that reveals and informs blind spots in our understanding of health and health equity across diverse populations. The Health Humanities and Arts Research Collaborative (HHARC) at The University of Kansas (KU) is an innovative model connecting educational institutions with practice settings in co-created academic-community partnerships. Launched in the midst of the pandemic, HHARC creates connections and leverages affinities within health, wellness, and health equity…