UCL academics win awards at Health Humanities Medal

Professor Helen Chatterjee MBE and Dr Daisy Fancourt have both won awards at the Health Humanities Medal, which celebrates good health and wellbeing through arts and humanities research. The medal which is handed out by The Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC), in association with the Wellcome Trust, honours people and projects which are helping to inform and transform the quality of life, health and wellbeing of the population using arts and humanities research. Professor Helen Chatterjee received the 'Leadership Award', one of five categories represented at the awards. From the five shortlisted award holders, she also won the overall Health Humanities Medal in recognition of her research into how museums can be beneficial to health. Professor Chatterjee is a Professor of Biology and Head of Research and Teaching in UCL Culture. She recently led a three-year collaboration project between UCL, Canterbury Christ Church University and seven museums from central London and Kent, looking at how museums can help those who are lonely and at risk of isolation. Through her work she has formed partnerships with museums, along with health and social care organisations, to better understand the value of museums as community assets capable of supporting public health.