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Andrea Charise, PhD, is Associate Professor and Associate Chair-Research in the Department of Health & Society at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC). She also serves as Acting Associate Vice-Principal Research and Innovation – Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships. She holds cross-appointments in the Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and the Wilson Center for Research in Medical Education, and is a graduate faculty member in the Department of English and the Collaborative Graduate Program in Women’s Health at the Women’s College Research Institute.
Education:
- BArtSc – McMaster University
- MA – University of Western Ontario
- PhD – University of Toronto
Research Interests:
Andrea Charise’s interdisciplinary scholarship bridges the arts, humanities, and health sciences. Her primary focus lies in Health Humanities, particularly how creative and narrative practices inform understandings of aging, disability, and wellness. She explores aging and age studies through literary and cultural texts, with a historical emphasis on Romantic and Victorian literature. Her work also encompasses disability studies, medical humanities, and science and technology studies, especially as they intersect with public health and community-based care.
Her community-engaged research includes leading SCOPE: The Health Humanities Learning Lab, Canada’s first undergraduate program in Health Humanities, and directing The Resemblage Project, an award-winning intergenerational digital storytelling initiative. She also leads FLOURISH, a SSHRC-funded project exploring community arts for social wellness, and Mobilizing Arts for Health Equity, a New Frontiers in Research Fund project addressing post-pandemic health equity through mobile arts.
Publications & Impact:
Charise has authored or edited over 50 peer-reviewed works, including two major academic books. Her monograph The Aesthetics of Senescence (SUNY Press, 2020) was a finalist for the British Society for Literature and Science Book Prize. Her co-edited volume The Routledge Companion to Health Humanities (2020) is a foundational text in the field. Her recent articles focus on disaster preparedness in emergency medicine, intergenerational storytelling, and arts-based health education.
Scientific Awards & Recognition:
- John Charles Polanyi Prize
- University of Toronto Early Career Teaching Award (2020)
- British Society for Literature and Science Book Prize finalist (2020)
Advising & Grants:
Charise has supervised numerous graduate students and trainees, including those involved in SSHRC, CIHR, and NFRF-funded projects. Her research is currently supported by:
- SSHRC Partnership Development Grant – FLOURISH
- New Frontiers in Research Fund – Mobilizing Arts for Health Equity
- Canada Council for the Arts
Labs & Teams:
She founded and directs SCOPE: The Health Humanities Learning Lab, a pedagogical and research lab at UTSC. She also leads The Resemblage Project, a digital storytelling initiative, and is Principal Investigator of FLOURISH, a collaborative research cluster focused on arts and wellness across the lifespan.
