AcollaborationbetweentheHumanisticMedicine ProgramandtheDepartmentofObstetricsand
Gynecology,StoriesonStageseekstospark conversationsaboutthelandscapeofreproductive healthcareinourcommunitiesandhowtheatercanbe usedtosharestoriesandprocessexperiences.
Cosponsors
Department of Ob/Gyn
Medical Student Doulas
Ob/Gyn Interest Group
Performing Arts
Appreciation Club
Elevateisatheatercompanymakingartthatexplores publichealththemes,usingstorytellingasavehiclefor healthpromotion.Theartisticworkprimesaudiences, drawingtheminwithrelatablestories.Elevatealso providesopportunitiesfordiscussionandengagement post-performancewithpublichealthand healthcareprofessionals.
TheHumanisticMedicineProgramispartoftheOffice ofStudentAffairsatNYUGrossmanSchoolofMedicine. Theprogramoffersco-curricularopportunitiesfor medicalstudents—andthelargerNYULangoneHealth community—toengagewithandexplorehumanitiesand bioethics.
Runneth Over
Home Is Where The Fund Is
ChristinaD.Eskridge,ElevateTheatre Moderator
ArunaKrishnakumar,Callen-Lorde
ElizabethMarkowitz,Medicalstudent
Dr.ChristinaJung,NYULH
Dr.GwendolynQuinn,NYULH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Runneth Over, bySabrinaJacobWashburn,wasoriginally producedincollaborationwithElevateTheatreCompany andtheAmericanSexualHealthAssociation
Home Is Where The Fund Is, byChelseaDee,wasoriginally producedincollaborationwithElevateTheatreCompany andAccessReproductiveCareSoutheast
isthefounderandexecutivedirectorofElevate TheatreCompanyLLC.Aperformer,teaching artist,director,playwright,andpublichealth professional,Christinabelieveslivetheaterisa healingtool,ripewithopportunitytobuild communityandpromotewell-being.
ChelseaDee
isaninterdisciplinarycreator,artivist,andarts educator.Specializingintheater-making,she performs,teaches,facilitates,develops curriculum,curates,andproducesartsevents. Herfocusiscreatingnewworksoftheaterthat highlighthistory,challengedominant narratives,andensureartisatoolinthehands ofthepeople.
SabrinaJacobWashburn
isaperformer,director,choreographer, playwright,andeducator.Sheiscurrentlythe theaterprogramdirectoratHarvard-Westlake SchoolinLAandheldasimilarpositionat GradeChurchSchoolinNYCfor10years.She alsotaughtatNYUintheEducationalTheatre programandspentmanyyearsworkingwith internationalstudentsinSwitzerland.Herwork withstudentsinvarioussettingshasigniteda passionforcreatingchallengingworkfor emergingadults,aswellasperformancesthat spantheatricalgenres.
ChristinaD.Eskridge,MPHPrincessJacob
isaNY-basedactor.She’sappearedon Bull on CBS, The Christians atBaltimoreCenterStage, aswellas Home Is Where the Fund Is atUWL ArtsFestwithElevate.Inthevirtualspace, Princesshasparticipatedinthe24-HourPlays ViralMonologues.
AlverneqLindsay
(she/hers)isacreativeproducerandperformer fromBrooklyn.SheisaproducingfellowinWP Theater’s2022-2024Labandprovided developmentalsupportforartistsacrossvarious disciplinesthroughherworkasaLineProducer atThePublicTheateraswellasherartistic curationatLittleIslandandtheNewVictory Theater.Asanindependentproducer,shecurates spacesthatbuildcommunitythroughshared experienceandemotionalvulnerability.
CARTER
(they/them)isamulti-hyphenatemaker+ performer+facilitatorlivingandworkingonthe uncededlandoftheCanarsieandMunsee LenapePeople.Recentperformancecredits include: A Coup Against Resilience (New Perspectives), Seven Guitars (Actor’sShakespeare Project), TIS PITY (Gymnopedie),and A Raisin in the Sun (SharonPlayhouse).Currently,Carter isperformingin The Incomplete Collection with LinkedDanceTheater.Comeexperiencethis immersiveworkthroughOctober29atCulture LabLIC.
Dr.ChristinaJung
(she/hers)iscurrentlyOBGYNfacultyand serveseastheAssociateProgramDirectorofthe ComplexFamilyPlanningFellowshipat NYUGSOM.AftercompletingherBAin EcologyandEvolutionaryBiologywith certificatesinAfricanAmericanStudiesand Neuroscience,sheworkedinMaseru,Lesothoin SouthernAfricainpublichealthoutreachand pediatricHIV/AIDSbeforereturningtohteUS formedicalschoolatAlbertEinsteininthe Bronx.ShethencompletedherOBGYN residencyatMountSinaiHospital,followedbya fellowshipinabortioncareandcomplex contraceptionatUCLA,whilecompletinga Master’sinPublicHealthattheUCLAFielding SchoolofPublicHealth
ElizabethMarkowitz
(she/hers)isasecond-yearmedicalstudent whoco-ledtheMedicalStudentDoulaclub lastyear.Aftercollege,shestudiedmedical anthropologyandreceivedherMScfrom UniversityCollegeLondon,thenworkedin maternal-childhealthresearchatColumbia andpalliativecareatHospiceofNewYork. She’spassionateaboutunderstandingand addressingsocialdeterminantsofhealth,and hopingtopursueacareerinOBGYNor psychiatryfocusedonempoweringwomen.
(she/her)istheManagingDirectorof AdolescentandMobileHealthatCallenLordeCommunityHealthCenter,most recentlySiteDirectorofCallen-Lorde Brooklyn,afterbeginningin2016asthe DirectoroftheHealthOutreachtoTeens (HOTT)whichprovidescomprehensive healthservicesttoLGBTQyouthages1324.Sheisalicensedsocialworkerwho receivedhertrainingatColumbia University,withanextensivecommitment toyouthhealth.Shecurrentlysitsonthe Children’sAdvisoryBoardofAmidaCare andtheCommunityAdvisoryBoardof NewYorkPresbyterian-Brooklyn MethodistHospital.
Dr.GwendolynQuinn
(she/hers)istheLiviaWanMDEndowed Chair,TenuredProfessorandViceChairof ResearchintheDepartmentofOBGYNand ProfessorinPopulationHealthandthe DivisionofMedicalEthicsatNYUGSOM.
Asahealthpsychologistandbioethicist,her researchfocusesonhealthdisparitiesand socialdeterminantsofhealthinpatientcliniciancommunicationprimarilyin reproductivehealthandcancerinadolescent andyoungadults,LGBTQhealthissues, uptakeofgenetictechnologies,clinicaltrials, andaccessforcareforminorityand underservedpopulations.
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