International Health Humanities Network Membership

I am currently a doctoral candidate at the "Space, Image, Text, Territory" Doctoral School (SD- SITT), University of Bucharest.  My PhD Thesis is  entitled "Clinical Encounters: the Medical Imaginary in Contemporary Visual Arts". This current research uses an inter- and multidisciplinary theoretical frame ranging from Medical Humanities to Contemporary Art Theory and Cultural Studies. I examine how artists make use of a clinical setting, clinical tools such as medical imaging techniques and even a clinical gaze.

Alongside my medical background in Epidemiology  I have a Master's Degree in Image Theory and Practice (2017) from the Center of Excellence in Image Studies (CESI), University of Bucharest. My dissertation "The Self- Portrait marked by AIDS. Mapplethorpe and Morrisroe" explores as a general scope how images of  the body with AIDS and persons with AIDS shaped the perception of the disease. I focus on the works of Robert Mapplethorpe and Mark Morrisroe and analyse the ways they portray their altered appearance and  how their final self portraits reflect their artistic praxis in a sublimated form. 

My most recent project makes use of my curatorial and art writing abilities and will hopefully  draw attention to topics such as community health and the importance of an artistic response to global health crises and concerns.