International Health Humanities Network Membership

Christy Di Frances

I am Director of the Boston University Medical Campus Narrative Writing Program & as well as Director of Training & Education for two American Heart Association fellowship programs (ATRAC and AF SFRN) at the Boston University School of Medicine. I hold a PhD from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and an MA from the University of Adelaide in Australia. Myacademic and research interests include literature and medicine/narrative medicine, medical humanities, creative/reflective writing, and textual analysis. I have also worked in faculty development/education at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital and served as a fiction reader for the 'Harvard Review.

Humanities Subjects

  • Creativity
  • Literature
  • Oral literature
  • Poetry
  • Prose literature
  • Storytelling

Health Care Areas

  • Global health
  • Health education
  • Literature

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