International Health Humanities Network Membership

Christy Tharenos, MD, MSPH is a practicing academic family physician who is passionate about incorporating arts and humanities into her work. She is a former fellow at Georgetown University in Medical Arts and Humanities. She is passionate about using arts based research both on a formal and informal basis in her teaching and practice. She has worked internationally in Uganda and Mexico using Photovoice as a research methodology to explore concepts of physical activity with youth. She also has used the concepts digital self portraits to explore resident physician experiences and perspectives as new doctors. Her background in the arts is centered in the visual arts and computer graphics.