2019 ARTS IN MEDICINE SUMMER INTENSIVE FACULTY, STAFF & PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES

FACULTY Jill Sonke, Director, Center for Arts in Medicine Jill Sonke is director of the Center for the Arts in Medicine at the University of Florida (UF) and Assistant Director of UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine. She serves on the faculty of the UF Center for Arts in Medicine, and is an affiliated faculty member in the School of Theatre & Dance, the Center for African Studies, the STEM Translational Communication Center, the One Health Center, and the Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration. Jill is an Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellow in the UF Warrington College of Business, and serves on the editorial board for Arts & Healthjournal and the board of Citizens for Florida Arts. She is also director of the national initiative, Creating Health Communities: Arts + Public Health in America, in partnership with ArtPlace America. Jill studied dance at Interlochen Arts Academy, the Florida State University, in London, Paris and Athens with teachers of the Horton and Duncan techniques including Bella Lewitsky, Lynda Davis, Milton Meyers, Joy Kellman, Lori Belilove, Julia Levine and Hortense Koluris. She has been a principle dancer and soloist with Lori Belilove & the Isadora Duncan Dance Company in New York and a guest performer and choreographer with Dance Alive! and Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theatre.

Jill holds an MA in Human Services from the University of Illinois, and is a PhD candidate in Arts in Public Health at Ulster University in Northern Ireland. With 25+ years of experience and leadership in arts in health, Jill is active in research, teaching, and international cultural exchange. Her current research focuses on the arts and health communication, the arts in public health, and the effects of music on cost and quality of care in emergency medicine. Jill is the recipient of a New Forms Florida Fellowship Award, a State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award, an Excellence in Teaching Award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, a UF Internationalizing the Curriculum Award, a UF Most Outstanding Service Learning Faculty Award, a UF Public Health Champions award, a UF Cross-Campus Faculty Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and over 200 grants for her programs and research at the University of Florida.

Jenny Baxley Lee, Senior Lecturer, Center for Arts in Medicine Jenny Baxley Lee, MA, BC-DMT, is a Senior Lecturer and Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist with the University of Florida's Center for Arts in Medicine in the College of the Arts. She is affiliated faculty with the School of Theatre and Dance and the STEM Translational

Communication Center and serves on the Research Committee in the College of the Arts. Jenny is an active member of the American Dance Therapy Association and served on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Dance Therapy as Book and Film Review Editor.

Jenny teaches graduate coursework in the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine Master's degree program in Arts in Medicine. She has also served as an instructor for the undergraduate common humanities course, What is the Good Life? And directs and teaches an annual study abroad course entitled Arts for Health, Peace and Community Engagement in Northern Ireland. She maintains a clinical practice in dance/movement therapy with veterans and their families at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center providing creative arts therapy using telehealth. She has also practiced dance/movement therapy with UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine working with children and adults with acute and chronic health issues. In her community practice, Jenny facilitates theatre and dance for health education and promotion among middle school and high school students in schools, juvenile justice and other community outreach settings.

Jenny's current research focus includes arts-based practices in palliative care as well as evaluating the use of telehealth to deliver dance/movement therapy and creative arts therapies. In addition, she is considering the impact of theatre on health education and health literacy. She is dedicated to exploring the capacity of the performing and literary arts, and more broadly the creative process, to impact the health and well-being of people of all ages and abilities both to enhance quality of life and to enhance care at the end of life. With over 15 years of professional experience, her expertise includes multidisciplinary, socially-engaged arts practice, teaching, program implementation, and administration in delivering the arts in clinical and community settings. Amy Bucciarelli, Lecturer, Center for Arts in Medicine Amy Bucciarelli, MS, ATR-BC, LMHC is Faculty with the Center for Arts in Medicine and coordinates the UF Creative Campus Engagement initiatives with College of the Arts. Amy has over ten years of experience as a board-certified art therapist and licensed mental health counselor and has worked with Arts in Medicine since 2012. Amy’s clinical work has focused on child and adolescent mental health utilizing art therapy in populations with substance abuse issues, eating disorders, psychiatric diagnoses, behavioral issues, medical treatment, and palliative care. Amy has been invited to publish works and present at international conferences on topics such as: art therapy assessments, mandalas in art therapy, the therapeutic use of hand papermaking, technology and art therapy, and the collaboration of the creative arts therapies and arts in health programs. In addition, Amy teaches creative theory and innovation to faculty and students at UF.

Overall, Amy’s teaching and clinical work evolves from the belief that creativity is a lifestyle that promotes personal balance and wellbeing. Her greatest tip for people embarking on a career in arts in medicine is to approach the field with an entrepreneurial spirit and use our greatest strength: creativity! PRESENTERS Alana Jackson, Artist in Residence (Dance/Performing Arts), UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine Alana Jackson, M.S., is a songwriter, performer, and spoken word artist who has performed original work in cities spanning from NYC, to Belfast, Ireland. Her early experiences as a caregiver compelled her to pursue a career in medicine, but it wasn’t long into her college career before she determined that she couldn’t turn her back on the healing she had also found through music. After attending the Arts in Medicine Summer Intensive at the University of Florida and meeting others who shared her vision, she decided to honor her truth and blaze a trail marrying the two seemingly disparate passions through a rigorous undergraduate curriculum approval process while maintaining her pre-med coursework. She graduated with distinction from Duke University with a self-designed degree in the “Intersections of Public Health and the Performing Arts,” culminating her senior practicum with an original 20-person production focused on meditations around arts, illness, grief, and coping that continue to shape her outlook today. Dedicated to working at the interface of arts and health, Alana has facilitated art projects for patients and communities of varying ages, circumstance, and abilities, and sings and performs spoken word bedside in hospital units. Alana additionally enjoys working with adolescents at Alachua Academy, a residential partner with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice for girls at risk for substance use and abuse. As the founder and former director of a dance class series for Parkinson’s Disease patients and their caregivers piloted at Duke based off Dance for PD, she laid the groundwork for sustainability of the program in existence today. This passion for promoting access to the arts informs many of the large-scale public health initiatives she has overseen and contributed to in Gainesville. Over the past several years, she has had prominent roles in programs such as Night of Dance, and in content development for Theatre for Health Outreach, HIV Awareness and Education, and theatre presented in Our Community Our Health, a nationally broadcasted webinar and town hall series hosted locally by UF HealthStreet. Much of her work in these arenas has focused on how theatre, dance, writing, and music can be used to enhance public health priorities and improve health outcomes. She continues to leverage her performance background in hopes of empowering communities that have lost their independence, identity, or physical abilities.

Alana strongly believes that humans have the capacity to change and be transformed through the arts. “The arts offer a beacon of hope, a chance to be productive, and opportunity to create beauty even in the most barren spaces. The sensibilities they cultivate, the connection we feel, the chance to express ourselves and tell our stories—the power of the arts is undeniable. We are better with the arts than we are without them.” Andrew Hix, Integrative Practitioner, Artist in Residence (Literary Arts), UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine Andrew Hix, LMT, graduated from the University of Florida in 2009 and the Florida School of Massage in 2011. At UF Health, he works in Arts in Medicine as both a writer in residence and an integrative practitioner.

As an integrative practitioner, Andrew currently practices massage therapy and teaches tai chi, qigong, and mindfulness meditation to patients admitted to Shands hospital. These tools can help patients coping with chronic pain and illness to more effectively manage their pain and stress. He is currently the co-principal investigator on a research study that seeks to evaluate these benefits and further the field of integrative medicine as a whole.

As a writer, Andrew emphasizes collaboration and project development. He is interested in discovering new ideas to engage patients, families, and staff in meaningful storytelling. He believes that art and stories change the way people experience the world and have the power to transform the hospital environment.

Outside of his role at UF Health, Andrew practices tai chi as a martial art with his partner Rainey. Tai chi is a style of kung fu that emphasizes softness, listening, and staying centered. “Listening is essential,” he says, “in everything I do as an artist and an integrative practitioner.”

Chuck Levy, MD, Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System (NF/SG VHS) Charles E. Levy, MD, is the Chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service at the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System (NF/SG VHS), Co-Director, CINDRR Gainesville, and holds an appointment as an adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida. Dr. Levy is leading the effort in the NF/SG VHS to care for OEF/OIF/OND Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and/or PTSD. Dr. Levy has testified before the U.S. Congress on the use and development of telemedicine technologies in rehabilitation, and is directing the Rural Veterans Telerehabilitation Initiative (RVTRI), Phase III, a demonstration project using in-home video-conferencing and I-PADs for home telerehabilitation. Dr. Levy is PI on a project using virtual environments to improve community and family reintegration for Veterans with mTBI. His ongoing interests include wheeled mobility, and the use of interactive virtual world

environments and virtual humans to treat cognitive and affective impairments in returning combat veterans. Dr. Levy is also active as Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Center for Arts in Healthcare, Research and Education at the University of Florida, and a Charter Member of the Advisory Board for the College of Orthotics and Prosthetics at St. Petersburg College. Dr. Levy's work in telerehabilitation has been recognized by his receipt of the 2011 award, VHA Systems Redesign Champion Awards, Outpatient Category, for the VISN8 Rural Veterans Tele-Rehabilitation Systems Redesign Team.

Ferol Carytsas, Lecturer and Undergraduate Certificate Advisor, Center for Arts in Medicine Ferol currently serves as lecturer and Undergraduate Certificate Advisor with the UF Center for Arts in Medicine. Prior to joining the Center full time, she was the Volunteer Coordinator at UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine and remains an active musician by performing in chamber groups, orchestras, and healthcare settings. Ferol’s interest in Arts in Medicine flourished while attending the Arts in Medicine Summer Intensive through the UF Center for Arts in Medicine. She has completed an Undergraduate Certificate in Arts in Healthcare, co-authored the articles, The effects of arts-in-medicine programming on the medical-surgical work environment and Arts in health: Considering language from an educational perspective in the United States, and contributed to the White Paper,Talking about arts and health. She is also on the Board for the National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH).

Ferol graduated from the University of Florida with a M.M. in music education after receiving an Undergraduate Diploma in viola performance from Longy School of Music and a B.A. in music with a minor in psychology from Florida State University. Prior to attending FSU, she worked in arts administration assisting in the management of youth orchestras, volunteers, and database maintenance for non-profit music organizations. While at UF she served as the Editorial Assistant for the International Journal of Music Education: Practice and was an assistant editor of the publication, Music assessment across cultures and continents: The culture of shared practice. Jeffrey Pufahl, Lecturer, Center for Arts in Medicine Jeffrey Pufahl is a Lecturer in the Center for Arts in Medicine. Jeffrey holds an MFA in Theater Performance (University of Cincinnati) and an MFA in Theater Directing (University of Victoria) and has 25 years of professional experience in film and theatre in Canada, the US, and the UK. His work at UF is focused on creating and using theatre to address social issues and community health. His research looks at innovative applications of theatre and video to health, social, and educational content in order to engage the public in critical dialogue. Recently, Jeffrey was a Creative Campus Scholar in Residence in the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and where he developed a critical oral history performance for social justice

program. His collaborative, ethnographic play Voices from the March documents the 2017 Women's March on Washington and Trump Inauguration through the eyes of the students who attended. A faculty affiliate in the Center for STEM Translational Communication, Jeffrey has partnered with health researchers to create several patient education videos translating research through drama. His most recent project helps families transition into the NICU. Other projects include: Ashley’s Consent, an award winning, multi-media, site-specific play educating on sexual assault and consent; Inside OCD, a storytelling program and performance featuring people living with an OCD diagnosis, and Telling: Gainesville, an original verbatim theatre project connecting the oral histories of Gainesville veterans with community for the purpose of facilitating dialogue and understanding. Jeffrey is currently creating an original theater installation connecting the work of Jacob Lawrence to regional oral histories as well as running a theater/storytelling program for LGBTQ+ teens. Kelley Sams, Visiting Research Scholar, Center for Arts in Medicine Kelley Sams, BFA, MPH, PhD, is Visiting Research Faculty at the University of Florida's Center for Arts in Medicine. She was previously a post-doctoral researcher in social anthropology and global health at the Norbert Elias Center/CNRS/EHESS in Marseille, France and a Fulbright-Hays fellow. Kelley is a graduate of UF's College of Arts in Fine Art Photography. After graduating from UF, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger where she used visual methods to reflect upon experiences and knowledge related to health. As an applied medical anthropologist, Kelley's research takes place at the intersection of the social sciences, public health, and the arts. Her recent work engages ethnographic photography (see www.kelleysams.com) and other qualitative methods to study the circulation of public health initiatives in the US and sub-Saharan Africa. Kelley's work with the Center for Arts in Medicine supports the Creating Healthy Communities Arts + Public Health initiative, a national initiative being led by UF to support effective collaboration between the arts, community development and public health. Lauren Arce, Nurse Coordinator, UF Health Shands Integrative Medicine Lauren, MSN, RN, CNL, OCN, AHN-BC, is the Nurse Coordinator for the UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine and Integrative Medicine programs. As a UF student Lauren studied psychology, but a lifelong love of dance brought her to UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine. There she discovered how the arts could bridge the gap between what is medically and spiritually needed in times of illness. In 1999 she began working for AIM as an Artist in Residence/Coordinator. She completed the UF Center for Arts in Medicine Dance in Healthcare Certificate and went on to become a registered nurse, using her dual education to help form a unique employment model. In this role she practiced nursing as an improvisational art, intuitively applying creative solutions in situations where standard approaches did not apply. With the onset of the UF Health Integrative

Medicine Program, Lauren’s nursing practice has expanded. She now serves as a clinical resource for Integrative Medicine practitioners and coordinates services that support the wellbeing of patients, their families, hospital staff, and the general public. In her spare time, Lauren enjoys taking pictures, cooking, engaging in physical activities, spending time in nature, and most of all sharing love with her family, including her four – yes four – rescued pups. Max Helgemo, Research Coordinator, Center for Arts in Medicine; Artist in Residence (Music), UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine Max is a recent graduate of the University of Florida with a B.S. in Exercise Physiology. Throughout his undergraduate years he performed around town during breaks in his school schedule. After attending the 2015 UF Arts in Medicine summer intensive, he volunteered with the Arts in Medicine program. Now, he is the newest addition to the music team and a regular performer in Gainesville’s music scene. He is currently recording an album with the goal of transitioning into a more professionalized music practice. Max also works on the research staff in the Center for Arts in Medicine as a research associate under Jill Sonke. He contributes by co-authoring articles on emerging Arts in Health topics and coordinating research team interests. “Overall I think performance and song form has helped me get comfortable with myself. Now, I feel the need to share, whether that be at the bedside in the hospital singing old folk songs or downtown playing originals.” Michael Claytor, Artist in Residence (Music), UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine Michael Claytor joined the Arts in Medicine team in the fall of 2013 after having volunteered with the program and participating in the Center for Arts in Medicine’s Summer Intensive course. He has been playing and singing original and cover songs since 2005, and is happy to call Gainesville, FL home. Specializing in fingerstyle guitar and bluegrass banjo, he has recorded several albums with various bands and toured around the country and beyond. As a Musician in Residence, Michael works primarily at patients’ bedsides, singing songs and hoping to spread the healing joy of music to those who need it. Molly Kempson, Artist in Residence (Visual Arts), UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine Molly Kempson is a printmaker and arts educator who joined the Arts in Medicine team in the summer of 2016 as a visual artist in residence. Molly holds an MA in Art Education from the University of Florida, and her focus on engaging people with the arts outside of the classroom made for an exciting transition to the Arts in Medicine team. She works with pediatric and adult patient population in a variety of media and is currently working to adapt printmaking and book arts techniques for bedside practice.

Molly is a member of the Florida Art Education Association, an elementary arts educator at a local private school, and was the 2016 Coffey Resident in Book Arts in the special collections of the Smathers Library at UF. Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig, Co-Founder of the UF & Shands Integrated Arts in Medicine, Director of the Medical Humanities Program at the UF College of Medicine, faculty advisor for the Holistic Medicine Interest Group Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig created the archives for the University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries and Director of Medical Humanities at the College of Medicine. She teaches medical humanities including narrative medicine, literature and medicine, the use of arts in developing observational skills, reflective writing and nature writing with a focus on history of medicine, and is involved with the Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Humanism Honor Society’s efforts to promote humanism in medicine . At UF she also teaches in the Center for African Studies- having co-developed a course on the arts and health in Sub-Saharan Africa, and currently serves on the CAS Advisory Council. She teaches Uncommon Read courses in the UF Honors College, including a one credit course on Harry Potter and Medicine Humanities and Clinical Practice course for undergraduates. Ms. Stoyan-Rosenzweig’s research interests include environmental history, the history of the human-animal relationship, and the history of science and medicine, especially eugenics and medicinal herbs. Ricky Kendall, Artist in Residence (Music), UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine Ricky Kendall has been a working Gainesville-based musician for over a decade. With a love for his city and the people in it, he attempts to capture peace, joy and hope in the midst of sorrow by writing songs earnestly and sharing them openly. Ricky sings and plays an array of soothing songs at bedsides of patients as well as anywhere else songs are needed at Shands. Sarah Hinds, Artist in Residence (Visual Arts), UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine Sarah Hinds is a glass artist and art teacher. She joined the Arts in Medicine team as a Visual Artist in Residence in 2017. She works with both children and adults in the hospital, and believes everyone regardless of age or experience has artistic talent. Sarah has been working with hot glass for over twenty years. From her home studio furnace, she melts and hand blows nature-inspired glass filled with color. It is a constant discovery and delight. She shows her work in galleries and fine arts festivals, as well as doing public and private commissions. She has a rich and varied teaching experience, teaching adult glass flameworking classes, running a children’s art and adventure camp, and teaching elementary school art in the classroom.

Tina Mullen, Director, UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine; Adjunct Faculty, Center for Arts in Medicine Tina received her B.A. from Fort Lewis College in Durango Colorado. After working as the director’s assistant for the Cleveland Institutes of Art’s foreign studies program in Lacoste, France, she returned to study at the University of Florida where she obtained her M.F.A. in drawing. She has been involved with Shands Arts in Medicine since its inception and is now the program’s director. Tina also works as the interior designer for Shands and purchases art for the corporate collection. Other, perhaps less serious but equally formative endeavors include: taxicab driver, wrangler, farmer, ski lift operator, leather tooler, orchid illustrator and “salad girl.” Ms. Mullen is also a working artist who has exhibited her work throughout the United States. She has received numerous awards including the Individual Artist Fellowship from the Florida Department of Cultural Affairs. She is a Society for the Arts in Healthcare Consultant and a member of the Arts in Healthcare Advocates think tank. Whitney Wilson, Artist in Residence (Dance), UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine Whitney Wilson is a movement researcher, choreographer, performer, and teacher. She received her MFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from Smith College, and a BFA in Dance and a Certificate in Arts in Medicine from the University of Florida. She integrates dance performance, pedagogy and artistic collaboration to promote knowledge of and action about environmental and social issues. Her work has been commissioned for festivals and events that sponsor alternative energy, environmental action, and human rights, such as the EarthCare Festival and Arts Afield Kickoff in Western Mass, and the We Are Neutral Benefit in Gainesville, Fl. She is currently a Dancer in Residence at UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine where she teaches the Dance for Parkinson's Disease classes and the Dance for MS classes. William Slayton, Associate Professor and Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital “Dr. Bill” joined the division in 2002 with a focus on platelet disorders and leukemia. He currently chairs the Children’s Oncology Group clinical trial AALL0622, Improved Targeted Tyrosine Kinase therapy for Ph+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. His laboratory has interest in how normal and leukemic stem cell interact with the bone marrow microenvironment. Current projects are focused on developing better therapies for Ph+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Infant Leukemia. Dr. Bill frequently volunteers at Camp Boggy Creek, has organized wilderness river trips for children who have completed their cancer treatment, has written lymericks, and sings in an A ‘capella group. Dr. Bill is married to Dr. Marci Slayton, a pediatrician, and has three children.

Arts in Medicine Summer Intensive STAFF Camilo Reina-Munoz, Marketing & Admissions Coordinator, Center for Arts in Medicine Camilo is the admissions and marketing coordinator for the Center for Arts in Medicine. He earned his B.A.S. in Organizational Management at Santa Fe College and his M.A. in Arts in Medicine at the University of Florida. Camilo works with student admissions, program communications, and administration to advance the mission of the Center. His creative interests include improvisational theatre and music composition. During his time as a graduate assistant for the Center, his research focused around the cross-disciplinary collaboration of mental health and arts in health professionals in the realm of applied theatre. His research aided in the development of curriculum for Theatre Connect, an improv theatre program aimed at supporting LGBTQ+ youth in north-central Florida. He continues to serve as the co-director of the Theatre Connect theatre for health program and works to increase the caliber of arts in health programming for the LGBTQ+ community. Keely Mason, Program Associate & Graduate Assistant, Center for Arts in Medicine Keely is the program associate and graduate assistant for the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine. She is an alumni of UF's College of the Arts and holds a BA in Dance, a BS in Health Education, and is currently pursuing her Master of Arts (MA) in Arts in Medicine. Keely's work centers around program coordination, grants management, research assistance and community health program involvement. She teaches a dance class for adults with developmental disabilties at the Arc of Alachua County and works closely with UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine’s Dance for Life program. Keely also serves as research associate for the Center for Arts in Medicine Interdisciplinary Research Lab. Her research interests focus on arts in health communication and the effects of dance on Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Keely is an active member of the Gainesville dance community and has trained, taught and performed as a ballet and modern dancer for many years.