BAPAM: PERFORMING ARTS MEDICINE
Performing Arts Medicine Research Hub
As the UK’s medical charity for the performing arts, BAPAM has collected data from over 10,000 patient consultations, which can be used for research in accordance with patient consent and data protection regulation.
We actively promote partnership with academic institutions to further research which can enhance our understanding of prevention and treatment for performing arts health.
We welcome discussion regarding research partnerships and are keen for our unique knowledge and experience to be used to contribute to the development of new evidence about the health of performing artists.
We have a strong partnership with UCL through the Performing Arts Medicine MSc Programme, which we were instrumental in helping to establish, and the course leader, Dr Hara Trouli, is a BAPAM clinician and Trustee. Performing Arts Medicine students conducting research can work with BAPAM as part of an approved research project.
If a research project you are undertaking has ethics approval from a suitable academic body, we may share information about the project, including calls for participants, with an extensive network of creative practitioners, healthcare professionals, educators and industry organisations. Please contact us to discuss this.
To contact us about performing arts health research please email info@bapam.org.uk.
Research Articles
New Research Published on the Impact of Working in Immersive Theatre on Actors’ Health
The first research study to examine the impact of immersive theatre on actor health and wellbeing finds that while actors value the creative aspects of working in immersive theatre, they face serious genre-specific occupational health risks. The research, by...
Research: Performing Artists and Disability
Calling Disabled Performing Artists: Take Part in UCL’s Study on Injury & Healthcare Access Are you a physically disabled professional, student or amateur performing artist? Researchers at University College London (UCL) are recruiting participants for a...
Research: Substance Use Amongst Working Musicians
Call for Participants A new study led by researcher Jeordie Shenton at the University of Portsmouth is investigating the prevalence and contributory factors of substance use amongst working musicians. As part of the study, people who earn money from playing, creating...
Research Report: Music Industry Counsellors’ Experiences of Working with Clients Affected by Sexism or Misogyny
We are grateful to performing arts specialist psychotherapeutic counsellor, Janine Ellis, for contributing this guest article which reports on her research into music industry counsellors and psychotherapists’ experiences of working with clients affected by...
Research: Removing The Fourth Wall – The Impact of Immersive Theatre on Actors’ Wellbeing
Researchers at University College London (UCL) are looking for actors who are working or who have previously worked in the immersive theatre genre to take part in a research study. Participation involves completing an anonymous online survey...
Research: Orchestral Musicians, Self-Care and Wellbeing
Researcher Sarah Gatford has put out a call for freelance professionals musicians in UK-based orchestras, to take part in her investigation into self-care strategies and their impact on wellbeing: Are you an orchestral musician? For my final research...
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