BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PERFORMING ARTS MEDICINe
Supporting Performing Arts Health Research
As the largest provider of performing arts medicine in the UK, BAPAM has built expertise and 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 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.
The Centre for Performance Science is a collaboration between the Royal College of Music and Imperial College London. The Centre’s Director, Professor Aaron Williamon, is also a Trustee of BAPAM. This has led to a collaborative PhD with BAPAM. PhD student, Michael Durrant works with BAPAM to conduct research into health promotion in the performing arts.
As our CEO, Claire Cordeaux, is a member of the steering group of the Healthy Conservatoires Network, we connect with many of the top researchers in this area across the UK and internationally and BAPAM has been delighted to be a partner on research bids in this area.
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.
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 or call us and speak to BAPAM Director, Claire Cordeaux, or Senior Manager for Special Projects, Dan Hayhurst.
Research Articles
PAMA Performance Arts Medicine Symposium, London, July 2024
Celebrating our 40th anniversary in 2024, BAPAM will co-chair PAMA’s 42nd international performance arts medicine symposium in London in July We are thrilled to be co-chairing the 42nd Annual PAMA International Symposium in London from 18-21 July. The symposium will...
Research: Career Identities and Wellbeing of Musical Theatre Performers
Emma Risley is a Postgraduate Researcher from the University of Sheffield investigating the wellbeing of professional musical theatre performers in the UK. She is particularly interested in the role that identity plays within performers' experiences of the industry....
Research: Psychotherapists’ Experiences of Working with Clients Affected by Sexism or Misogyny in the Music Industry
Researcher, Janine Ellis, is exploring the experiences of counsellors and psychotherapists working with clients who are affected by issues of institutional/interpersonal sexism or misogyny in the music industry. It aims to look at how prevalent these presentations are...
Research: Acrobat Participants Wanted
Bethany Shum is a Physiotherapist, conducting research that explores sources of pain, pain perception and pain self-efficacy among acrobats as part of MSc in Performing Arts Medicine at UCL. Acrobats can contribute by completing an online questionnaire (10-15...
Research: Emotional Experiences of Training in Musical Theatre at Drama school.
Bethany Dickinson, at Queen Mary University of London, is seeking participants for her research project on the emotional experiences of Musical Theatre graduates during their time at drama school. Bethany is interviewing participants aged 18 and over, who are not...
Research: Are You a Musician Playing Through Pain?
Researcher, Noudy Eleryan, at Cardiff University is investigating methods that musicians use to manage their playing-related pains, aches and injuries. Proficient instrumental musicians (e.g., an amateur, a hobbyist, or a professional musician) or university-level...
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