ARTS AND HEALTH
Headed byOlivier BEAUCHET (M.D., Ph.D.)
olivier.beauchet@umontreal.ca
> Laboratoire AgeTeq
> Dr. Beauchet obtained his medical degree from the University of St-Étienne (France) in 1999, where he also completed specialties in neurology, internal medicine and geriatrics. He also holds a master’s degree in neuropsychology and a doctorate in human motricity and disability from the Université de St-Etienne (France). Between 2015 and 2020, he was Full Professor of Geriatric Medicine at McGill University and held the Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Chair in Geriatric Medicine (Faculty of Medicine, McGill University).
During this same period, he was also Director of the Centre for Excellence in Longevity at the McGill integrated university health and social services network (RUISSS), and physician and researcher at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research at the Jewish General Hospital. Since September 2020, Dr. Beauchet has been Full Professor at Université de Montréal (Faculty of Medicine – Department of Medicine), a physician at IUGM and laboratory director at CRIUGM.
> RECENT SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION
For this Axis, the creative economy integrates artistic and cultural practices in the health field to improve physical, mental and social well-being. This approach explores various ways of improving individual and community quality of life. It engages in research to better understand how artistic practices influence health. This synergy between health and artists, researchers and communities enables us to design programs tailored to each individual’s needs. By working together, these players can create innovative solutions for promoting health through arts and culture.
The main objective of this axis is to promote, encourage and initiate research, training, and knowledge transfer initiatives to better understand the relationship between the arts, culture and health, and to facilitate deployment of the knowledge acquired in stakeholder circles, in order to find answers to society’s challenges and issues.
> ARTS AND HEALTH RECENT ACTIVITIES
> RECENT COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER RESEARCH AREAS
GRANTS
> FRQSC
Chaire de recherche en économie créative et mieux-être (CREAT)
Chaire de recherche en économie créative et mieux-être.
Role: Head of Arts and Health Axis.
Value: $4,000,000 ($1,000,000/axis).
Duration: 2022-2023 à 2027-2028 (5 years).
Co-développement et déploiements d’un cycle de visites muséales pour lutter contre l’isolement social des personnes aînées montréalaises
Programme Actions concertées
Role: Principal researcher.
Value: $170,000.
Duration: March 2021 to March 2023.
> OTHER
Co-développement d’une expérience immersive et interactive du tableau numérisé « Les Nymphéas » de Claude Monet pour le bien-être personnel et le bien commun sociétal
Partenariat Université de Montréal
Role: Principal researcher.
Value: $107,000.
Duration: 2 years.
SCIENTIFIC Publications > ARTS AND HEALTH
RAC (Peer-review presentation)
Planta, O., Cami, M., Matskiv, J., Plonka, A., Gros, A. & Beauchet, O. (2023). Effects of museum-based art activities on older community dwellers’ physical activity: the A-health randomized controlled trial results. European Geriatric Medecine, 14(5), 971-976. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-023-00831-9
Cinalioglu, K., Lavín, P., Bein, M., Lesage, M., Gruber, J., Se, J., Bukhari, S., Sasi, N., Noble, H., Andree-Bruneau, M., Launay, C., Sanders, J., Gauthier, S., Rosa, P., Lifshitz, M., Battistini. B. J., Beauchet, O., Khoury, B., Bouchard, S., Fallavollita, P., Vahia, I., Rej, S. & Sekhon, H. (2023). Effects of virtual reality guided meditation in older adults: The protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychology, 28(14). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1083219
Hayashi, Y., Matskiv, J., Galery, K. & Beauchet, O. (2023). Productive arts engagement at the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum and its health effects on the older Japanese population: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychology, 6(10). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1188780
Beauchet, O., Matskiv, J., Galery, K., Goossens, L., Lafontaine, C. & Sawchuk, K. (2022). Benefits of a 3-month cycle of weekly virtual museum tours in community dwelling older adults: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in Medicine, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.969122
CNA (Non-refereed communication)
Beauchet, O., Gros, A. & Bethoux, F. (2023, September 20-22). « L’art fait du bien » : du mythe à la réalité. [oral presentation]. 12e Congrès International Francophone de Gérontologie et Gériatrie, Montreal. https://cifggmontreal2023.com
Beauchet, O. (2023, June 26). Art visuel et intelligence artificielle : Dr Jekyll ou Mr Hyde? [oral communication]. Conférences Transmission et « télétransmission » de l’art au bénéfice des patients : impact de l’avancée de la société, France. https://univ-cotedazur.fr/recherche-innovation/structures-de-recherche/academies-dexcellence/academie-dexcellence-homme-idees-et-milieux/lacademie-5-est-partenaire-des-conferences-art-et-telesante