Senior Fellows

The Senior Fellows are a distinguished group of leaders from medicine, public health, academia, the arts, business, and public service who share a commitment to improving individual and community health through creative expression and the arts.

Serving as volunteer ambassadors for The Foundation for Art & Healing and Project UnLonely, they lend their expertise, credibility, and networks to advance our mission. Fellows offer guidance on strategy, programs, and partnerships; help elevate public understanding of the role creative expression plays in health; share relevant research, contacts, and opportunities; and join us at events aligned with their interests. Together, their efforts create a ripple effect that fosters wellbeing and human flourishing around the world.

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Karen Thornber

Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard, and serves as Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Bok Center

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Niyum Gandhi

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Mass General Brigham and former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Population Health Officer at Mount Sinai in New York

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Renée Fleming

Highly regarded American soprano; Recipient of the National Medal of Arts; Winner of five Grammy Awards, and tireless arts advocate

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Edward Hirsch, PhD

President of the Guggenheim Foundation, and MacArthur Award-winning poet

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Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD

Professor of psychology and neuroscience and director of the Social Connection & Health Lab at Brigham Young University

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Charles Marmar, MD

Chairman, Department of Psychiatry NYU Langone Medical Center, Director PTSD Research Program

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Lisa Marsh Ryerson

University Provost and President-elect, SNHU; past President AARP Foundation

Mike Paseornek
Mike Paseornek

Independent film producer and former President of Productions at Lions Gate Films

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David Shulkin

Healthcare entrepreneur; former CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center; former Secretary of Veterans Affairs

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Michelle Williams, SM, ScD

Professor of Epidemiology and former Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Kathryn Haslangar

Former Chief Executive Officer of JASA (retired 2025); Board Member of The Commonwealth Fund and the New York eHealth Collaborative.

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Robbie McCauley
1942 – 2021

Award-winning playwright, director, performer, professor, and FAH Senior Fellow. Learn more about Robbie’s legacy to FAH and the world in this video.

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