Deborah Hayden is Principal Investigator of the 4-year digital humanities project LEIGHEAS: Language, Education and Medical Learning in the Premodern Gaelic World, which is funded by a Consolidator Laureate Award from Research Ireland. The central aim of LEIGHEAS (the Irish word for ‘remedy’ or ‘the art of healing’) is to illuminate the social, pedagogical and manuscript…
The Francophone Association for Narrative Medicine (AFMN) was established on May 15, 2024 with the goal of creating an inclusive and collaborative space dedicated to sharing, exchanging, developing, disseminating, training, researching, and providing resources related to narrative medicine. It brings together individuals with a shared interest in narrative medicine, including healthcare professionals, humanities researchers, artists, patients, and…
The #ENDOs Project is a groundbreaking EU-funded initiative designed to educate and support adults living with chronic diseases, with a specific focus on endometriosis. With the potential to impact 14 million individuals across Europe—many of whom refer to themselves as “ENDOs”—this project seeks to empower them to take a more active role in their healthcare journey. What sets #ENDOs apart…
Responding to the Mental Health Concerns of Older Aged People with Intellectual Disability – focused on improving the mental health outcomes for a group of European citizens who systematically experience marginalization. Its general objective was to empower older people with intellectual disability to achieve mentally healthy lifestyles through self-help and to facilitate carers to assist…