Center for Arts in HealthCare Research & Education

The names of some organizations are just too long; too much of a mouthful. Try saying: "The Center for Arts in HealthCare Research & Education". It just does not roll off the tongue easily. So it is abbreviated as "CAHRE". But even that is awkward.

A better name would be "Florida HealthCare Art".

They study the effects of art in HealthCare settings in Florida. They also have an educational component to help train others how to best use art in hospitals. The educational part of their work has a global reach; with a variety of projects in Africa.

CAHRE was started in 1999 following the establishment of the nation’s first university level coursework in the arts in healthcare. The Center grew from the groundbreaking clinical work of the Shands Arts in Medicine program. In their first decade they have grown to be one of the leaders in the field.

They established the first online database on research in the use of Art in Healthcare. This database in now hosted on the Society for Arts in HealthCare website: click here.

Center for the Arts in Healthcare
University of Florida
PO Box 100141
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: (352)265-0768
e-mail: cahre@arts.ufl.edu
Website: www.arts.ufl.edu/cahre