Rachel Grob

Committing to qualitative work is a matter of the heart as well as the of the head.  Our science and our art entwine, when we’re at our best, like two hands on the piano making music.  Without a childhood spent reading novels and poems, I fear I would have only technique but no musicality, no ear for the kind of listening people who tell their stories about health and health care deserve. I hope to one day to feel confident identifying as a writer.  Meanwhile, I lean in that direction whenever I can and eagerly seek out fellow travelers from the arts and humanities, such as the amazing film maker collaborating with our Qualitative and Health Experiences Research Lab to create Catalyst Films .