Rachael Allen is a visual artist and researcher living and working in Newcastle. Her visual artwork and research explores the interface between human sciences, medicine, anatomy and arts methodologies, practicing under the umbrella of medical humanities as well as unholdng an independent practice,nationally and internationally. The past 2 years, Allen has been artist in residence at Newcastle, Northumbria and Durham university anatomy labs, working on various projects and research developing methods of integrating the arts into anatomy pedagogy as well as perform observational research, delivering findings through academic conferences, exhibitions and publications, nationally and internationally.