Naila Kuhlmann is a post-doctoral fellow in the BIAPT lab, and an associated researcher with the Center for Circus Arts Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer (CRITAC). After completing a PhD in neuroscience at the University of British Columbia, in which she studied the neurobiology of Parkinson's disease, Naila reoriented herself to explore how the arts can serve as a link between scientific research and the lived experience of illness. She began her postdoc in 2020 by leading Piece of Mind, an arts-based knowledge translation project in which neuroscientists, performing artists, and people affected by neurodegenerative conditions came together to co-create performances on Parkinson's disease and dementia. Her current participatory research investigates how lived and felt (e.g. embodied) experiences can be conveyed through the combination of arts and immersive technologies.