Studying how healthcare professionals make meaning of what cannot be solved.

An international scholarly collective for existential inquiry in healthcare and health professions education

01 — The lab

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existentials:LAB is an international scholarly collective for existential inquiry in healthcare and health professions education.

We study how clinicians make meaning of problems that cannot be re:solved, only worked with: finitude, uncertainty, freedom, and belonging.

02 — The question

Three lines of inquiry

How do healthcare professionals make meaning of problems that cannot be re:solved, only worked with?

03 — Projects

All projects

04 — Publications

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05 — Who we are

The collective
Portrait of Christian Schulz-Quach

Christian Schulz-Quach

Founding Director · Psychiatrist and existential psychoanalyst

Portrait of Sara Rashighi

Sara Rashighi

Co-founder · Health designer and researcher

The lab is a collective rather than a single research program. Its International Scientific Council, Trainee Council, and Lived Experience Advisory are forming through 2026–27, by invitation.

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06 — The mark

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