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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Olga is also leading our upcoming IC4CH 2026 Symposium, with the theme of 'Bridging Traditions, Building Futures: Connecting Health Communication Research Across Asia-Pacific and Other Contexts'. For further information, please see: chm.hku.hk/events/ic4ch....

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IC4CH SYMPOSIUM 2026 | Centre for the Humanities and Medicine

Bridging Traditions, Building Futures: Connecting Health Communication Research Across Asia-Pacific and Other Contexts

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Olga is the Director of the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine (HKU CHM), alongside the Founding Director of the Research and Impact Initiative for Communication in Healthcare (HKU RIICH) at the University of Hong Kong. You can find out more about Olga and her work here: www.olgazayts.com.

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Home | Olga Zayts Spence

Professor Olga Zayts is an interdisciplinary scholar who draws on her dual training in applied (socio)linguistics and public health to research healthcare communication. Since the beginning of her aca...

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Here, Olga reflects on being an interdisciplinary scholar with training in both applied (socio)linguistics and public health. She discusses her work on graduates’ mental health and transitions to the workplace post Covid-19, alongside her emerging work on women’s lived experiences of menopause.

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Interested in what different members of the International Consortium for Communication in Health Care (IC4CH) are working on? Today we're putting the spotlight on Dr Olga Zayts-Spence (Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong): ic4ch.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/s...

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Spotlight: Olga Zayts-Spence (September 2026)

In this third Spotlight video of the series, Dr Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University) talks with Dr Olga Zayts-Spence, who is the Director of the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine (HKU CHM), Fo…

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

If you missed the latest webinar 'From Simulation to Clinic: Building Communication Competence Among Health Science Students' by Jennifer Watermeyer, Megan Scott, Nancy Barber and Rhona Nattrass, fear not! You can watch the recording of the webinar on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF2z...

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IC4CH webinar 2026: From Simulation to Clinic

YouTube video by Health Communication Research Unit

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The session bridges the gap between theory and practice, offering evidence-based insights from the Global South into how simulation-based learning can prepare students for real-world complexity... For more information, see ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Effective communication is at the heart of healthcare, yet the transition from the classroom to the clinic remains one of the steepest learning curves for students. This insightful webinar explores how to foster genuine communicative competence in the next generation of health science professionals.

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

We're delighted to share Prof. Watermeyer and colleagues' upcoming webinar, 'From Simulation to Clinic: Building Communication Competence Among Health Science Students' 18 June 2026 13:00 – 14:30 SAST Info: ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/ Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f85aae...

Webinar: From Simulation to Clinic: Building Communication Competence Among Health Science Students

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

May's discussion of her research in public health includes a warning and information system for communities affected by Dengue, the Asian Centre for Health Behavioural Insights and Interventions (HABITS) and some exciting future plans... Find out more about May here: blogs.ntu.edu.sg/mayolwin/

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Prof. May O. Lwin | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Interested in what different members of the International Consortium for Communication in Health Care (IC4CH) are working on? Today we're putting the spotlight on Professor May O. Lwin (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore): ic4ch.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/s...

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Spotlight: May O. Lwin (February 2026)

In this second Spotlight video of the series, Dr Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University) talks with Professor May O. Lwin, who is a Professor in the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information…

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BAAL Health & Science SIG @baal-health-sig.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Call for Papers for our 2026 webinar: ‘Key Health and Science Communication Challenges in the 2020s’ We’re delighted to share the cfp for our upcoming event. If you’re considering submitting, we’d love to hear from you. The deadline for submission is 5pm, February 9th 2026. wp.me/pcqSKn-dv

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2026 webinar series: Key Health and Science Communication Challenges and Opportunities in the 2020s

This year, we’re looking to showcase some of the excellent work being done on health and science communication through an online seminar series that aims to grapple with some of the key challenges …

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Zsófia Demjén @zsofiademjen.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

If you're interested in health communication, broadly conceived, join the research seminars of the UCL Health Communication Network. Available to attend remotely with the next event on 22nd Jan, 1pm. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/health-comms... Sign up to our mailing list to hear about future events

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Elena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Thank you to all contributors to this @corpussocialsci.bsky.social event: two days of thought-provoking presentations on different issues in health communication, using different methodologies and with data from Europe, Africa, Asia and the US. See you all at the next @ic4ch.bsky.social event!

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Looking forward to welcoming presenters and attendees to Lancaster in September!

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

It's less than two months until our 5th Symposium of the International Consortium for Communication in Health Care! 📆When: 11-12 September 2025 📍At: Lancaster University, UK (in person) or Microsoft Teams (free online) For more info and to register, see: ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/

Day 1: Thursday 11th of September 2025
09.30 - 10.15 Registration
10.15 - 10.30 Symposium Opening Address
10.30 - 12.00 Panel 1: Chronic and long-term health
Shared decision making, health literacy and management of heart failure: an analysis of patients’ interactions through their hospital journey.
Susy Macqueen, Diana Slade and Suzanne Raine (Australian National University)
Enhancing Patient Engagement in Oncology-Specific Genetic Counselling: A
Conversation Analytic Approach
K.K. Luke (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Communicating dementia: A reflection on AI-generated images and texts
Emma Putland and Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University, UK)
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 14.30 Panel 2: Infectious diseases and pandemics
How will we work together? Communication and Caring in the Time of
Pandemics
Elizabeth A. Rider (Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA)
The mental health of university graduates in a post-COVID world: A mixed methods sociolinguistic approach
Olga Zayts-Spence, Paul W.C. Wong, David Matthew Edmonds (University of
Hong Kong)
Challenges and Opportunities in Participatory Surveillance for Dengue
Prevention: A Sri Lankan Case Study
Prasad Wimalaratne (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka) and May O. Lwin
(Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
14.30 - 15.00 Break
15.00 – 16.30 Panel 3: Vaccinations
Post-pandemic challenges in communication about vaccines
Elena Semino (Lancaster University, UK)
Enhancing the value and wider benefit of research into Coronavirus Discourses: A Pan-London Immunisation Campaign
Svenja Adolphs, Emma McClaughlin and Sara Vilar-Lluch (University of
Nottingham and Cardiff University, UK)
The problem with ‘side effects’
Zsófia Demjén (University College London, UK)
16.30 – 17.00 Roundtable discussion

Day 2: Friday 12th of September 2025
09.30 – 11.00 Panel 4: Interactions in healthcare settings
Intercultural moments in emergency calls: Issues of access, accommodation, and attitude
Jennifer Watermeyer and Rhona Nattrass (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
(In)equality, (in)visibilised diversity and exclusion: the ideological framing of language in NHS interpreting and translation guidelines.
Emma Brooks (University College London, UK)
Medical consultations with older adult patients in a multicultural setting: Dynamics of doctor-patient communication and the impact of companions
May O. Lwin (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 12.30 Panel 4 (Continued): Interactions in healthcare settings
“It just made me feel very broken”: Self-reported experiences of medical misogyny in UK pregnancy loss consultations
Beth Malory (University College London, UK)
How REACHE equips asylum seeker and refugee doctors for safe and effective practice in the NHS
Hayley Poulson (Refugee and Asylum Seekers Centre for Healthcare
Professionals Education (REACHE Northwest), Salford Royal Hospital, UK)
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Panel 5: Interactions in healthcare settings and end of life
The EMPATHY Protocol: Modern Support in Challenging Moments of Patient Care
Aldona Katarzyna Jankowska (Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Poland)
The taboo of communication about assisted dying
Nancy Preston (Lancaster University, UK)
How to Talk about Dying? Lessons Learned from a Swiss Framework for Teaching Compassionate Communication about the End of Life
Sibylle Felber (University Hospital Bern and University of Bern, Switzerland)
15.30 – 16.00 Roundtable discussion
16.00 – 16.20 Event Close

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

📑Key themes: chronic and long-term health, infectious diseases and pandemics, vaccinations, interactions in clinical settings, end-of-life care. 🗣️Speakers will join us from Australia, Hong Kong, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. All are welcome!

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Join us for our 5th Symposium of the International Consortium for Communication in Health Care! 📆When: 11-12 September 2025 📍At: Lancaster University, UK Early bird registration is open until June 15th registration.lancaster.ac.uk/Registration... More info: ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/

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Image shows day 1 of the programme, which can be read in full as a PDF at https://ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/

Day 1: Thursday 11th of September 2025

09.30 - 10.15 Registration
10.15 - 10.30 Symposium Opening Address
10.30 - 12.00 Panel 1: Chronic and long-term health
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 14.30 Panel 2: Infectious diseases and pandemics
How will we work together? Communication and Caring in the Time of Pandemics
14.30 - 15.00 Break
15.00 – 16.30 Panel 3: Vaccinations
16.30 – 17.00 Roundtable discussion

Image shows day 2 of the programme, which can be read in full as a PDF at https://ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/

Day 2: Friday 12th of September 2025

09.30 – 11.00 Panel 4: Interactions in healthcare settings
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 12.30 Panel 4 (Continued): Interactions in healthcare settings
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Panel 5: Interactions in healthcare settings and end of life
15.30 – 16.00 Roundtable discussion
16.00 – 16.20 Event Close

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

📬Registration is now open for the 5th Symposium of the International Consortium for Communication in Health Care (IC4CH)! 📆When: 11-12 September 2025 📍At: Lancaster University, UK For more event information (registration, programme, speakers, abstracts, etc.) see ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/

Image shows day 1 of the programme, which can be read as a PDF at https://ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/

Symposium Programme
Day 1: Thursday 11th of September 2025

09.30 - 10.15 Registration
10.15 - 10.30 Symposium Opening Address
10.30 - 12.00 Panel 1: Chronic and long-term health
Sex differences on a forum about anxiety
Paul Baker (Lancaster University, UK)
Shared decision making, health literacy and management of heart failure: an analysis of patients’ interactions through their hospital journey.
Susy Macqueen, Diana Slade and Suzanne Raine (Australian National University)
Communicating dementia: Comparing AI-generated stereotypes to experience-led discussions
Emma Putland and Gavin Brookes (Lancaster University, UK)
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 14.30 Panel 2: Infectious diseases and pandemics
How will we work together? Communication and Caring in the Time of Pandemics
Elizabeth A. Rider (Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA)
The mental health of university graduates in a post-COVID world: A mixed-methods sociolinguistic approach
Olga Zayts-Spence, Paul W.C. Wong, David Matthew Edmonds (University of Hong Kong)
Challenges and Opportunities in Participatory Surveillance for Dengue Prevention: A Sri Lankan Case Study
Prasad Wimalaratne (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka) and May O. Lwin (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
14.30 - 15.00 Break
15.00 – 16.30 Panel 3: Vaccinations
Post-pandemic challenges in communication about vaccines
Elena Semino (Lancaster University, UK)
Enhancing the value and wider benefit of research into Coronavirus Discourses: A Pan-London Immunisation Campaign
Svenja Adolphs, Emma McClaughlin and Sara Vilar-Lluch (University of Nottingham and Cardiff University, UK)
The problem with ‘side effects’
Zsófia Demjén (University College London, UK)
16.30 – 17.00 Roundtable discussion

Image shows day 2 of the programme, which can be read as a PDF at https://ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/

Day 2: Friday 12th of September 2025

09.30 – 11.00 Panel 4: Interactions in healthcare settings
Intercultural moments in emergency calls: Issues of access, accommodation, and attitude
Jennifer Watermeyer and Rhona Nattrass (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
(In)equality, (in)visibilised diversity and exclusion: the ideological framing of language in NHS interpreting and translation guidelines.
Emma Brooks (University College London, UK)
Medical consultations with older adult patients in a multicultural setting: Dynamics of doctor-patient communication and the impact of companions
May O. Lwin (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
11.00 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 12.30 Panel 4 (Continued): Interactions in healthcare settings
Enhancing Patient Engagement in Oncology-Specific Genetic Counselling: A Conversation Analytic Approach
K.K. Luke (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
How REACHE equips asylum seeker and refugee doctors for safe and effective practice in the NHS
Hayley Poulson (Refugee and Asylum Seekers Centre for Healthcare Professionals Education (REACHE Northwest), Salford Royal Hospital, UK)
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Panel 5: Interactions in healthcare settings and end of life
The EMPATHY Protocol: Modern Support in Challenging Moments of Patient Care
Aldona Katarzyna Jankowska (Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Poland)
The taboo of communication about assisted dying
Nancy Preston (Lancaster University, UK)
How to Talk about Dying? Lessons Learned from a Swiss Framework for Teaching Compassionate Communication about the End of Life
Sibylle Felber (University Hospital Bern and University of Bern, Switzerland)
15.30 – 16.00 Roundtable discussion
16.00 – 16.20 Event Close

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

📆 Talking of activities, our next event will be on 11-12th September 2025, where Lancaster University (UK) will host the 5th Symposium of the International Consortium for Communication in Health Care (IC4CH). We hope to see you there! For more information, see ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Interested in what we do? See the following pages for more about our... Projects: ic4ch.wordpress.com/about/projec... Activities (including recordings from past events): ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/ The International Charter for Human Values in Healthcare: ic4ch.wordpress.com/about/the-in...

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

We currently have members from Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, the UK and the USA. You can find our more about our organisation members here: ic4ch.wordpress.com/about/consor.... You can meet some of the people involved here: ic4ch.wordpress.com/about/consor....

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Our member organisations apply their research findings to improve healthcare practice, from the development of educational resources and professional development modules, to policy innovation and recommendations for organisational change.

The Institute for Communication in Health Care
Australian National University, Australia

Research and Impact Initiative on Communication in Healthcare
The University of Hong Kong (HKU RIICH), Hong Kong

Communication in Healthcare (COHEN)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science
Lancaster University, United Kingdom

UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics
University College London, United Kingdom

Health Communication Network
Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Health Communication Research Unit (HCRU)
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Affiliate member: Dr Elizabeth A. Rider, Department of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School; Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Our dual focus is on innovative research to understand the role of communication in a wide range of healthcare contexts, and translating findings to education and practice to improve patient safety and the quality of healthcare practice globally. youtu.be/zFjDRfzit9I?...

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Introducing IC4CH: The International Consortium for Communication in Healthcare

YouTube video by ANU Institute for Communication in Health Care

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International Consortium for Communication in Health Care @ic4ch.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Hello! The International Consortium for Communication in Health Care (IC4CH) is an international, interdisciplinary collaboration of leaders in the field of healthcare communication. You can find out more on our website ic4ch.wordpress.com and we've made a thread to introduce ourselves here, too 😊

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An international, interdisciplinary collaboration that brings together leaders in the field of healthcare communication.
IC4CH’s mission is to conduct evidence-based research that will lead to a far greater understanding of the role of communication in a wide range of healthcare contexts.

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