@baal-health-sig.bsky.social
A British Association for Applied Linguistics special interest group (SIG), Health and Science Communication (HSC) provide a specialist forum for the development of research at the intersection of applied linguistics and health/science communication.
Excited to see this out! 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' - new #openaccess book, with @elenasemino.bsky.social @paulari.bsky.social @lukeccollins.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
25.09.2025 15:28 — 👍 35 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 0
@baal-health-sig.bsky.social are now looking for a SIG Secretary. This post offers a great opportunity to get involved with the linguistics health and science communication community, BAAL more broadly and to help steer the direction of the SIG. For info, please go to baalhealthsci.wordpress.com
17.09.2025 08:01 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0@baal-health-sig.bsky.social would like to thank our outgoing General Secretary, @lukeccollins.bsky.social , and Ordinary Member, Kate Sayers, for all of the work that they've put into the SIG. Wishing you both the best of luck moving forward!
17.09.2025 07:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Calling all @baal-health-sig.bsky.social members (old and new)! You are warmly invited to attend our Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will be held at 12-1pm on Wednesday 15th October. Check out our website baalhealthsci.wordpress.com
for the link and we look forward to seeing you there
3. I loved attending the @baal-health-sig.bsky.social panel, featuring Olivia Knapton's great work with people with insect/bug phobias, Esranur Efeoglu-Ozcan's innovative comparative study of climate crisis framings, and Mimi Huang's important work with volunteer waterside responders.
05.09.2025 08:21 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
Image shows the entrance of Lancaster Castle in spring.
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
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/
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
📬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/
We are really looking forward to the event today - some wonderful presentations ahead!! Welcome to Lancaster @lancslinguistics.bsky.social baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/2...
21.03.2025 06:58 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Please join us for our upcoming workshops on social justice, health inequalities, language diversity and inclusion: in person this Friday 21/3 @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and online on Tuesday 25/3. A wonderful line-up of presentations!
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Super-excited for our upcoming workshops: in person this Friday 21/3 @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and online on Tuesday 25/3. Plenaries by @elenasemino.bsky.social & @fmfederici.bsky.social + wonderful presentations! Please join us baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/2...
18.03.2025 09:46 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Really looking forward to thought-provoking presentations and stimulating discussions at our upcoming #2025 Workshop series: Inequalities, inclusion and innovation. In person in Lancaster on 21/03/25 and online on 25/03/25. All welcome: register via website - baalhealthsci.wordpress.com
13.02.2025 08:07 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Programme for HSC SIG event March 2025
We are delighted to confirm our #2025 Workshop series: Inequalities, inclusion and innovation. In person @lancslinguistics.bsky.social on 21/03/25 and online on 25/03/25. Plenaries @elenasemino.bsky.social & @fmfederici.bsky.social All welcome: register via website - baalhealthsci.wordpress.com
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