Invited Lectures/Talks

• Zayts, O. (2024). Responding to mental health talk in social science research interviews. Invited talk at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, September 18.

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• Zayts, O. (2024). The complexities of care: Negotiating the morality of caring for university students' wellbeing. Invited talk at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH2024), Zaragoza, Spain, September 9–13.

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• Zayts, O. (2024). "I may have some mental problems": Disclosing mental health conditions in research interviews. Invited talk at the British Association for Applied Linguistics Conference (BAAL2024), University of Essex, United Kingdom, September 5–7.

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• Zayts, O. (2024). "It's really hard to reach out": Constructing mental health support from universities during COVID-19. Invited talk at Sociolinguistics Symposium 25, Curtin University, Australia, June 24–27.

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• Zayts, O. (2023). Re-considering dominant ethos of health communication: Evidence from antenatal clinics in Hong Kong and China. Invited talk at the International Hybrid-Mode Conference on Healthcare Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, December 28.

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• Zayts, O., Fortune, Z., & Edmonds, D. (2023). Mental health of university graduates’ transitioning to the workplace. Invited talk at the International Symposium on Communication in Health Care, Australian National University, February 15.

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• Zayts, O. (2023). Reconsidering dominant ethos of health communication: Evidence from research on genetic testing in China. Invited talk at the International Symposium on Health Communication, Australian National University, February 15.

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• Zayts, O. (2022). Transitioning to the workplace during COVID-19: Mental health and what graduates expect vs. what employers want. Invited talk at the International Symposium on Communication in Healthcare, Australian National University, February 14–15.

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• Zayts, O. (2021). Consent-in-interaction in intercultural healthcare settings. Invited webinar organized by the UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics and International Consortium for Communication in Healthcare, University College London, July 7. [Online]

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• Zayts, O. (2021). “Day seven at the illustrious Penny’s Bay Quarantine Centre”: Online interactions of humour, creativity and camaraderie under quarantine order. Invited lecture at the 5th International Symposium “/ Incarceration / Lockdown /”, University of Macau, July 3. [Online]

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• Zayts, O. (2021). “I am losing my sanity!”: The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of ‘working mothers’. Invited lecture at the 3rd International E-Symposium of the International Consortium on Health Communication, University of Hong Kong, March 1–2. [Online]

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• Zayts, O. (2020). “I am losing my sanity!”: The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of ‘working mothers’. Invited talk at the Centre for the Study of Globalization and Cultures, Gender, Diversity and Democracy Group, University of Hong Kong, December 21. [Online]

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• Zayts, O. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 on working mothers across the globe: Coping with the pandemic through online women’s forums. Invited talk at the Workshop on Gender and the COVID-19 Pandemic, National University of Singapore, November 20. [Online]

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• Zayts, O. (2020). Communication in healthcare and the impact of COVID-19. Invited talk at the webinar organized by the International Consortium for Health Communication (IC4CH), September 23. [Online] (Featured in Times Higher Education: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-consortium-aims-confront-medical-info-demic)

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• Zayts, O. (2019). Genetic counselling in Hong Kong from an interdisciplinary perspective. Invited lecture at the World Congress on Genetic Counselling, Welcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK, October 2–4.

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• Zayts, O., & Chung, H. Y. B. (2019). Interdisciplinary collaboration between medicine and social sciences as a pathway to impact: From researching genetic counselling in Hong Kong to establishing the genetic counselling profession in the region. Invited talk at the Launch of Research and Impact Initiative for Communication in Healthcare (HKU RIICH), University of Hong Kong, June 8.

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• Zayts, O. (2019). “We are afraid there is a potential danger there”: Talk about death and dying in genetic counselling for SADS. Invited lecture at the International Symposium on Communication in Health Care, Singapore, February 11–12.

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• Zayts, O. (2018). The genomic quagmire of risk and uncertainty: Can communication scholars contribute to making the way through? Invited lecture at the International Symposium on Health Care Communication and Launch of Institute for Communication in Health Care (ICH), Australian National University, February 12–13.

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• Zayts, O. (2018). Politeness and relational work in novel digital contexts of healthcare communication. Invited workshop at the 2nd Peking University International Conference on Medical Humanities: Narrating Birth, Ageing and Death, Beijing, China, November 15–16.

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• Zayts, O. (2018). “There is a potential danger there”: Talk about death and dying in genetic counselling consultations for SADS. Invited lecture at the 2nd Peking University International Conference on Medical Humanities, Beijing, China, November 15–16.

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• Zayts, O., Chung, W. Y., & Zhang, W. (2015). Genetic counselling in Hong Kong. Invited workshop at the 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Human Genetics, Hanoi, Vietnam, September 16.

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• Zayts, O. (2014). Interdisciplinary collaboration between medical professionals and sociolinguists. Invited lecture at the Knowledge Exchange (KE) Lunch Meetings, University of Hong Kong, September 22.

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• Yau, H. Y. A., & Zayts, O. (2014). Risk talk and decision-making in prenatal screening in Hong Kong. Invited presentation at the 5th Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics (HAAL) Conference, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, June 7.

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• Zayts, O. (2014). Interdisciplinary collaboration between medical professionals and sociolinguists. Invited lecture at the Sciences of Learning Strategic Research Theme (SoL SRT) Workshop, University of Hong Kong, May 12.

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• Zayts, O. (2013). Invited lecture for the project “Language and Communication in Genetic Counselling Settings in Hong Kong” (Recipient of Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award), University of Hong Kong.

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• Zayts, O. (2012). Communication-based research on genetic counselling/consultations in Hong Kong. Invited lecture and workshop at the 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Human Genetics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 5–8.

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• Zayts, O. (2012). Genetic counselling for SADS: A discourse analytic perspective. Invited lecture at the CEP (Continued Education Programme) Commissioned Training “Clinical Genetics for Modern Pediatric Practice,” Hong Kong, October 13.

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• Zayts, O. (2010). Discourse analysis of genetic counseling communication. Invited lecture at the Winter Institute: Promoting Healthy Communication, Centre for Communication Disorders (CCD), University of Hong Kong, December 4.

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• Zayts, O. (2010). “You may know better than I do when it comes to medical things”: Clients’ elicitations of advice in prenatal genetic counseling in Hong Kong. Invited colloquium, “Advice giving in genetic counseling,” November 30.

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• Zayts, O. (2008). Informed choice in prenatal genetic counseling sessions. Invited lecture at the Hong Kong Baptist University, February 23.

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• Zayts, O., & Zhang, W. (2006). Medical discourse in Hong Kong: An investigation of doctor/nurse–patient interactions in prenatal consultations. Invited lecture at the Constituent Theme Funding Seminar Series, University of Hong Kong.