Olga Zayts-Spence
Invited Lectures
Invited Working in Peking University
Beijing, China 2018
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Zayts, O. (2023). Re-considering dominant ethos of health communication: Evidence from antenatal clinics in Hong Kong and China. International Hybrid-Mode Conference on Healthcare Communication: Create Safer and More Compassionate Healthcare Practices in Nursing and Communication. Invited talk, 28 December, 2023, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Zayts, O., Fortune, Z., Edmonds, D. (2023). Mental health of university graduates’ transitioning to the workplace. International Symposium on Communication in Health Care. Invited talk, 15 February, 2023, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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Zayts, O. (2023). Reconsidering dominant ethos of health communication: Evidence from research on genetic testing in China. International Symposium on Health Communication. Invited talk, 15 February, 2023, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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Zayts, O. (2021). Consent-in-interaction in intercultural healthcare settings. Invited talk at the webinar organized by the UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics and International Consortium for Communication in Healthcare, 7 July 2021, University College London, UK [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 /”, 3 July 2021, University of Macau, Macau. [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, 1-2 March 2021, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [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, 21 December 2020, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [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, 20 November, 2020, National University of Singapore, Singapore. [online]
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Zayts, O. (2021). Consent-in-interaction in intercultural healthcare settings. Invited talk at the webinar organized by the UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics and International Consortium for Communication in Healthcare, 7 July 2021, University College London, UK [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 /”, 3 July 2021, University of Macau, Macau. [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), 23 September, 2020 (featured in Times Higher Education, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-consortium-aims-confront-medical-info-demic). [online]
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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. 2-4 October 2019, Welcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK.
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Zayts, O. & Chung, HY 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), 8 June 2019, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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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 Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS). Invited lecture at the International Symposium on Communication in Health Care 2019. 11-12 February 2019, Singapore.
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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). 12-13 February 2018, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia.
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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. 15-16 November 2018, Beijing, China.
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Zayts, O. (2018). “There is a potential danger there”: Talk about death and dying in genetic counselling consultations for Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndromes. Invited Lecture at the 2nd Peking University International Conference on Medical Humanities: Narrating Birth, Ageing and Death. 15-16 November 2018, Beijing, China.
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Chu, W.Y., Y., Chung HY, B., & Zayts, O. (2015). Genetic counselling in Hong Kong. Invited lecture at the Genetic Counseling Pre-Conference Workshop at the 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Human Genetics, 16 September 2015, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
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Zayts, O. (2014). Interdisciplinary collaboration between medical professionals and sociolinguists. Invited lecture at the Knowledge Exchange (KE) Lunch Meetings organized by the KE Office, 22 September 2014, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Yau, H.Y.A. & Zayts, O. (2014). Risk talk and decision-making in prenatal screening in Hong Kong. Invited lecture at the 5th Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics (HAAL) Conference, 7 June 2014, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
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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 “Making interdisciplinary research work – thoughts from the field”, 12 May 2014, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Zayts, O. (2013). Invited lecture as the recipient of the Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award for the project “Language and Communication in Genetic Counselling Settings in Hong Kong and South Asia”, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Zayts, O. (2012). Communication-based research on genetic counselling/consultations in Hong Kong. Invited lecture and workshop "Genetic Consultations / Counselling in South Asia" at the 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Human Genetics. 5-8 December 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Zayts, O. (2012). Genetic counselling for Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome (SADS): A discourse analytic perspective. Invited lecture at the CEP (Continued Education Programme) Commissioned Training “Clinical Genetics for Modern Pediatric Practice”, 13 October 2012, Hong Kong.
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Zayts, O. (2010). Discourse analysis of genetic counseling communication. Invited lecture at the Winter Institute: Promoting Healthy Communication, eSRT Communication Disorders, Centre for Communication Disorders CCD, 4 December 2010, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Zayts, O. (2010). “You may know better than I do when it comes to medical thing”: Clients’ elicitations of advice in prenatal genetic counseling in Hong Kong. Invited lecture, colloquium “Advice giving in genetic counseling” (organizer: Zayts, Olga). 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Human Genetics, 30 November 2010, Hong Kong.
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Zayts, O. (2008). Informed Choice in Prenatal Genetic Counseling Sessions. Invited lecture at the Health Communication Series: Enhancing Communication in Health Care, Hong Kong Baptist University, 23 February 2008, Hong Kong.
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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, Hong Kong.