Keynote/Plenaries

• Zayts, O. (2025). The mental health of university graduates in a post-COVID world: A mixed methods sociolinguistic approach. Keynote at the International Consortium for Communication in Health Care (IC4CH) Symposium, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, September 11–12.

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• Zayts, O. (2025). The sociopragmatics of health communication research in China: Current trends and potential contribution to addressing public health challenges. Keynote at the 19th China Pragmatics Conference, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, August 23–24.

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• Zayts, O. (2024). Could applied linguistic research be interventionist? Evidence from Greater China. Keynote at the International Conference on Medical Humanities, Beijing, China, October 31–November 3.

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• Zayts, O. (2024). It's time to prioritise mental health in the workplace. Keynote at the World Mental Health Day, CMHA, Hong Kong, October 8.

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• Zayts, O. (2019). Relational work in talk about death and dying in clinical encounters. Keynote at the 2019 International Symposium on Advances in (Im)politeness Studies: (Im)politeness and Emotion, Fuzhou, China, March 8–10.

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• Zayts, O. (2015). Integrating Humanities and Medicine: A communication-oriented framework for collaborative research, teaching and knowledge exchange/impact activities. Keynote at the 14th Medicine and Philosophy Conference, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei Province, China, October 24.

• Zayts, O., Edmonds, D. M., & Luk, P. (2024). Graduates' transitions from universities to workplaces during and post-pandemic: Applied linguistic insights. Panel at the 14th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP 2024), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, December 17–19.

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• Zayts, O. (2024). Transdisciplinary interventionist research in healthcare contexts: The role of applied linguistics. Colloquium at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH2024), Zaragoza, Spain, September 9–13.

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• Zayts, O. (2023). Transitioning from university to the workforce during and post-COVID-19. Discussion at the HKURIICH & IC4CH Interactive Panel, University of Hong Kong, May 31.

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• Zayts, O. (2015). Researching multicultural genetic counselling in Hong Kong: Superdiversity in situ. Plenary lecture at the Spring Symposium: Sciences of Learning, University of Hong Kong, February 28.

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• Chung, B. H. Y., & Zayts, O. (2013). Cross-cultural genetic counselling experiences in Hong Kong, China. Plenary lecture at the 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia, August 7.