ENGL’s New International Partners — UNSW and UF

Department of English has recently signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), one with the Health@Business Research Network at the UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney (the University of New South Wales), and the other with the STEM Translational Communication Centre at UF (the University of Florida).

The collaboration with UNSW signals the beginning of important research initiatives which include the submission of joint research proposals to competitive external funding sources, the building of a joint research publication profile to international peer reviewed journals on health-related topics, and the promotion of the annual IRCAHC symposium through publicity, support in finding keynote speakers and encouraging student attendance (either in person or online).

The partnership with UF leads to the publication of a new book, Expanding Horizons in Health Communication. The book is the first of its kind in that it focuses exclusively on health communication research and clinical practice in Asia.

(Left) Prof. Bernadette Watson(ENGL) and Prof. Gavin Schwarz from UNSW hold an online meeting to announce the MoU between the universities.
(Right) Prof. Watson, Director of the International Research Centre for the Advancement of Health Communication, and Prof. Janice Krieger, Director of the STEM Centre at UF, edited the new book Expanding Horizons in Health Communication.