Conference Organizing Committee

Barbara Bokhour

Associate Professor

Department of Health Policy & Management

Boston University School of Public Health

Center for Health Quality, Outcomes & Economic Research, ENRM Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Ellen Cohn

Clinical Professor

College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Boston University

Gemmae Fix

Post doctoral Fellow

Center for Health Quality, Outcomes & Economic Research

ENRM Veterans Affairs Medical Center &Boston University School of Public Health

Mary Catherine Beach

Associate Professor of Medicine

Berman Institute of Bioethics &Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research

Johns Hopkins University

International Advising Committee

Srikant Sarangi

Professor and Director

Health Communication Research Centre

Cardiff University, UK

Christopher Candlin

Senior Research Professor

Division of Linguistics and Psychology

Macquarie University, Australia

Paul Crawford

Professor of Health Humanities

School of Nursing, Midwifery & Physiotherapy

University of Nottingham, UK

Peter Schultz

Professor for Sign Theories and Health Communication

School of Communication Sciences

Director of the Health Care Communication Laboratory

Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland