📣 Join us tomorrow (May 21st @ 12-13:30pm UK time) for the final event in our webinar series, on the theme of ‘Medical Communication’ 👇 Full details and sign up link below

For those of you who attended our webinar on May 7th (and anyone else interested!) Our speaker, Dr. Tamsin Parnell, was unfortunately unable to deliver her talk on reporting around AI psychosis. However, she has very kindly made her slides available here 👇 Thank you @tamsinparnell.bsky.social!

📣 Join us today at 12:00 (UK time) for the second event in the series, titled: Exploring Lived Experience 👇Details and sign up link below:

Join us tomorrow (May 7th) for the first event in our webinar series: ‘Interrogating health in the public sphere’ ⏱️ Note: Due to a schedule change, the May 7th webinar will now take place at 12:30 - 13:30 (UK time) Sign up link below 👇

📣 Our 2026 webinar series 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬𝘀 is here! 🗓️ Events will take place on the 7th, 14th and 21st May @ 12:00-13:30 (UK time) 📌 Programme, registration details and book of abstracts: baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/2...

If you would like to know more about our work on social media and eating disorders, you can sign up for our CPD-certified workshop with Beat: www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-informat...

‼️ Deadline Extension ‼️ The deadline to submit abstracts for our 2026 webinar has now been extended to Monday, March 9th @ 5pm We’d love to hear from you!

📣 Just one week to go to the deadline for submissions to our 2026 webinar series. If you’re working on research addressing key topics in the fields of health & science communication, we want to hear from you!

👇New chapter out now from the Public Discourses of Dementia project

👇 A great read for anyone interested in corpus linguistics and healthcare:

Please find below all information to nominate wonderful researchers in language, gender and sexuality.

📣 Reminder! 👇 Just 3 weeks to go until the deadline for our 2026 online webinar. We look forward to seeing your submissions!

👇Exciting opportunity for a postdoc position at Queen Mary, University of London. This project is situated at the intersection of digital linguistics, visual studies, and critical autism studies.

Call for Papers for our 2026 webinar: ‘Key Health and Science Communication Challenges in the 2020s’ We’re delighted to share the cfp for our upcoming event. If you’re considering submitting, we’d love to hear from you. The deadline for submission is 5pm, February 9th 2026. wp.me/pcqSKn-dv

Happy new year! Just under two weeks to go until our free seminar on power in autism research www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quahrc-sem...

Excited to see this out! 'Applying Corpus Linguistics to Illness and Healthcare' - new #openaccess book, with @elenasemino.bsky.social @paulari.bsky.social @lukeccollins.bsky.social & @tonymcenery.bsky.social. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

@baal-health-sig.bsky.social are now looking for a SIG Secretary. This post offers a great opportunity to get involved with the linguistics health and science communication community, BAAL more broadly and to help steer the direction of the SIG. For info, please go to baalhealthsci.wordpress.com

@baal-health-sig.bsky.social would like to thank our outgoing General Secretary, @lukeccollins.bsky.social , and Ordinary Member, Kate Sayers, for all of the work that they've put into the SIG. Wishing you both the best of luck moving forward!

Calling all @baal-health-sig.bsky.social members (old and new)! You are warmly invited to attend our Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will be held at 12-1pm on Wednesday 15th October. Check out our website baalhealthsci.wordpress.com for the link and we look forward to seeing you there

3. I loved attending the @baal-health-sig.bsky.social panel, featuring Olivia Knapton's great work with people with insect/bug phobias, Esranur Efeoglu-Ozcan's innovative comparative study of climate crisis framings, and Mimi Huang's important work with volunteer waterside responders.

Join us for our 5th Symposium of the International Consortium for Communication in Health Care! 📆When: 11-12 September 2025 📍At: Lancaster University, UK Early bird registration is open until June 15th registration.lancaster.ac.uk/Registration... More info: ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/

📬Registration is now open for the 5th Symposium of the International Consortium for Communication in Health Care (IC4CH)! 📆When: 11-12 September 2025 📍At: Lancaster University, UK For more event information (registration, programme, speakers, abstracts, etc.) see ic4ch.wordpress.com/activities/

We are really looking forward to the event today - some wonderful presentations ahead!! Welcome to Lancaster @lancslinguistics.bsky.social baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/2...

Please join us for our upcoming workshops on social justice, health inequalities, language diversity and inclusion: in person this Friday 21/3 @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and online on Tuesday 25/3. A wonderful line-up of presentations! baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/2...

Super-excited for our upcoming workshops: in person this Friday 21/3 @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and online on Tuesday 25/3. Plenaries by @elenasemino.bsky.social & @fmfederici.bsky.social + wonderful presentations! Please join us baalhealthsci.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/2...

Really looking forward to thought-provoking presentations and stimulating discussions at our upcoming #2025 Workshop series: Inequalities, inclusion and innovation. In person in Lancaster on 21/03/25 and online on 25/03/25. All welcome: register via website - baalhealthsci.wordpress.com

We are delighted to confirm our #2025 Workshop series: Inequalities, inclusion and innovation. In person @lancslinguistics.bsky.social on 21/03/25 and online on 25/03/25. Plenaries @elenasemino.bsky.social & @fmfederici.bsky.social All welcome: register via website - baalhealthsci.wordpress.com