public health science communication

How social media friendly are Danish Schools of Public Health? Nordic Schools of Public Health? European Schools of Public Health? And which are the most friendly? Can it at all be measured? And what does it mean to score high on social media friendliness? The answers to these questions are not straight forward. But if […]

For the past year, I have here, at the Medical Museion at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Public Health, been working on a research project focusing on the use of social media in the communication of research in public health sciences. The technical report, completed by myself and Professor Thomas Söderqvist, is now ready, and I’m […]

On Monday 29 October we’re hosting a meeting in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences main building on social media in medical research and practice. Social media have conquered society. They are now also making their way into medical research and practice. What can doctors and researchers gain from using social media? How will […]

I love blogging. It surprises myself, because I really hadn’t predicted that having a blog would be something I’d get hooked on – or even less did I expect all the things it would bring with it. Extensive networks, new opportunities, great connections and new horizons. Especially the last couple of weeks have shown me […]

How can communicating your research benefit you as a researcher? This was the theme of module 3 of the Public Health Science Communication Course and also a question raised on this blog in a previous post. To my surprise finding good literature on this topic was not easy, but thanks to the help of you […]

Science communication and the internet is becoming a topic all over the world. Also France are tuning in on it. A conference next week at the Pasteur Institute brings people together to discuss how science communicated via the internet can help bring science to a wider public. The conference which is entitled ‘Communiquer la science […]

Communicating science is so often focused on transferring knowledge from experts to members of the public. More and more often it is also associate with engaging and communicating with the public. But still with a focus on what the public or the common man gets out of this. But what’s in it for the scientist? How […]

The second module of the course in Public Health Science Communication focused on Translating Science to Traditional Media. On paper a nice and concrete topic – but both choosing literature for the syllabus and preparing for the class proved a little bit more challenging. Because what does ‘translating science’ mean? And is there a recipe […]

For the second module of the course in Public Health Science Communication we’ll be looking at the Translation of public health science to traditional (and new) media. I have asked the students to find and bring examples of public health sciences communicated in news articles, YouTube videos, blog posts, TEDtalks etc. but I was hoping […]

The course Public Health Science Communication went live Wednesday last week! And based on the first experiences it survived the encounter with the students, is still in good shape and looking forward to moving on to module two this coming Wednesday. Since the concept “public health science communication” is still not a household concept and does to […]

I’m organizing a 4 day PhD course at Medical Museion in March, as part of the Medical Science and Technology Studies Graduate Programme. The course, ‘Pushing the Boundaries of Science Communication’, is described below: Science communication always involves questions of translation and persuasion, asking how accurately technical knowledge can be communicated to non-expert audiences, and […]

… or at least it’s in labour… and hopefully ready to be live and kicking on Wednesday 5 September when the first lessons will be start. When I earlier this summer asked for inputs to public health science communication literature lots of people were so kind to respond to me. Thanks to their suggestions and my colleagues […]