Olga Zayts-Spence Editor

Olga Zayts-Spence is an Associate Professor, School of English, the University of Hong Kong (HKU). She is the Director of HKU Research and Impact Initiative on Communication in Healthcare (RIICH) that brings together researchers in health communication, social sciences, education and medicine. Dr. Zayts’ interdisciplinary research agenda focuses on language and communication issues in various healthcare settings, including prenatal screening, genetic counselling, and more recently mental health. Dr. Zayts is a Board member of Mind Hong Kong, a mental health charity, and an Advisory Board member of City Mental Health Alliance, an organization which aims to promote mentally healthy workplaces. Dr. Zayts has published widely on a range of healthcare communication-related issues. She is the author of "Language and Culture and Work" (Routledge, with S. Schnurr).