members
the network consists of the following members
Dorthe Susanne Nielsen
University of Southern Denmark
Center for Global Health
"The international and interdisciplinary network strengthen the research, approach and competences in offering patients with language barriers and equal and professional treatment – therefore I am very happy to be a part of this group."
Ieva Reine
University of Latvia / Riga Stradiņš University
Center for Diaspora and Migration Research / Statistics Unit
"The multinational approach of the network gives new perspectives to foreseen needs in Latvia. Scientifically proven strategies in providing the best services for different segments of the society can be incorporated in the policies. Besides, Latvian experience through many decades with non-Latvian speaking residents could also be a case to be studied and learnt from to better succed in provision of different kinds of social and healthcare services, information and and inclusion of those groups."
Demi Krystallidou
University of Surrey
Centre for Translation Studies
"As a researcher in multilingual communication with multidisciplinary healthcare teams, I place great value on scientific evidence that is co-produced by interdisciplinary teams and a wide range of stakeholders in order to improve healthcare policy, clinical practice and education leading to more inclusive and personalised healthcare for all."
Sonja Pöllabauer
University of Vienna
Center for Translation Studies
"As a researcher in the field of interpreting studies, the irmh net offers me the chance to exchange ideas with colleagues from other fields, get an insight into perspectives from outside my own field, and possibly cooperate on innovative topics."
Claudio Scarvaglieri
Ghent University
Department of Translation, Interpreting & Communication
"Anyone who has had to make use of medical services in a foreign country has certainly experienced how challenging it can be to discuss matters of physical and mental well-being of oneself or a loved one in another language. Within irmh we are working on improving our scientific understanding of the communicative processes involved in providing medical care to immigrants. As a linguist, I am excited to contribute to this undertaking that aims to lay the ground for a better provision of health care to all citizens in Europe."
Kristin Bührig
University Hamburg
Institute for German Language & Literature
"Basing on experiences from Medical Sociology and Applied Linguistics I am interested in questions of patients' participation and enhancing symmetries in medical communication. With respect of multilingual healthcare these questions are of pestering importanceunabdingb. To deal with all the relevant ascpects of this matter it is indispensable to work in a resp. this transdisciplinary and international team."
Saskia Hanft-Robert
University Medical Center Hamburg
Department of Medical Psychology
"The irmh network offers me the opportunity to collaborate with other researchers across national borders and different disciplines and to exchange ideas on how to achieve culturally and linguistically sensitive health care."
Asithandile Nozewu
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Dr. Asithandile Nozewu has a background in African Languages, but holds a PhD in General Linguistics from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. The focus of her PhD research was on linguistic repertoires, language ideologies and language practices of three isiXhosa (one of the 12 official languages in South Africa) families in Cape Town, South Africa. She is currently a Postdoctoral research fellow at Stellenbosch University.
Rowan Madzamba
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Dr Rowan Madzamba holds a Phd in Public Health and is a Research fellow in the Psychology department at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Dr. Rowan has participated, written and published research focusing on Public health, Demography and population studies. He is an advocate of migrant health and human rights. Dr Rowan Madzamba is also the former vice president of the Population Association of Southern Africa and has worked as a Lecturer, Research assistant and a Post graduate assistant, and teaching assistant at the University of KwaZulu Natal.
Christine Anthonissen
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Department of General Linguistics
Prof. Dr. Christine Anthonissen, Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University; freelance translator and editor. Her research focuses on Discourse Studies, Critical Discourse Analysis and Sociolinguistic aspects of Bilingualism and Multilingualism. This includes attention to language planning and policy, as well as language practices in diverse multilingual communities such as are typical in African countries and urban spaces with large mobile communities. Related to this project, she has published on multilingual communication in health care in state clinics in southern Africa.
Leslie Swartz
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Department of Psychology
Leslie Swartz is a clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Psychology from University of Cape Town and a PhD in English from Stellenbosch University. He is editor-in-chief of the South African Journal of Science and of the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. He is an internationally rated scientist and publishes widely on issues of mental health, disability, access and social justice, with an emphasis on African issues.
Houda Al-Kalaf
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Houda Al-Kalaf is a PhD candidate at Utrecht University. Her research areas include intercultural communication, linguistics, diversity and inclusion in relation to refugees and migrants. She is a member of Utrecht University's Intercultural Communication research group.
Christopher Jenks
Utrecht University, Netherlands
A discourse analyst and intercultural communication scholar. He is a professor and chair of intercultural communication at Utrecht University. His work experiences span countries like the US, UK, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Denmark. He has authored 10 books, with 2 more due in 2024. His extensive publication history covers diverse subjects in international journals, from family mediation to computer-mediated communication.
Ted Sanders
Utrecht University, Netherlands
Department of Languages, Literature and Communication
Ted Sanders is a full professor of Discourse studies at the Dept of Languages, literature and communication of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
In his research, which is embedded in the program of the Institute for Language Sciences (ILS), he focuses on coherence in text, discourse, and cognition. He uses various research methods, at the interface of linguistics and social sciences. He has a keen interest in comprehensibility in language and communication.
Alina Forray
Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
Department of Public Health
Alina-Ioana Forray, MD, PhD(c) has a diverse public health background which includes a focus on healthcare workforce development, health innovation, public health nutrition, mental health, women's health, and migrants' health. Throughout her activities at various higher education institutions and healthcare settings in Romania, Alina has gained valuable experience in research, management, and educational activities related to public health and the unique national healthcare challenges.
Ovidiu Oltean
Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
Department of Political Science
Ovidiu Oltean, Ph.D., works as a teaching assistant in the Political Science department at Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. He has a Ph.D. thesis focusing on migration's impact on multiethnic communities in Romania, and his research activity extends to research projects exploring structural discrimination and migration and the impact of migration on development and social change.
Răzvan Cherecheș
Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
Department of Public Health
Răzvan Cherecheș, MD, Ph.D, is a University Professor of Public Health within the Department of Public Health, Faculty of Political Sciences, Public Administration and Communication, and the Romanian Scientific Project Manager of the MiM2M project. He is the director of the Center for Health Innovation HIVE and the speakers' coach at TEDxCluj.
Annika Kreienbrinck
University Medical Center Hamburg
Department of Medical Psychology
Annika Kreienbrinck is an epidemiologist (M.Sc.), PhD candidate and research associate at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany with a background in emergency medicine and health sciences. Her research focuses on global (mental) health, especially in relation to equitable access to health services. Her PhD project investigates multilingualism in the provision of quality mental health care, with a focus on technological tools.