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New article
“There wasn’t any proper sit-down talk about it”: Silence and salience in intergenerational discourse on menopause among Chinese women

We are thrilled to announce a new paper published by our Director, Professor Olga Zayts-Spence. This paper looks at intergenerational communication on menopause among women in Hong Kong and China mainland.

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New article
“I feel like most people seem to just go with the flow”: Menopause, stigma and Chinese culture

Prof. Olga Zayts-Spence’s new study (co-authored with Prof. Mariana Lazzaro-Salazar and Dr. David Edmonds) investigates menopausal stigma and the lived experiences of Chinese women residing in Hong Kong and mainland China.

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New book
(Mis)Understandings in Multicultural Communication

Prof. Olga Zayts’s new chapter in the Springer volume (Mis)Understandings in Multicultural Communication explores "transcultural moments" and evidence-based practices in Hong Kong’s genetic counselling settings.

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Participation in the Hong Kong Women Symposium and the Launch of The Hong Kong Menopause Society

Prof. Olga Zayts, Director of the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, delivered a guest lecture at the Hong Kong Women Symposium and was invited to serve as a council member of the Hong Kong Menopause Society.

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Enhancing Health Literacy Through Effective Communication

Prof. Olga Zayts, Director of the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, was featured in HKU’s Knowledge Exchange stories. 

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New book
Thriving Workplaces: Bridging Mental Health Research and Practice

Prof. Olga Zayts and Prof. Zoë Fortune have published a new book, which brings together several prominent areas of concern for both the academic and the workplace practitioners to understand mental health in the Asian workplace. 

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New book
Language, Gender and Biopolitics

Prof. Brian King's new book examines language, power and intersex variations within clinician accounts in Hong Kong, examining how they communicate about intersex traits to patients and their families. 

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