Professor Zayts, Olga A
Professor Zayts, Olga A
- Discourse analysis; interactional pragmatics; semantics
- Health communication, in particular in genetic counselling and prenatal screening contexts
- Telemedicine, telegenetic counselling communication (vs. face-to-face counselling)
- Inter-professional communication in healthcare and business settings
- Business communication
I arrived in Hong Kong in December 2003 after completing my PhD studies in St. Petersburg, Russia, and have researched and taught in this vibrant city ever since. My areas of expertise and research interests broadly include interactional approaches to professional communication, in particular in healthcare and business settings.
In the past few years I have been working on a number of research projects studying social interactions in the genetic counselling and prenatal screening contexts in Hong Kong in collaboration with public hospitals and the Clinical Genetic Services of Hong Kong. I have also been studying business interactions in a number of large international corporations and privately-owned businesses.
Currently I lead Health Communication Research Cluster at the Center for the Humanities and Medicine, HKU where I also serve as a Board Member; and I am a member of the Consortium on Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine (Hong Kong West Cluster (HKWC)/HKU) that strives to improve genetic and genomic services in Hong Kong. Besides work, I also love spending time with my two sons and enjoy trail running around Asia.
For the latest development of 'Language in Healthcare' (LiH), an inter-disciplinary academic initiative seeking to research, facilitate, and enhance healthcare communications, please check http://hkulih.hku.hk/.
| Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-12-01 | Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award: Faculty of Arts, the University of Hong Kong | Others | |
| 2013-08-01 | Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowship 2013-2014 | Research Achievement | |
| 2021-09-01 | Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme 2021/22: Research Grants Council (RGC) | Research Achievement | |
| 2015-04-01 | Faculty Research Award for Junior Tenure-Track Professoriate Staff: Faculty of Arts, the University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement | |
| Honorary Professor: Hubei University of Medicine | Others | ||
| 2017-07-01 | King’s/HKU Fellowship Award 2017/2018: The University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement | |
| 2023-02-21 | Top Cited Article, 'Do language and culture really matter?': A trans-disciplinary investigation of cultural diversity in genetic counseling in Hong Kong | Research Achievement |
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-current | Member | The Consortium for Research for Language Policy and Education, Faculty of Education, HKU |
| 01/02/2019-current | Founding member | International Consortium for Communication in Healthcare (IC4CH) |
| 01/06/2019-current | Founding Director | Research and Impact Initiative for Communication in Healthcare (HKU RIICH) |
| 2012-2014 | Board Member | Center for the Humanities and Medicine, HKU |
| 2014-2017 | Editorial board member | East Asian Pragmatics, journal |
| 2020-current | Advisory Board member | Qualitative Health Communication (journal) |
| Area of Expertise (EN) | Area of Expertise (ZH) |
|---|---|
| Professional communication | |
| Politeness | |
| Leadership | |
| Intercultural communication | |
| (Interactional) Pragmatics | |
| Identity | |
| Discourse analysis | |
| Conversation analysis |
| Spoken Language(s) (EN) | Spoken Language(s) (ZH) |
|---|---|
| English | 英語 |
| Written Language(s) (EN) | Written Language(s) (ZH) |
|---|---|
| English | 英文 |
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