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SUMMARY:SciComm Seminar: Adapting health communication for
  today's information landscape
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  "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"><html><body><p>In toda
 y’s fragmented health information landscape\, buil
 ding trust is essential. Drawing on her own journe
 y from an anti-vaccine household to the front line
 s of science communication\, Elisabeth Marnik\, Ph
 D\, explores evidence-informed strategies for heal
 th professionals: leveraging personal narrative\, 
 leading difficult conversations with empathy\, and
  prebunking misinformation. Attendees will leave w
 ith practical tools to reach people in their commu
 nities.</p>\n \n <p><strong>Objectives:</strong></
 p>\n \n <ul>\n 	<li>Explain the benefits of narrat
 ive-based communication and identify at least one 
 opportunity to incorporate storytelling into their
  practice.</li>\n 	<li>Apply an empathy-first fram
 ework for navigating resistant or polarized health
  conversations that centers the person before the 
 information.</li>\n 	<li><span style="font-size:12
 pt\;">Distinguish prebunking from debunking and un
 derstand the value of prebunking in reaching commu
 nities.</span></li>\n 	<li>Identify communication 
 habits and word choices that may unintentionally c
 reate distance from the communities they support.<
 /li>\n </ul>\n \n <p style="margin-bottom:11px\;">
 <strong>Speaker:</strong><br />\n <img alt="Elisab
 eth Marnik\, PhD" src="https://becker.wustl.edu/wp
 -content/uploads/elisabeth-marnik.png" style="marg
 in:0 15px 0 0\;float:left\;width:100px\;" />Elisab
 eth Marnik\, PhD<br />\n Executive Director<br />\
 n The Evidence Collective</p>\n \n <div style="cle
 ar:both\;"> </div>\n \n <p>Elisabeth Marnik\, PhD\
 , is a science communicator and immunologist. Draw
 ing on personal experience growing up anti-science
 \, she launched Science Whiz Liz in 2020 and now s
 erves as Executive Director of <a href="https://ww
 w.evicollective.org/" rel="noreferrer noopener" ta
 rget="_blank">The Evidence Collective</a>\, a netw
 ork of scientists\, clinicians and trusted communi
 cators bringing deep expertise and proven reach to
  evidence-based health communication. She holds a 
 PhD in genetics and immunology from Tufts Universi
 ty.</p>\n \n <p>This event is open to all at WashU
 \, but registration is required. Please register t
 o receive the Zoom link\, which will be provided b
 efore the event.</p></body></html>
DESCRIPTION:In today’s fragmented health information landscape
 \, building trust is essential. Drawing on her own
  journey from an anti-vaccine household to the fro
 nt lines of science communication\, Elisabeth Marn
 ik\, PhD\, explores evidence-informed strategies f
 or health professionals: leveraging personal narra
 tive\, leading difficult conversations with empath
 y\, and prebunking misinformation. Attendees will 
 leave with practical tools to reach people in thei
 r communities.\n \n \n \n Objectives:\n \n \n \n \
 n 	Explain the benefits of narrative-based communi
 cation and identify at least one opportunity to in
 corporate storytelling into their practice.\n 	App
 ly an empathy-first framework for navigating resis
 tant or polarized health conversations that center
 s the person before the information.\n 	Distinguis
 h prebunking from debunking and understand the val
 ue of prebunking in reaching communities.\n 	Ident
 ify communication habits and word choices that may
  unintentionally create distance from the communit
 ies they support.\n \n \n Speaker:\n \n Elisabeth 
 Marnik\, PhD\n \n Executive Director\n \n The Evid
 ence Collective\n \n \n \n  \n \n \n Elisabeth Mar
 nik\, PhD\, is a science communicator and immunolo
 gist. Drawing on personal experience growing up an
 ti-science\, she launched Science Whiz Liz in 2020
  and now serves as Executive Director of The Evide
 nce Collective (https://www.evicollective.org/)\, 
 a network of scientists\, clinicians and trusted c
 ommunicators bringing deep expertise and proven re
 ach to evidence-based health communication. She ho
 lds a PhD in genetics and immunology from Tufts Un
 iversity.\n \n \n \n This event is open to all at 
 WashU\, but registration is required. Please regis
 ter to receive the Zoom link\, which will be provi
 ded before the event.\n \n 
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