𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.

We often talk about “following the science,” yet our KNOWIT team’s research shows that true knowledge translation goes beyond moving data from bench‑to‑bedside—it implies bridging the divide between biological and biographical life and fostering bidirectional interaction among diverse knowledge cultures. In other words, science must also follow the humanities.

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞

This autumn I’m engaged in several initiatives that embody this vision:

🔹𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: This summer, colleagues from King’s College London, Faculté de Santé – Université Paris Cité, the University of Vienna, Université catholique de Louvain and University of Oslo joined me to launch an open‑access series—‘Bridging Humanities and Medicine for Sustainable Societal Impact’. It’s designed to build an evolving archive of lectures on translational medical humanities.

🔹Circle U. (European University Alliance) 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞: Last week, I launched a cross‑European course where students explore how medicine and the humanities depend on each other to address today’s complex healthcare challenges.

🔹𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐡𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: In November, I’ll join the BRIGHT group at Aarhus University for a masterclass and keynote to explore how storytelling can drive health improvement and policy change.

These conversations all feed into my forthcoming monograph with Mona Baker. 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐝𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞: 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 (Cambridge University Press & Assessment, 2026) reconceptualises narrative medicine beyond its “soft” clinical image, framing it as an essential translational skill. We examine how narratives influence evidence in contentious areas of reproductive health—abortion, transgender youth care, and IVF—and show how narrative perspectives facilitate knowledge translation.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝

👉 Join us in Aarhus for the November keynote.
👉 Watch for updates from the Circle U. Open Lecture Series—and consider contributing a lecture to the series.
👉 Check the attached flyer for more details on the book.
👉 Reach out if you’d like to be part of the dialogue or collaborate.