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A new chapter in Lund!
I am delighted and deeply honoured to share that, from 1 January 2027, I will take up the Birgit Rausing Professorship of Medical Humanities at Lund University, affiliated with the Birgit Rausing Centre for Medical Humanities. It feels particularly meaningful that this appointment is being announced on the occasion of Birgit Rausing’s 102nd birthday. I…
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How medical knowledge becomes care — an interview in Avvenire
How does medical knowledge become care, and what happens to it along the way? In an interview published in the Italian newspaper Avvenire on 4 October 2026, Giovanni Scarafile talks with me about translational medical humanities and how language, culture and narrative shape medical evidence and practice. My thanks to Giovanni for a thoughtful conversation.…
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New paper on grassroots indicators
We need to rethink how we measure pandemic preparedness. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a striking gap between how preparedness was measured before the crisis and how countries actually performed during it. Our new systematic review argues that part of the problem lies in the indicators themselves. 🔑 Key takeaways: • Top-down indicators miss what matters…
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Why Medicine Needs the Humanities
What an IVF Story Taught Me About Translation In a cutting-edge IVF clinic, a new genomic test promises to improve the success rate of in vitro fertilization. The science behind it is growing, and hopeful parents-to-be are eager to try it. Yet as this innovation makes its way from lab to clinic, something strange happens.…
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BEYOND THE BEDSIDE: REIMAGINING NARRATIVE MEDICINE FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
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…
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Video Summary of Rethinking Evidence in the Time of Pandemics
Our book, Rethinking Evidence in the Time of Pandmics, provides a framework for how health officials can develop more effective interventions during public health crises. The policies should engage with the narratives people believe and their reasons for doing so. Watch a video summary of our book below and read it Open Access here.…