Drawing from the burgeoning field of graphic medicine, in this seminar, we will discuss the value of comics as a form of knowledge translation and how they may be useful to communicate and support policy and health services research.

Jane Zhao is a lover of comics because when she has no brain or patience for words, she escapes into image. She is a PhD student in Health Services Research at the University of Toronto and graduate of the Masters in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University. She leads writing workshops in the medical humanities. Talk to her about Donna Haraway, health policy, and muscle pain.

Shelley Wall is an associate professor in the Biomedical Communications graduate program at the University of Toronto. As an educator and certified medical illustrator, she believes in visual art as a powerful means of reflection and communication in healthcare. Her primary area of research and creation is Graphic Medicine—that is, comics as a medium for narratives of health and illness.