International Health Humanities Network Membership

Maria R. Dahm is currently a Research Officer working on a number of projects on medical communication and will start her new position as Early Career Research Fellow in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University in 2013. She recently completed her PhD on the impact of medical terminology on English-medium consultations, focusing in particular on situations where either the doctor or the patients is a non-native speaker of English. Her research endeavors were awarded with a Faculty of Human Sciences Higher Degree Research Excellence Award. Maria’s research interests include communication and culture in intercultural medical contexts, experiences and challenges for international medical graduates in Australia, and English for Specific Purposes.