Creating Comics about Public Health Issues with Meredith Li-Vollmer (on Zoom)

Join us at the intersection between comics and public health for this fascinating talk by Meredith Li-Vollmer. Meredith is active in the field of graphic medicine as a cartoonist and author of Graphic Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Roadmap. Her comics have been published in The Stranger, MUTHA, Illustrated PEN, and the American Journal of Public Health.

This event is co-hosted by the Biomedical Visualization and Communication Certificate.

Creating Comics is a free event and open to the public. Registration is required to attend. Please register by clicking the link below.

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Speaker Biography

Meredith Li-Vollmer is the risk communication manager at Public Health – Seattle & King County. She is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Washington’s School of Public Health and has served on numerous national advisory roles for organizations including the National Academies, the National Association of County and City Health Officials, and the Center for Health Security. Meredith is also active in the field of graphic medicine, as a cartoonist and author of Graphic Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Roadmap. Her comics have been published in The Stranger, MUTHA, Illustrated PEN, and the American Journal of Public Health. Follow her public health comics on Instagram @graphicpublichealth

Visiting Writers Program

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This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required to attend.  Follow the link provided at the top of this event listing to register.