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SUMMARY: Creating Comics about Public Health Issues with Meredith Li-Vollme
 r (on Zoom)
DESCRIPTION: Join us at the intersection between comics and public health f
 or this fascinating talk by Meredith Li-Vollmer. Meredith is active in the 
 field of graphic medicine as a cartoonist and author of Graphic Public Heal
 th: A Comics Anthology and Roadmap. Her comics have been published in The S
 tranger\, MUTHA\, Illustrated PEN\, and the American Journal […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <blockquote><p>[image_spread img_url="https:/
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 t the intersection between comics and public health for this fascinating ta
 lk by Meredith Li-Vollmer. Meredith is active in the field of graphic medic
 ine as a cartoonist and author of <i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Graph
 ic Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Roadmap</span></i><span style="fon
 t-weight: 400\;">. Her comics have been published in </span><i><span style=
 "font-weight: 400\;">The Stranger</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;
 ">\, </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">MUTHA\, Illustrated PEN\, <
 /span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">and the </span><i><span style="f
 ont-weight: 400\;">American Journal of Public Health. </span></i></p><p>Thi
 s event is co-hosted by the Biomedical Visualization and Communication Cert
 ificate.</p><p><i>Creating Comics is a free event and open to the public. R
 egistration is required to attend. Please register by clicking the link bel
 ow.</i></p></blockquote><blockquote><p>[buttons][button link_text="Attend t
 he Event on Zoom" link_url="https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5EsdOyoqz
 8tGNFiGWIFC0K_7DDEg1ZxgOjW"][/buttons]</p></blockquote><hr /><h3>Speaker Bi
 ography</h3><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Meredith Li-Vollmer
 </strong> is the risk communication manager at Public Health – Seattle & Ki
 ng County. She is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Washi
 ngton’s School of Public Health and has served on numerous national advisor
 y roles for organizations including the National Academies\, the National A
 ssociation of County and City Health Officials\, and the Center for Health 
 Security. Meredith is also active in the field of graphic medicine\, as a c
 artoonist and author of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Graphic 
 Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Roadmap</span></i><span style="font-w
 eight: 400\;">. Her comics have been published in </span><i><span style="fo
 nt-weight: 400\;">The Stranger</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">\
 , </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">MUTHA\, Illustrated PEN\, </sp
 an></i><span style="font-weight: 400\;">and the </span><i><span style="font
 -weight: 400\;">American Journal of Public Health. </span></i><span style="
 font-weight: 400\;">Follow her public health comics on Instagram @graphicpu
 blichealth</span></p><hr /><h3>Visiting Writers Program</h3><p style="font-
 weight: 400\;">The School of Creative Writing’s Visiting Writers Program pr
 ovides an opportunity for our students\, alumni and faculty to connect with
  insightful writers in small group settings. We encourage everyone in Creat
 ive Writing to take advantage of this opportunity – it’s a unique benefit o
 f being involved in the School.</p><p style="font-weight: 400\;">These even
 ts are open to all Creative Writing students\, alumni and faculty. If you’d
  like to bring a friend\, please do! Registration is not required to attend
  our public events. Follow the link provided at the top of this event listi
 ng to participate.</p><p><em><strong>This event is free and open to the pub
 lic. Registration is required to attend.  Follow the link provided at the t
 op of this event listing to register.</strong></em></p>
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