Basic Information

Name: Sarah White
Title: Senior Lecturer
Institution: University of New South Wales
Discipline: Sociolinguistics / Conversation analysis
Years of experience: 18

Description

Three keywords describing expertise and interest:

1. conversation analysis

Description of field of expertise, major interests, and consultation topics:

I have experience in (and am happy to talk about):
– conversation analysis and other observational research methods
– integrating research findings into teaching approaches
– working to influence policy

Brief biography:

My goal is to support people to improve how they provide and access healthcare, developing and utilising evidence from research on actual practice. I achieve this through using experiential teaching methods, researching conversation, and communicating more broadly about the science of conversation, particularly as it relates to healthcare. This includes research on surgeon-patient consultations, telehealth, and pain talk. Findings from this and other research, as well as editorial and opinion articles, have been published and presented to a range of communication, clinical, and policy audiences.