Ask an Expert: Pre-Bunking the Media Myth About SCI

ASK AN EXPERT Pre-Bunking the Media Myth About SCI

In this Ask an Expert session, Dr. Leanne Rees will share a brand-new resource about media and spinal cord injury (SCI). This exciting resource includes an illustration created in partnership with people with SCI, artists and The QUT Alan-Mackay-Sim SCI Travel Fellowship. They designed the illustration to spark conversation about how media portrayals of SCI may inform (mis)understanding of SCI – a key finding of Leanne’s PhD thesis and The QUT Alan Mackay-Sim SCI Travel Fellowship. They hope these conversations lead to new opportunities and stories, ultimately improving understanding and attitudes towards people with SCI.

Dr. Leanne Rees is a research officer in the PREPARE theme of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, and in the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute’s Stem Cell Ethics & Policy group. She is also a senior physiotherapist in spinal cord injury rehabilitation at Austin Health, and recently completed her PhD at La Trobe University investigating the representation, creation and impact of spinal cord injury in Australian news media. Dr Rees is now investigating how healthcare professionals navigate conversations of hope considering media portrayals of stem cell therapies at reNEW Melbourne. She is also an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Medical Education at the University of Melbourne.

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