Dr. Ciléin Kearns joins the BMCAA for their annual UnConference (UnCon) in 2021 to talk about sharing healthcare research with comics.

Description of Talk: When I was a teenager my baby brother was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer. At this point me and my siblings had more science education than our parents, and had no medics in our family or social circles to turn to. In the years that followed, we became intimately familiar with challenge of navigating complex healthcare and research without a medical background. The crucible of these experiences sparked a passion for sharing medicine visually which has driven me ever since. I have been fortunate enough to explore the use of comics in medicine for almost a decade, and this is currently culminating in a body of research towards a Medical Doctorate with the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand. In this talk I will share some of the things I've learned along this journey so far.

About the Speaker: Ciléin is a medical illustrator passionate about visual communication, who explores health, disease, and care under the moniker 'artibiotics'. He draws from a background as a medical doctor, researcher, and from work in videogames development to share medicine in an accessible way. Currently he is working on an MD in clinical research studying the use of comics in healthcare. He serves as the Associate Editor of Medical Illustration and on RG-TEAM for RadioGraphics, and keeps honing his craft with freelance and independent projects.

Learn more about Ciléin’s work on his website: https://artibiotics.com/
Or social media:
Instagram: @artibiotics
Twitter: @artibiotics
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/artibiotics/

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