Abstract
This presentation explores how Graphic Medicine and illustration can bridge lived experience, health research and policy. Drawing on a project developed through Ulster University’s EPSRC Place Based Impact Acceleration Account, it examines health inequalities in Belfast through community engagement and visual storytelling.
Working with community organisations, service users, healthcare professionals and policymakers, lived experiences of deprivation, waiting, addiction, imprisonment and unequal healthcare informed a series of paintings and zines. The presentation considers how illustrators can move beyond simply visualising research findings to become active participants in engagement- humanising data, amplifying underrepresented voices and encouraging more meaningful conversations around the development of future healthcare technologies.
Working with community organisations, service users, healthcare professionals and policymakers, lived experiences of deprivation, waiting, addiction, imprisonment and unequal healthcare informed a series of paintings and zines. The presentation considers how illustrators can move beyond simply visualising research findings to become active participants in engagement- humanising data, amplifying underrepresented voices and encouraging more meaningful conversations around the development of future healthcare technologies.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 25 Jul 2026 |
| Event | Graphic Medicine International Conference 2026 - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States Duration: 23 Jul 2026 → 25 Jul 2026 https://www.graphicmedicine.org/graphic-medicine-2026-conference-baltimore-md/ |
Conference
| Conference | Graphic Medicine International Conference 2026 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Baltimore |
| Period | 23/07/26 → 25/07/26 |
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Funding
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Keywords
- Graphic Medicine
- Health Inequalities
- Illustration
- Visual Storytelling
- Patient and Public Involvement
- Community Engagement
- Healthcare Technology
- Arts and Health
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