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• Royal Society of Literature member Esther's research focuses on scientific communication, medical humanities, poetry, autobiography, etc.

  Royal Society of Literature member Esther's research focuses on scientific communication, medical humanities, poetry, autobiography, etc. Less

EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

• University of Leicester

  • PhD
  • November 2022 to Present

  TEDx speaker and published author, Esther Kentish, examines the interwoven parts and interactions between illness and narrative in projects that communicate the scientific aspects of medicine and illness through life-writing, patient narratives, and digital media. In addition, the publication of Esther's literary work promotes de-stigmatization of illnesses while investigating their origin and cause. Esther's study focuses on English literature and medicine, two specific subfields under Medical Humanities. Esther intends to use her research platform in medical humanities and literature to examine the impacts of mortality from diseases and illnesses, the realities of pandemics in both abstract and physical spaces, and its impact on both gender and race. Esther is enthusiastic about utilising qualitative tools such as metadata analysis and data visualisation as well as artistic tools (particularly performing arts such as spoken word poetry, music, and dance) to communicate statistical value and medical information regarding the aetiology and progression of disease. Esther is presenting her research on COVID-19, patient narratives, autobiographies, and biographies in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Japan.

DISCIPLINES

• English Language And Literature, General

• Medicine

Interests

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Life Writing

• Poetry

• English Literature

• Medical Humanities

Languages

• English

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