Core expertise
narrative in bioethics and medicine
lived experience of chronic and transient illness
public and policy responses to global health threats
public engagements with health and science communications
Biography
Mark is a medical sociologist with professional experience in clinical, community and policy settings. He publishes widely in health promotion, public health, health psychology, sociology, sexualities, narrative methods and social theory. Mark has published books, edited collections and special issues with leading presses and journals and written numerous reports and policy documents for government and community agencies.
Mark is an expert on news media narratives and public engagement in relation to infectious disease. He is leading an international, interdisciplinary team studying the social aspects of antimicrobial resistance.
“We are trying to understand what antibiotics mean to people and how we use them,” Mark says.
