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Zsofia Demjen is an Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at University College London, specializing in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media. Her research focuses on the intersection of language, mind, and health care, with a particular emphasis on applied linguistic approaches to understanding experiences of mental and physical illness. She teaches and conducts research on topics such as metaphor, im/politeness, narratives, and the impact of language in health contexts. Demjen co-runs the UCL Health Communication Network and has held administrative roles including chair of the Mid-Career Researcher Development steering group. She is involved in various research projects, including the £1m ESRC-funded 'Questioning Vaccination Discourse', which explores public attitudes towards vaccination using corpus-based methods. Zsofia is interested in supervising students in areas related to applied linguistics in health contexts and narrative discourse.