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John Miers is a Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, specializing in literature-based healthcare interventions. His work bridges literary studies with clinical practice through innovative narrative approaches.
His research centers on Medical Humanities, with specific expertise in Comics and Graphic Medicine. He investigates how visual narratives enhance healthcare training, improve clinical communication, and disseminate medical knowledge. This interdisciplinary work applies literary theory to practical healthcare challenges, fostering empathy through graphic storytelling in medical contexts.
Miers serves as Project Researcher for the active grant "Where are the Humanities in the Medical Humanities? How Comics Can Improve Healthcare Training, Practice, and Dissemination" (2024-2029), examining comics' role in medical education under Principal Investigator E. la Cour with collaborators T. Harris-Nijmeijer, M. Eyschen, and L. Morel.
