Explore some of our favorite resources to support your work in health and science communication.
- Federal Plain Language Guidelines
- Health Literacy Tool Shed – A comprehensive database of health literacy measures
- Health Literacy From A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition – Book by Helen Osborne (available at Becker Library)
- Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills – A seminal text on health literacy theory and best practices
- AAAS Science Communication Toolkit
- Knight School of Journalism Science Editing Handbook
- Science Sketches – View or create short, accessible videos about scientific research
- Don’t Be Such a Scientist, Second Edition: Talking Substance in an Age of Style – Book by Randy Olson (available at Olin Library)
- If I Understood You, Would I have this Look on My Face?: Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating – Book by Alan Alda (available at Becker Library)
- The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication – Book edited by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dan Kahan, Dietram A. Scheufele (available at Becker Library)
- Assertion-Evidence Presentations – Learn about the assertion-evidence approach to presentations and slide design
- Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations – Book by Nancy Duarte (available at Olin Library, select “Institution not listed?” and enter a current wustl.edu email address )
- Think Fast, Talk Smart – Find resources and strategies to alleviate public speaking and communication anxiety
- Center for Collaborative Care – Provides resources, collaboration opportunities, and guidance to those interested in shared decision making, patient decision aids, patient and community engagement, and public health communication.
- InPrint – A trainee-run scientific communication network for the Washington University community
- Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
- Science Communication Credential Program – Program for students in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences
- #SciComm Seminars via Digital Commons@Becker – Access past sessions of #SciComm Seminars
- The Writing Center