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University of Otago

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5.04/23/2026

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Jo Hilder is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice at the University of Otago, Wellington, within the Faculty of Medicine. Holding a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles, she brings expertise in interactional linguistics, conversation analysis, and applied linguistics to her research on communication in health care. As a senior researcher and data manager in the Applied Research on Communication in Health (ARCH) Group, Hilder analyzes video-recorded interactions in primary care settings to improve health professional-patient communication. Her work addresses critical areas such as the role of interpreters for patients with limited English proficiency, discussions of sensitive topics including overweight and obesity, chronic pain, prediabetes, high-risk antenatal consultations, youth mental health support, and community perspectives on vaccination and respiratory virus management during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in Pasifika communities.