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Forum on Plain English

February 26, 2026
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Free Zoom Webinar

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Our one-day forum will address the following topic:
 How AI and plain language can inform health literacy

Presenter

Keynote speker Kaite LeathKatie Leath is the director of the Center for Health Literacy at UAMS. She has more than a decade of experience in health literacy, plain language, and public health. Katie leads a team of experts who make health information more accessible, understandable, and actionable by developing award-winning materials, training health professionals and students, and consulting on best practices in health literacy. She also supports national health literacy and plain language efforts serving as a board member for the Center for Plain Language and as the inaugural Region 6 Coordinator for the newly formed US Health Literacy Association. Katie earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing with a minor in graphic design from the University of Central Arkansas. She graduated with honors from UAMS with a master of public health and from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a master’s degree in applied communication studies.

 

Program

10:00 A.M. – 10:10 A.M.
Introduction to the Forum
10:10 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
Session I
Using AI to Support Plain Language: What Works and What Doesn’t in Health Communication (Katie Leath, Director of the Center for Health Literacy at UAMS).
11:30 A.M.  – 12:00 P.M.
Q&A
12:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Lunch time
1:00 P.M. – 1:10 P.M.
Introduction to Session II.
1:10 P.M. – 2:30 P.M.
Plain Language Basics
(Dr. Natalia Matveeva, Professor, Corporate Communication, UHD)
2:30 P.M.– 3:00 P.M.
Q&A; Closing Remarks and Evaluations

Forum Organizer:
Natalia Matveeva, The Institute for Plain English Research and Study (IPERS)

Contact Information:
For questions or comments, email us at matveevan@uhd.edu or call (713) 222-5371.

Sponsors and Contributors:
This program is made possible in part by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Department of Arts and Communication, and the Institute for Plain English Research and Study at UHD.