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Heidi Meyer

Instructor, Health Science
School of Health and Natural Sciences
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Education

PhD - Doctor of Philosophy

School of Human Movement & Nutrition SciencesThe University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 2026

MPH - Master of Public Health (Nutrition)

School of MedicineThe University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 2016

B.HSc (Nutritional Medicine)

Endeavour College of Natural Health 2011

Heidi Meyer

Instructor, Health Science
School of Health and Natural Sciences

About

Professionally, Heidi is a Clinical and Public Health Nutritionist, tertiary course writer, lecturer, and course coordinator, with experience teaching at a number of Universities around the world. Heidi's special research interests (academically) include understanding the relationships between health behavior and chronic disease (type 2 diabetes) management, in the area of patient-provider communication. 

Heidi has worked in various Public Health organizations, typically in the area of chronic disease mitigation, specifically designing and disseminating health promotion campaigns and community health courses - in both group and 1:1 settings.

Most recently, Heidi worked with the National Health Service (NHS) in London, UK, within the National Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDPP), aiming to halt the progression from pre-diabetes to type 2 diabetes in adults currently at risk. 

Heidi currently teaches the following courses:

  • HLSC200: Issues in Personal Health
  • HLSC250: Global Health
  • HLSC275: Health Policy & Advocacy (from Fall 2024).
  • HLSC350: Health Communication

I'm researching the clinical application of dietary health behavior change talk and health promotion approaches in an interprofessional (community health) clinic specializing in pre- and type 2 diabetes mitigation. Concurrently, I'm involved in research into implicit racial bias and how it affects clinical communication and health outcomes. My research focus is typically qualitative, but also around the application of a method called 'conversation analysis' that is useful in understanding how we as humans achieve actions in communication, in life, and in all institutional settings. 

Currently affiliated with:

Meyer, H. M., Ekberg, K., Healy, G. N., Stockbridge, G., & Gomersall, S. R. (2024). Dietary Health Communication and Conversation Analysis: A Scoping Review. Health Communication, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2414154

Meyer, H. M., Gomersall, S. R., Giguere, D. Y., Healy, G. N., & Ekberg, K. (2026). “I was bad.” Morality in Dietary Case-Taking: A Conversation Analytic Study. Health Communication, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2026.2678932

Meyer, H.M., Healy, G.N., Ekberg, K., Schain, K., Gomersall, S.R. (2026). Client engagement in group dietary diabetes self-management education support (DSMES) sessions: A quantitative analysis of educator and client talk. Under review at Journal of Health Communication

Meyer, H.M., Gomersall, S.R., Giguere, D.Y., Healy, G.N., Ekberg, K. (2026). “So can we still eat them?” Educators’ questions and client engagement in group dietary diabetes education sessions. Under review at Health Communication

Gonzalez, C.M., Elliott, G., Meyer, H.M., Martinez, M., Zetkulic, A., Deno, M.L., Konopasky, A. (2026). Thematic analysis of simulated encounters reveals specific communication behaviors associated with physician racial implicit bias. Under review at Health Communication**.

Gonzalez, C.M., Meyer, H.M., Schoenthaler, A., O’Brien, B. (2026). Specific, Observable Communication Behaviors Associated with Racial Implicit Bias: A video analysis. Under review at Patient Education and Counselling**.

Conference Abstracts:

Meyer, H.M., Laroiya, M., Ekberg, K., Healy, G.N., Gomersall, S.R. (2024, July 1-3). ‘We don’t use that language here!’ – A conversation analytic study of clinical dietary behaviour change talk in type 2 diabetes community healthcare [Data session presentation]. 8th International Meeting on Conversation Analysis & Clinical Encounters (CA&CE). Oxford, United Kingdom.

Meyer, H.M., Tanner, D., Hossain, O., Gonzalez, C.M. (2026, May 6-9). Effect of implicit Race Medical Compliance bias and Physician communication behaviors in SP encounters [Presentation]. Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting 2026, Washington, D.C., United States.

Levine, D., Meyer, H.M., Deno, M.L., Gonzalez, C.M. (2026, May 6-9). Qualitative analysis of implicit bias in physician communication during shared decision-making [Poster presentation]. Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Annual Meeting 2026, Washington, D.C., United States.

Meyer, H.M., Ekberg, K., Healy, G.N., Gomersall, S.R. (2026, May 27-30). ‘I must admit, I’m still having ice cream.’ – Motivational Interviewing and Dietary Health Behaviour Change Talk in Type 2 Diabetes Community Healthcare [Poster presentation]. ISBNPA Conference 2026, Cadiz, Spain.

Meyer, H.M., Ekberg, K., Healy, G.N., Gomersall, S.R. (2026, June 23-29). ‘I must admit, I’m still having ice cream.’ – Motivational Interviewing and Dietary Health Behaviour Change Talk in Type 2 Diabetes Community Healthcare [Presentation]. International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA), Edmonton, Canada.

Meyer, H.M., Healy, G.N., Ekberg, K., Gomersall, S.R. (2026, September 14-18). Allied Health Professional Educator talk time and type as markers for client engagement in Dietary Education in Diabetes Self-Management and Education (DSME) Group Sessions: a Quantitative Analysis [Presentation]. The International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH), Belfast, United Kingdom.

  • Mercy University Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Fund Grant (2026)
  • Dr Alf Howard International Travel Scholarship (HMNS) 2024
  • Oxford University Travel Grant 2024 (Conversation Analysis & Clinical Encounter Conference)