Research groups
Xinxin Yang
PhD
Post-doctoral Qualitative Researcher
My primary research interests lie in conversation analysis, clinical linguistics, and communication disorders. My work focuses on understanding how linguistic and cognitive impairments, such as those caused by aphasia or dementia, impact communication. I am also interested in doctor-patient communication and how interactions can shape healthcare experiences and outcomes.
Currently, I am a researcher of the TRIDENT (Tobacco RIsk reDuction with E-cigarette Nicotine Replacement Therapy) team. This project aims to develop and deliver tailored smoking harm reduction interventions for people with severe mental illness in routine mental healthcare. The intervention involves providing e-cigarettes alongside ongoing professional support to help reduce smoking and ultimate smoking cessation.
Before joining TRIDENT, I completed my PhD at the University of Sheffield. My research explored how healthcare professionals and significant others engage with people with aphasia in everyday conversations and clinical interactions.
Recent publications
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Making people with aphasia speak for themselves in conversation: non-collaboration by significant others in the production of answers to test questions
Journal article
Yang X. et al, (2025), Aphasiology, 1 - 23
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Adapting in interaction involving Mandarin speakers with aphasia: A conversation analysis of turn initial responses to healthcare professionals’ questions
Journal article
Yang X. and Ma W., (2025), International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 60
Collaborators
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Jack Joyce
Research Programme Manager
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Charlotte Albury
Associate Professor
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Nicola Lindson
Associate Professor
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Rachna Begh
Deputy Course Director, MSc Translational Health Sciences & University Research Lecturer
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Amelia Talbot
Postdoctoral Qualitative Researcher, BSA Medical Sociology Representative
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Ethan Knight
Research Assistant
