Conferences

10. Madu, U., Amah, M., Ankwagh, E., Eze, U., Egwu, L.O., & Yakubu, A. (Nov 2026). Addressing Healthcare Barriers of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) through Solidarity Journalism and Stakeholder Partnerships. Peace and Conflict Communication Division (PCCD), National Communication Association (NCA) Conference (Top Student Paper Award), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

9. Madu, U. & Yakubu, A. (Aug 2026). Communicating Healthcare in Nigeria: A Thematic Analysis of Journalistic and Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives on Challenges and Solutions. Communicating Science, Health, Environment, Risk (comSHER) Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

8. Madu, U., & Young, R. (Jun 2026). Misinformation in Alternative Medicine: The Role of Journalists in Addressing the “Ogbanje” Sickle Cell Disease Misinformation. Health Communication Division, International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Cape Town, South Africa.

7. Madu, U., & Shehu, E. (2025). News Sentiment Toward Undocumented Migrant Healthcare Coverage in the United States. Health Communication Division, National Communication Association (NCA) Conference, Denver, Colorado, United States.

6. Madu, U. (May 2025). Ending FGM through CBPR: Introducing the Victim-Perpetrator Triad Model (VPTM) of Health Communication. DC Health Communication Conference, DC, Washington, USA

5. Madu, U., & Young, R. (May 2025). Misinformation in Alternative Medicine: The Role of Journalists in Addressing the “Ọgbanje” Sickle Cell Disease Misinformation. DC Health Communication Conference, DC, Washington, USA

4. Madu, U. (Feb 2025). Punishment vs. Reward: Investigating Health Influencers’ Framing of Injunctive Social Norms and Perceptions. Joint Nursing Care and Public Health Conference, Florida, United States

3. Madu, U. (Feb 2025). A Postcolonial Approach to Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy. Joint Nursing Care and Public Health Conference, Florida, United States

2. Madu, U. (Aug 2024). #Justice4Mohbad: How Hashtag Activism is Driving ‘Journalism for Social Justice’ in Nigeria. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference, Pennsylvania, United States.

1. Madu, U. (Feb 2023). Combating Conspiracy Beliefs as Health Misinformation Accelerators (HMAs) on Social Media. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Midwinter Conference, Oklahoma, United States.

AEJMC 2026 Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

DC Health Communication Conference 2025, DC, Washington, USA

AEJMC 2024 Conference, Pennsylvania, USA

AEJMC 2023 Midwinter Conference, Oklahoma, USA