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How often should I exercise? Is vaping a health risk? Should I get vaccinated? These are the kinds of questions public health departments answer for the general population. Researchers at Annenberg study public health topics and test sample messaging for communicating with individuals about important medical and scientific issues.

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Faculty

Dolores Albarracín, Ph.D.

Alexandra Heyman Nash Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

Joseph N. Cappella, Ph.D.

Gerald R. Miller Professor Emeritus of Communication

Danielle Cosme, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Communication Neuroscience Lab

Emily Falk, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing

Bita Fayaz-Farkhad, Ph.D.

Research Associate, Social Action Lab

Jessica Fishman, Ph.D.

Faculty Research Associate

Robert C. Hornik, Ph.D.

Wilbur Schramm Professor Emeritus of Communication and Health Policy

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication

Patrick E. Jamieson, Ph.D.

Director, Annenberg Health & Risk Communication Institute

John B. Jemmott III, Ph.D.

Kenneth B. Clark Professor of Communication and Psychiatry

Haesung Annie Jung, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Action Lab

Jinha Kim, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science

Sixiao (Vivian) Liu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Communication & Equity Lab

Jennifer Morgan, M.P.H., Ph.D.

Research Director, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science

George Pearson, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science

Christina A. Roberto, Ph.D.

Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Associate Professor of Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine

Dan Romer, Ph.D.

Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center

Andrew A. Strasser, Ph.D.

Research Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine

Andy Tan, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., M.B.B.S.

Associate Professor of Communication

Graduate Students

Mary E. Andrews

Doctoral Candidate

Danielle Clark

Doctoral Student

David S. Cordero

Doctoral Student

Emma Jesch

Doctoral Candidate

Ava Kikut

Doctoral Candidate

Thandi Lyew

Doctoral Student

Kristin Shumaker

Doctoral Student

Chioma Woko

Doctoral Candidate

Brittany Zulkiewicz

Doctoral Student