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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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Those who felt their life was guided by meaningful values or goals were more willing to engage in COVID-19 protective behaviors.

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27 May 2021

Jemmott and Tan on Philly Team Awarded $1.4 Million NIH Grant to Expand COVID-19 Outreach

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Graduate Student News

6 May 2021

Andrews and Haywood Named Presidential Ph.D. Fellows

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Research

4 May 2021

COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs Increased among Users of Conservative and Social Media

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Call for Submissions

17 Mar 2021

Call for Applications: Health Communication Postdoctoral Fellow

Faculty

Joseph N. Cappella, Ph.D.

Gerald R. Miller Professor of Communication

Danielle Cosme, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Communication Neuroscience Lab

Emily Falk, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing

Jessica Fishman, Ph.D.

Faculty Research Associate

Robert C. Hornik, Ph.D.

Wilbur Schramm Professor 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

Jinha Kim, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science

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

Research Director, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science

George Pearson, Ph.D.

Researcher, 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 Student

Danielle Clark

Doctoral Student

David S. Cordero

Doctoral Student

Emma Jesch

Doctoral Student

Ava Kikut

Doctoral Student

Kristin Shumaker

Doctoral Student

Leeann Siegel, Ph.D.

Upcoming Graduate

Chioma Woko

Doctoral Candidate