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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 University Professor

Joseph N. Cappella, Ph.D.

Gerald R. Miller Professor Emeritus of Communication

Man-pui Sally Chan, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Danielle Cosme, Ph.D.

Research Director, Communication Neuroscience Lab

Emily Falk, Ph.D.

Vice Dean, Annenberg School for Communication

Bita Fayaz-Farkhad, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, 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

Kevin B. Johnson, M.D.

David L. Cohen University Professor

Jinha Kim, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science

Aviv Landau, Ph.D., M.S.W.

Co-Director, SAFELab

Yue Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sixiao (Vivian) Liu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Communication & Equity Lab

Desmond Upton Patton, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor

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

Alyssa (Allie) Sinclair, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Communication Neuroscience Lab

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

Hendrik Theine, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar, Media, Inequality & Change Center (MIC)

Michelle G. Thompson, Ph.D., L.M.H.C.

Office of the Vice Provost for Research Postdoctoral Fellow

Jiaxi Wu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Communication & Equity Lab

Dannagal G. Young, Ph.D.

Visiting Sabbatical Scholar, Annenberg Public Policy Center

Graduate Students

Mary E. Andrews

Doctoral Candidate

Danielle Clark

Doctoral Candidate

David S. Cordero

Doctoral Candidate

Tom W. Etienne

Joint Doctoral Student in Communication and Political Science

Thandi Lyew

Doctoral Student

Ben Muzekari

Doctoral Student

Kate Okker-Edging

Doctoral Student

Qijia Ye

Doctoral Student

Brittany Zulkiewicz

Doctoral Student