A woman in a yellow shirt sits as she is being injected in the left arm by another woman. Photo by the CDC.

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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.

Amy Gutmann Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

Joseph N. Cappella, Ph.D.

Gerald R. Miller Professor Emeritus of Communication

Man-pui Sally Chan, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor

Emily Falk, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication, Psychology, Marketing, and OID (Operations, Information, and Decisions)

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

DeMarcus A. Jenkins, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice

Kevin B. Johnson, M.D.

David L. Cohen University Professor

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

Co-Director, SAFELab

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

Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) University Professor and Waldo E. Johnson, Jr. Professor of Communication

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

Minjae Seo, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center and Social Action Lab

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)

Graduate Students

Feng Yi Chew

Doctoral Student

Danielle Clark, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Health and Science Communication

Tom W. Etienne

Doctoral Candidate

Collin Kather

Doctoral Student

Hogeun Lee

Doctoral Student

Thandi Lyew

Doctoral Candidate

Ben Muzekari

Doctoral Candidate

Kate Okker-Edging

Doctoral Candidate

Qijia Ye

Doctoral Candidate

Ying Zhang

Doctoral Student

Brittany Zulkiewicz, Ph.D.

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