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Science Communication

Science Communication

The complexity of scientific findings on vitally important topics like climate change, viruses and vaccines, and substance use can often be challenging for the general public to understand. Annenberg faculty and students develop principles for best communicating important scientific truths to everyone.

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Science Communication

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News

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

The team includes researchers from the Annenberg School, Penn Nursing, Penn Medicine, the City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health, and Philly Counts.

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Research

4 May 2021

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

Sophia Liu

Undergraduate News

28 Apr 2021

Comm Major Sophia Liu Receives Mitchell Center Fellowship

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Research

12 Feb 2021

When the Message Matters, Use Science to Craft It

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Research

6 Jan 2021

Delivering the News with Humor Makes Young Adults More Likely to Remember and Share

Faculty

Hang-Yee Chan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Communication Neuroscience Lab

Emily Falk, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing

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

Matthew Brook O'Donnell, Ph.D.

Research Associate, Communication Neuroscience Lab

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

Zane Griffin Talley Cooper

Doctoral Candidate

Helene Langlamet

Doctoral Candidate

Hanna E. Morris

Doctoral Candidate

Alex Tolkin

Joint Doctoral Student in Communication and Political Science

Chioma Woko

Doctoral Candidate