Health Communication

Effective communication among and between healthcare providers, policymakers, the media, and the public plays a major role in determining the quality of personal and public health. Annenberg examines the role of interpersonal and mass-mediated communication on the development, maintenance of, and changes in the health-related attitudes, opinions, information-processing, and behavior of individuals and groups.

Health Communication News

02/12/2021

When the Message Matters, Use Science to Craft It

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12/03/2020

Falk Wins 2020 SANS Early Career Award

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10/08/2020

Health Communication & Equity Lab Creates Better Public Health Messaging for LGBTQ+ Populations

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09/28/2020

AHA! Lab Studies How Daily Moments Impact Long-Term Behavior

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Standing Faculty

Portrait of Andy Tan
Andy Tan, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., M.B.B.S.
Associate Professor of Communication
Portrait of Damon Centola
Damon Centola, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering
Portrait of David Lydon-Staley
David Lydon-Staley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
Portrait of Emily B. Falk
Emily Falk, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing
Portrait of John Jemmott
John B. Jemmott III, Ph.D.
Kenneth B. Clark Professor of Communication and Psychiatry
Joe Cappella at Annenberg School for Communication ASC UPenn
Joseph N. Cappella, Ph.D.
Gerald R. Miller Professor of Communication
Portrait of Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication
Portrait of Robert C. Hornik
Robert C. Hornik, Ph.D.
Wilbur Schramm Professor of Communication and Health Policy

Secondary Faculty

Andrew A. Strasser, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine
Portrait of Christina Roberto
Christina A. Roberto, Ph.D.
Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Associate Professor of Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine

Research Staff

Portrait of Dan Romer
Dan Romer, Ph.D.
Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Portrait of Jennifer Morgan
Jennifer Morgan, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Research Director, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
Portrait of Jessica Fishman
Jessica Fishman, Ph.D.
Faculty Research Associate
Portrait of Matthew Brook O'Donnell
Matthew Brook O'Donnell, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Communication Neuroscience Lab
Portrait of Nicole Cooper
Nicole Cooper, Ph.D.
Research Director, Communication Neuroscience Lab
Patrick Jamieson at Annenberg School for Communication ASC UPenn
Patrick E. Jamieson, Ph.D.
Director, Annenberg Health & Risk Communication Institute
Researcher Yoona Kang at Annenberg School for Communication ASC UPenn
Yoona Kang, Ph.D.
Research Director, Communication Neuroscience Lab

Postdoctoral Researcher

Portrait of Amanda L. McGowan
Amanda L. McGowan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Addiction, Health, & Adolescence (AHA!) Lab
Portrait of Bradley Mattan
Bradley Mattan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Communication Neuroscience Lab
Portrait of Jinha Kim
Jinha Kim, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
Portrait of Shannon M. Burns
Shannon M. Burns, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Communication Neuroscience Lab

Videos

Annenberg Conversations on Race: "Health, Wealth, and Racial Opportunity"

Uploaded on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 4:35pm
This conversation took place on February 5, 2021 between Annenberg alumna Shawnika Hull (Ph.D.'10), an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, and...

Faculty Profile: Emily Falk, Communication Neuroscientist

Uploaded on Friday, November 20, 2020 - 3:54pm
Changing human behavior is a difficult thing — even when a person wants to change. Using the tools of neuroscience, Emily Falk, Ph.D., studies how...

Faculty Profile: David Lydon-Staley

Uploaded on Monday, March 2, 2020 - 9:46am
New Annenberg assistant professor David Lydon-Staley, Ph.D., studies substance use and abuse over the lifespan, with an emphasis on how the small...

TCORS Speaker - Jim Thrasher, University of South Carolina

Uploaded on Friday, March 24, 2017 - 2:29pm
This presentation describes emerging research on tobacco product marketing, regulation, and communication, including consideration of the research...

Want To Exercise More? Get Yourself Some Competition.

Uploaded on Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 8:37am
Research by the Network Dynamics Group at the Annenberg School for Communication compared different ways that exercise programs motivate people to...

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Projects & Grants

15 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2023

Project RESIST: Increasing Resistance to Tobacco Marketing Among Young Adult Sexual Minority Women Using Inoculation Message Approaches

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22 Oct 2014 to 21 Oct 2019

Increasing Receptivity to Health Messages by Transcending Defensiveness: An fMRI and Texting Intervention Study [Gift]

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18 Sep 2013 to 31 Aug 2019

Penn Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS)

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21 Mar 2012 to 31 Dec 2018

Health Promotion for Positives: A Randomized Trial With HIV Positive Black Men

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01 Aug 2014 to 14 Sep 2018

Neural Bases of Persuasion and Social Influence in the U.S. and the Middle East

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Centers

  • Annenberg Public Policy Center
  • Communication Neuroscience Lab
  • Penn Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
  • Center for Health Behavior and Communication Research
  • Addiction, Health, and Adolescence Lab
  • Health Communication & Equity Lab