In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
The Penn Medical Communication Research Institute (PMCRI) is a new collaboration between the Annenberg School for Communication and Perelman School of Medicine aiming to find out how to reduce medical misinformation. PMCRI is supporting research that helps determine how patients, especially those in vulnerable groups, can best access reliable, effective information.
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In addition to archiving the website, Annenberg will house the writer and activist’s podcasts, video, and related personal memorabilia.
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It’s designed for media industry professionals, activists, community organizers, nonprofit leaders, and social entrepreneurs looking to build mission-aligned digital media strategies.
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Zelizer has been elected as a fellow of The British Academy, a fellowship of over 1400 of the leading minds in humanities and social sciences from the U.K. and overseas.
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Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. and professor Andy Tan are both mentoring Annenberg School doctoral students this summer as part of the Penn Graduate Community-Engaged Research Mentorship program, facilitated by the Netter Center. The 10-week program offers an opportunity for graduate students interested in community-engaged research to work on smaller scale, short-term projects guided by experienced faculty mentors.
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Led by communication professor Andy Tan, the research team aims to create anti-vaping messages tailored to LGBTQ+ teens, who are at a greater risk for tobacco use and tobacco-related health concerns.
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The Social & Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS) announced last week that Emily Falk has been awarded its 2020 Early Career Award for her expertise in the science of behavior change.
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Annenberg School for Communication Assistant Professor Yphtach Lelkes breaks down why polling numbers show a strong likelihood that one candidate will win, despite the actual percentages of voters being quite close, and why this leads to political hobbyism and can even swing the results of an election.
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Made by the Annenberg School for Communication, “Emile” is a film that charts a year in the life of Emile Bruneau, neuroscientist and founder of the Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab at Penn, as he embraces a brain cancer diagnosis with surprising positivity and works to accelerate the timeline of his scientific mission: to use the tools of neuroscience and psychology to bring peace to groups of people who are in conflict
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Andy Tan’s newly-formed Health Communication & Equity Lab seeks to advance communication science to achieve health equity, focusing on examining inequalities in marketing, media, and message effects across diverse populations and designing culturally responsive communication interventions to advance the health and well-being of health disparity populations.
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