Dear Colleagues,
Dr. Anne Cappola and the Medical Communication Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania cordially invite you to the Inaugural Symposium
Preventing Medical Misinformation: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches
Friday, October 15, 2021, 1-5 pm EDT.
This is a free virtual event. The agenda is attached.
Registration is required: https://upenn.irisregistration.com/Site/MedCommResearchInstitute2021VIRTUAL
With introductions from
Kevin Mahoney, MBA, CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS)
Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President, UPHS, and Dean, Perelman School of Medicine
John Jackson, Jr, PhD, Walter H Annenberg Dean, Annenberg School for Communication
Vijay Kumar, PhD, Nemirovsky Family Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Featured speakers
Dolores Albarracin, PhD, Alexandra Heyman Nash Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor of Communication, Nursing, and Psychology, Director, Social Action Lab, Director, Science of Science Communication Division, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Joseph Cappella, PhD, Gerald R Miller Professor Emeritus of Communication
Anne R. Cappola, MD, ScM, Director, Medical Communication Research Institute, Professor of Medicine
Damon Centola, PhD, Elihu Katz Professor of Communication, Sociology, and Engineering, Director, Network Dynamics Group
Jessica Fishman, PhD, Faculty Research Associate, PSOM and Annenberg, Director, Message Effects Lab
Zachary Ives, PhD, Adani President's Distinguished Professor and Department Chair, Computer and Information Science
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, PhD, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Kevin Johnson, MD, MS, Professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Computer and Information Science, Pediatrics and Communication
Melanie Kornides, ScD, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing and Pediatrics
David Lydon-Staley, PhD, Assistant Professor of Communication, PI, Addiction, Health and Adolescence (AHA!) Lab
Raina Merchant, MD, MSHP, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director, Center for Digital Health
Dan Roth, PhD, Eduardo D. Glandt Distinguished Professor at the Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, and the NLP Science Lead at Amazon AWS
Lyle Ungar, PhD, Professor of Computer and Information Science, Bioengineering, Genomics and Computational Biology, Operations, Information, and Decisions, and Psychology
Duncan Watts, PhD, Stevens University Professor of Communication, Operations, Information and Decisions, and Computer and Information Science
For inquiries, please contact Enjoli Barnes: enjoli.barnes@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Anne Cappola, MD, ScM
Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Penn Medical Communication Research Institute
Associate Editor, JAMA
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