You know Kate Winslet in Contagion? Where she runs into a hot zone, risking her life, so Americans could be safer?
She was an EIS officer. That’s who was just fired at CDC today. EIS officers. And many, many more public servants fighting every day for your health.
NEW RCT. Partnering w/TikTok creators, we find that exposure to evidence-based mental health info. increases young people's perceived & objective emotional support abilities.
w/ @amandayarnell.bsky.social, Yuning Liu, & @harvardchanschool.bsky.social CHC.
Available here! osf.io/preprints/so...
Deadline: Feb 14 11:59 PT
If you are a journalist, consider applying for the 2025 fellowship! You'll leave with a notebook of story ideas, a year's worth of 1:1 mentoring by fellowship director Larry Tye, and a community of likeminded journalists. Plus it's totally free. hsph.harvard.edu/research/hea...
More about the fellowship's future at Harvard Chan School: hsph.harvard.edu/news/health-...
The move is part of the Center for Health Communication's efforts to help not only those in public health but also #journalists and #creators better serve their audiences' health information needs.
Photo of the 2024 Health Coverage Fellowship class
The #HealthCoverageFellowship has trained hundreds of health journalists in the past two decades. Starting in 2025 the fellowship + its founding director Larry Tye have a new home in the Center for Health Communication @harvardchanschool.bsky.social
NEW from Yuning Liu, @amandayarnell.bsky.social, and I:
Our past field exp. work "influenced the influencers" to consult sci. evidence. Now, we find that exposure to that content improves mental health discourse on TikTok.
osf.io/preprints/so...
