Liana Winett¹
Biography
Liana Winett is an Associate Professor at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, where she teaches graduate level courses in media advocacy and mass communication for public health. Dr. Winett has served on faculty and as an administrator since 2000. Prior to joining PSU, she was Research Coordinator for the Berkeley Media Studies Group.
Her research includes focus on how science, advocates, policymakers and the media talk about issues affecting the public’s health, including the COVID-19 pandemic, developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD), child healthy weight and food access, menopause and menstruation, childhood lead poisoning, interpersonal violence, cancer, and bioterrorism, among other topics
Education, Degrees
Dr.PH., University of California, Berkeley
M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles
¹ CEPH Primary Instructional Faculty
² CEPH Non-Primary Instructional Faculty
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