The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) is pleased to announce the launch of AI, Health, and Digital Spaces , a new section of the peer-reviewed Journal of Health Communication, International Perspectives. The section responds to the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital platforms on how health information is created, shared, and understood, and marks an important step forward in advancing scholarship at the intersection of technology and public health communication.
The section is edited by Amelia Burke-Garcia, PhD, MA, director of the Center for Health Communication Science and the Health Communication AI (HCAI) initiative at NORC at the University of Chicago . Dr. Burke-Garcia brings more than two decades of experience working at the intersection of digital innovation and health behavior change, and her leadership reflects a long-standing commitment to advancing evidence-based, ethical, and inclusive approaches to health communication.
As AI increasingly shapes public discourse and health decision-making, the field of health communication is at a pivotal moment. AI tools now make it possible to analyze vast streams of real-time conversation, tailor messages with unprecedented precision, and scale health communication in ways that were previously unimaginable. At the same time, these developments raise urgent questions about ethics, inclusion, trust, and the evolving role of human judgment in health communication practice and research.
