Staff: Anna Gaysynsky, MPH
Anna Gaysynsky, MPH
anna.gaysynsky@nih.gov
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Anna Gaysynsky, M.P.H., is a Marketing Communications Analyst at ICF International. In this role, she provides support to the Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch (HCIRB) in the Behavioral Research Program (BRP) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). She helps coordinate NCI's Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), which collects data about the public's knowledge of, attitudes toward, and use of health information. She also provides general programmatic support to the branch by conducting portfolio analyses, organizing meetings and other events, and assisting with various research projects.
Previously, Ms. Gaysynsky worked at The Corkery Group, a health-focused PR firm that provides communications support to clients in the public health, nonprofit and pharmaceutical fields. Before that she was a Health Communications Intern at NCI, where she led and collaborated on several research projects analyzing health-related social media content.
Ms. Gaysynsky holds a master's degree in public health and health promotion from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in media, culture and communication from New York University.
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Gaysynsky A, Senft Everson N, Heley K, Chou WS. Perceptions of Health Misinformation on Social Media: Cross-Sectional Survey Study. JMIR Infodemiology 2024 Apr 30; 4:e51127.
- Iles IA, Gaysynsky A, Sylvia Chou WY. Effects of Narrative Messages on Key COVID-19 Protective Responses: Findings From a Randomized Online Experiment. Am J Health Promot 2022 Jul; 36(6):934-947.
- Gaysynsky A, Rising CJ, Trivedi N, Blake KD, Chou WS, Oh A, Vanderpool RC. Communication research at the National Cancer Institute, 2013-2019: a grant portfolio analysis. Cancer Causes Control 2021 Dec; 32(12):1333-1345.
- Sylvia Chou WY, Gaysynsky A, Cappella JN. Where We Go From Here: Health Misinformation on Social Media. Am J Public Health 2020 Oct; 110(S3):S273-S275.
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