January 5-8, 2026

Online

Dear Colleagues, 

I want to alert you to an upcoming short-term training opportunity in health communications. The Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is offering a virtual health communications course during the Johns Hopkins Winter Institute. 

Through Introduction to Persuasive Communications: Theories and Practice, students will learn how messaging can be used to advocate for health policy adoption, address health misinformation, and influence health behavior.     

The course will examine and interrogate theories of persuasion so that these theories can be applied to health behavior change interventions. Students can take the course for credit towards a degree program or for non-credit, at a reduced cost.  

• Course instructor: Meghan Moran, PhD, MA, Associate Professor 
  
• Dates: January 5–8, 2026 
  
• Time: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 
  
• Format: online. Content will be offered synchronously with lecture content offered asynchronously for those unable to attend synchronous sessions. 
  
• Program cost: $5,716 to take it for academic credit and receive a transcript, $2,858 to take it for non-credit. 
  

For information on how to register, please visit the institute website. 

If you think this course may be of interest to individuals in your organization, please pass this information along. Your Health Communication community includes scholars and practitioners studying message framing, media effects, and public-interest communication. This applied, skills-based course offers immediate practice value and can also provide adaptable teaching material for courses and labs. The course is ideal for early- to mid-career public health professionals who want to improve job performance and expand their skillsets in health communication.