Chris Palmedo, MBA, PhD, Associate Professor of Media Marketing and Communication at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, speaks to Pavan Lohia about the impacts of news media on COVID-19. In this episode, Dr. Palmedo will also be sharing details of his role as a Public Health professor and his efforts to improve communication in healthcare. He and Pavan discuss the impacts of healthcare information on disease perception and what the future of healthcare media looks like across the world. Dr. Palmedo is associated with several centers and institutes at CUNY, including the Center for Systems and Community Design, the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute and Health CUNY, which concerns itself with the health of CUNYs 275,000 students.