Dr. Hoffman works with students at Arsenal Middle School on life-saving techniques such as basic first aid and bystander CPR.

Dr. Hoffman weighs in after the announcement that Max is developing a medical show set in Pittsburgh.

Dr. Hoffman shares with Pittsburgh KDKA about her Entertainment and Media Health course and her work with Hollywood, Health & Society where she studied “the impact of the ‘This is Us’ Alzheimer’s disease storyline.” Dr. Hoffman also speaks about her experience advising shows on medical questions in the past.

Dr. Kar-Hai Chu presents on cigarettes, and electronic nicotine delivery systems like e-cigarettes and vapes and their harms at the 2021 PA Oral Health Summit in Harrisburg.

Dr. Hoffman and Dr. Sidani joined Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Informed Democracy & Social -cybersecurity (IDeaS) to discuss misinformation, mistrust, and the media during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this presentation, they examine strategies to counter the spread of misinformation and the historical context of the anti-vaccine movement. The presentation combines research on COVID-19 vaccine uptake with research on anti-vaccine rhetoric to situate COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy into a broader framework.

Dr. Sidani, Dr. Colaresi, and Dr. Hoffman join Pitt Public Health’s Conversations about COVID-19 seminar series to discuss ways that public health can address disinformation and misinformation in the era of COVID-19, with a focus on implications for COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.