Infodemiology
Subject in Medicine
Infodemiology has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jessica Malaty RiveraInfectious disease epidemiologist, science communicator, and executive director of the Infodemiology Initiative
Malaty Rivera defines infodemiology as the study of information to improve public health, applying epidemiology's questions to information.
“We define it as the study of information to improve public health. It is kind of the version of epidemiology, but about information”
TED Radio Hour: An epidemiologist's guide to good health advice (Nov 13, 2026) · Listen from 2:29
Podcasts
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
An epidemiologist's guide to good health adviceTED Radio Hour · Nov 13, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera about health misinformation, measles, vaccine trust, wellness grifts, AI medical advice, and trending health questions.