K. Vish Viswanath

K. Vish Viswanath is the Lee Kum Kee Professor of Health Communication at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He directs the Center for Translational Communication Science and the Health Communication Core at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, focusing on equity-driven translational communication science to address health disparities and promote public health policy change.

• His research spans communication inequalities, social epidemiology, e-health, and community-based interventions.
• He studies the intersection of poverty, health disparities, and digital divides through participatory research.
• His work emphasizes science translation and combating health misinformation.

Key awards include:

• AAAS Fellow (2025)
• Joseph W. Cullen Memorial Award (2014)
• Dale Brashers Distinguished Mentorship Award (2013)
• Outstanding Health Communication Scholar Award (2010)

Dr. Viswanath leads the ECHO Laboratory and has secured funding from NIH and CDC. He chairs advisory committees for CDC's National Center for Health Marketing and previously led vaccine acceptance initiatives at NVAC.