Anna Gaysynsky, M.P.H., is a Marketing Communications Analyst at ICF International. In this role, she provides support to the Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch (HCIRB) in the Behavioral Research Program (BRP) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). She helps coordinate NCI's Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), which collects data about the public's knowledge of, attitudes toward, and use of health information. She also provides general programmatic support to the branch by conducting portfolio analyses, organizing meetings and other events, and assisting with various research projects.
Previously, Ms. Gaysynsky worked at The Corkery Group, a health-focused PR firm that provides communications support to clients in the public health, nonprofit and pharmaceutical fields. Before that she was a Health Communications Intern at NCI, where she led and collaborated on several research projects analyzing health-related social media content.
Ms. Gaysynsky holds a master's degree in public health and health promotion from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in media, culture and communication from New York University.
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Chou WS, Gaysynsky A, Senft Everson N, Muro A, Schrader K, Iles I. Portrayal of Cancer Patients in the Era of AI: A Content Analysis of Images Produced by Generative AI Tools. Health Commun 2025 Aug 7:1-11.
- Senft Everson N, Gaysynsky A, Iles IA, Schrader KE, Chou WS. What does an AI-generated "cancer survivor" look like? An analysis of images generated by text-to-image tools. J Cancer Surviv 2025 Mar 1.
- Cappella JN, Gaysynsky A, Chou WS, Heley K, Vanderpool RC. Critical Considerations for Using Cultural Targeting and Tailoring in Health Communication Interventions. Health Commun 2024 Dec 12:1-12.
- Gaysynsky A, Heley K, Chou WS. An Overview of Innovative Approaches to Support Timely and Agile Health Communication Research and Practice. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Nov 16; 19(22):15073.
- Gaysynsky A, Rising CJ, Trivedi N, Blake KD, Chou WS, Oh A, Vanderpool RC. Communication research at the National Cancer Institute, 2013-2019: a grant portfolio analysis. Cancer Causes Control 2021 Dec; 32(12):1333-1345.
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