Jodyn Platt
Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
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Jodyn Platt
Associate Professor
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    About

    Jodyn Platt, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan. Trained in medical sociology and health policy, her research focuses on issues at the intersection of informatics and ethics. She is interested in understanding what makes data-driven health trusted and the pathways for earning, achieving, and sustaining trust across stakeholders. Dr. Platt was the inaugural AcademyHealth and ABIM Foundation Senior Scholar in Residence from 2021-2024.

    Her work uses quantitative, qualitative, and community-engaged methods to examine public, patient, and other stakeholder perspectives on the use of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in health. The goal of this work is to to develop evidence-based and actionable recommendations to inform issues of institutional, state, and federal health policy.

    Qualifications
    • Fellow
      University of Chicago, MacLean Center for Clinical Ethics, 2018
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      MExperts-Center for Global Health Equity
    • Center Member
      Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine
    • Center Member
      Precision Health Initiative
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    • Center Member
      e-Health and Artificial Intelligence Initiative
    Research Overview

    Artificial intelligence
    Health informatics
    Trust and trustworthiness
    Community-engaged research
    Health policy

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Patients' Trust in Health Systems to Use Artificial Intelligence
      Nong P, Platt J. JAMA network open, 2025 Feb 3; 8 (2): e2460628 DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.60628
      PMID: 39951270
    • Journal Article
      Factors That Impact Effective Public Health Communication With Michigan’s Latinx Population in the Context of COVID-19
      Cross FL, Hunt R, Buyuktur AG, Woolford SJ, Reyes A, Ledón C, Israel B, Marsh EE, Platt J. Health Education and Behavior, 2025 Feb 1; 52 (1): 82 - 91. DOI:10.1177/10901981241278962
      PMID: 39311495
    • Journal Article
      Characteristics of Research Review Boards in the Context of Community-Academic Settings: A Scoping Review
      Wilczek K, Nordsletten A, Piechowski P, Evans L, Saddler S, Greene-Moton E, Woolford S, Gipson Allen PY, Platt JE. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2025 Jan 1; DOI:10.1017/cts.2025.50
    • Journal Article
      Lessons for a learning health system: Effectively communicating to patients about research with their health information and biospecimens
      Spector-Bagdady K, Ryan KA, Chen L, Giacobone C, Jagsi R, Hamasha R, Hendy K, Thomas JD, Milne JM, Vinson AH, Platt J. Learning Health Systems, 2025 Jan 1; 9 (1): DOI:10.1002/lrh2.10450
    • Journal Article
      The experience of a learning community to develop a HeartSafe Home intervention to improve survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
      Missel AL, Khan N, Williams M, Coulter-Thompson EI, Hameed S, Pribble JM, Shields T, Fosse G, Dowker SR, Neumar RW, Swor R, Platt J. Learning Health Systems, 2025 Jan 1; DOI:10.1002/lrh2.70010
    • Journal Article
      Public Attitudes Toward Notification of Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
      Platt J, Nong P, Carmona G, Kardia S. JAMA Network Open, 2024 Dec 11; 7 (12): DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.50102
      PMID: 39661391
    • Journal Article
      Advancing maturity modeling for precision oncology
      Hoffman-Peterson A, Marathe M, Ackerman MS, Barnett W, Hamasha R, Kang A, Sawant K, Flynn A, Platt JE. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2024 Dec 7; 8 (1): DOI:10.1017/cts.2023.682
    • Journal Article
      Communities conquering COVID-19: Black and Latinx community perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 in regions of Michigan hardest hit by the pandemic
      Buyuktur AG, Cross FL, Platt J, Aramburu J, Movva P, Zhao Z, Cornwall T, Hunt R, McCollum JA, Reyes A, Williams CE, Ramakrishnan A, Israel B, Marsh EE, Woolford SJ. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2024 Dec 3; 8 (1): DOI:10.1017/cts.2024.591
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    Health Lab
    Adults don’t trust health care to use AI responsibly and without harm
    Research finds that adults surveyed had low trust in their health care system to use artificial intelligence responsibly and others had low trust in their health care systems to make sure an AI tool would not harm them.
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    Health Lab
    People want to know if AI is used in their health care
    A study published in JAMA Network Open finds most people want to be notified if AI is used in their health care.
    Department News
    Double celebration: DLHS observes 10th Anniversary and the holidays
    Faculty, staff, and students in the Department of Learning Health Sciences (DLHS) celebrated the upcoming holiday season with a reception at the Venue by 4M restaurant in Ann Arbor. The celebration also served to observe the 10-year anniversary of DLHS.
    Department News
    Dr. Jodyn Platt receives Research Scouts Award
    The Department of Learning Health Sciences faculty and staff congratulate Associate ProfessorJodyn E. Platt, MPH, PhD, for receiving the Research Scouts Award(link is external) from the U-M Medical School’s Office of Research.