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We help clients navigate high stakes cultural & political inflection points.
JMMAS is an issues-centered policy, education and communications firm focused on public health and equality.
Our founders, award-winning author Jonathan Metzl, PhD, MD and communications expert, Ann Szalkowski, have spent decades at the forefront of social and political hot button issues. Together, with a stable of leading researchers, policy specialists and cultural thought leaders, we provide clients with up-to-the moment, real-time analysis of critical issues, positioning you and your organization ahead of the curve.
Strategize effectively around hot button topics:
COVID-19 & Politics Of Public Health
Future Of US Healthcare
Firearm Laws and Public Policy
Supreme Court & Its Impact
Saving Public Education
Race & Equity In America
Bridging Political Divides
Think Tank On Demand
Research
Education
Scenario Planning
Rapid Response Deep Dives
Communications Strategy
Seismic cultural, political and economic shifts happen at the speed of the news cycle. Can you afford to be a latecomer?
The U.S. has reached precarious flashpoints on matters of race, public health and economic anxiety with lines between the issues frequently blurred. Navigating the underlying historical context, stakeholder motivations and likely effects to your organization's future is critical.
We help you get ahead of the issues via rigorous academic research and extensively tested messaging tactics. Our expertise spans news media, entertainment, political campaigns, corporate social responsibility programs and developing comprehensive equity-based competency frameworks. We maintain an extensive network of top tier issue and advocacy experts, cultural influencers, and media gatekeepers, providing clients with the agility and resilience that are only possible with access.
Meet The Experts
In-depth, on-demand engagements with key researchers and policymakers
60 Minute Mastery Sessions
Quickly learn to message like an expert on today's hot topics. Reach your targets in ways that mobilize.
Win The Long Game
We'll help you develop a sustainable framework for success with a high powered network and data-driven strategies
Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD
Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD is a sought after public health and policy expert. Frequently featured on major media outlets, he provides critical insights into the social and psychological underpinnings of volatile issues. His research into structural competency, "red state" electoral politics and social determinants of health make him a vital resource to policy makers and stakeholders alike.
Dr. Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, and the director of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University. He is also the winner of the 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, the 2020 APA Benjamin Rush Award for Scholarship, and a 2008 Guggenheim fellowship. Dr. Metzl is a prolific author whose books include The Protest Psychosis, Prozac on the Couch, Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality, and Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland.
https://www.dyingofwhiteness.com/news-press
Responding to the COVID-19 PandemicThe Need for a Structurally Competent Health Care System
JAMA, June 2020
The fight for the future starts now. Whoever has the most effective messaging will win.
Research shows that people across racial, political and socioeconomic divides can agree on core priorities when we strip away politicized language. It's exponentially more effective to develop strategies using behavioral science.
We use our expertise to position your organization as an authority and prime mover- a trusted messenger.
The benefits are definitive: market share, public confidence, and leverage with key decision makers.
Ann Szalkowski
Ann is a communications strategist with over 25 years experience in media and management consulting. She specializes in multimodal campaigns that straddle legal communications, new media, celebrity influencers, nonprofit organizations, politics and technology. Her 2020 work included highly publicized public health awareness campaigns, conversion of military contractors to PPE production, co-coordinating the opening of 50+ NBA arenas and cultural venues as COVID19-ready voting centers and producing the With Biden We Can campaign with dozens of celebrities, political action groups and the production team behind the Avengers film franchise. Over the years she has organized public awareness campaigns with Cosby survivors, indigenous tribal nations, criminal justice advocates, whistleblowers, voter access organizations and journalists working for digital policy reforms.
Ann's work in 2020 produced over 10 million views on social platforms along with millions of dollars in earned media. Her clients were featured in on CNN, Vanity Fair, MSNBC, ABC, The New York Times, Fox News, The Hill, Politico, The BBC, PBS, Newsweek, Washington Post, NPR, Axios and more.
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