John R. Blosnich, Ph.D.
John R. Blosnich, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, director of the Center for LGBTQ+ Health Equity and interim co-director of the USC Center for AI in Society. He is a public health researcher whose work focuses on health disparities, suicide prevention, social determinants of health, and the experiences of LGBTQ+ populations and Veterans.
Dr. Blosnich brings an interdisciplinary perspective to the conversation around artificial intelligence, data, and social impact. His research has explored the use of explainable artificial intelligence to examine suicide mortality among sexual and gender minority populations, as well as emerging applications of language-model assistants for suicide prevention.