Cinnamon Bloss, PhD

Dr. Cinnamon Bloss is a tenured Professor of Public Health, Psychiatry, and Medicine (Division of Biomedical Informatics) at the University of California San Diego. She is the Founding Director of the Center for Empathy and Technology, situated within the UCSD Institute for Empathy and Compassion, where she also serves as Associate Director. Dr. Bloss conducts and leads interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research focused on social and behavioral phenomena related to emerging information and biotechnologies. Dr. Bloss has received multiple teaching awards at UCSD, where she founded a new concentration in Technology and Precision Health for the Master in Public Health degree. She currently serves as Interim Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs in the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and is a California-licensed clinical psychologist.