Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast

Health Literacy and AI (HLOL #271)


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Christopher R. Trudeau is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. Chris builds upon his extensive background in health literacy, plain-language communication, and healthcare regulation to now explore how generative AI tools like ChatGPT Health are reshaping how people understand and act on health information. While well-aware of potential risks and benefits of this technology, Chris is looking for ways that AI can support human decision-making rather than replace it. Chris shares that work publicly at Trudeau.ai.

Listen as Chris Trudeau and Helen Osborne discuss:

  • AI (Artificial Intelligence) and AI Health. What these technologies are, how they have evolved in recent years.
  • Benefits (actual, and potential) of such technology.
  • Risks (actual, and potential) of such technology.
  • What those of us who care about health literacy can do now when it comes to AI and AI Health.
  • More Ways to Learn:

    • Trudeau.ai
    • “AI Literacy Is Becoming a Health Equity Issue: What Economist Impact’s New Roadmap Reveals,” by Christopher Trudeau, posted on January 17, 2026
    • “ChatGPT Health: Why Health Literacy Now Requires AI Literacy,” by Christopher Trudeau posted on January 8, 2026
    • Lawyers Can Help with Health Literacy, Too. HLOL podcast interview with Christopher Trudeau
    • Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition, by Helen Osborne. The chapter “Technology E-health” is especially relevant to this podcast episode.

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