Matt Kazam is an expert in the science of humor with more than 30 years of experience. He has logged over 7000 performances as a professional corporate speaker and trainer, stand-up comedian, and Las Vegas headliner.
Matt’s training approach draws on the tenets of population health, narrative medicine, and the science of humor to create evidence-based trainings designed to help public health professionals, providers, advocates, and others working in the health and wellness to build powerful communication skills. As he explains, “I teach my students how to win before they even reach the ‘stage.’ The science of humor provides a powerful template to translate challenging content into powerful messages that can be tailored to any audience and setting.”
Matt is best known to the Boston Congress of Public Health (BCPH) and HPHR Journal (formerly Harvard Public Health Review) audiences as The Humor Scientist. This seminal blog, released in 2021, provides audiences strategies, tools and insights into how to use humor with intention, in both the personal and professional arenas.