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London PUS Seminar - Vaccine Hesitancy
24 February 2021, 4:00 pm–6:30 pm
“The Vaccine Confidence Project: Anti-vaccine doesn’t mean Anti-science”
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- UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni
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London Public Understanding of Science
Joint the next London Public Understanding of Science (PUS) Seminar with Professor Heidi Larson from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, who will be talking about “The Vaccine Confidence Project: Anti-vaccine doesn’t mean Anti-science”.
If you would like to join the event, please register via Eventbrite.
About the Speaker
Prof Heidi J. Larson
Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Prof Heidi J. Larson is an anthropologist and Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project™ (VCP); Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science, Dept. Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Clinical Professor, Institute of Health Metrics & Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle; Guest Professor at the University of Antwerp, Belgium and the National University of Singapore. Dr. Larson previously headed Global Immunization Communication at UNICEF, chaired Gavi’s Advocacy Task Force, and served on the WHO SAGE Working Group on vaccine hesitancy.
Professor Larson’s research focuses on the analysis of social and political factors that can affect uptake of health interventions. Her particular interest is on risk and rumour management from clinical trials to delivery – and building public trust.
She is author of STUCK: How Vaccine Rumors Start – and Why They Don’t Go Away (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Heidi.Larson@lshtm.ac.uk
www.vaccineconfidence.org
@ProfHeidiLarson