New Date & Time: A Conversation with Heidi Larson

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Please join us for...   A Conversation with Heidi J. Larson, Ph.D. Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2020 | 11 a.m. - 12 noon EDT A virtual discussion hosted by Dr. Ashish K. Jha, Dean of the School of Public Health REGISTER In this webinar, Professor Larson, anthropologist and international expert on risk and decision science, surveys the factors—social, psychological, political, historical, and cultural—that influence attitudes toward vaccines. She will also discuss the role that public health researchers play in dispelling rumors and misinformation in the era of COVID-19. Professor Larson is the founding director of The Vaccine Confidence Project, a WHO Centre of Excellence that tracks vaccine hesitancy and offers mechanisms to bridge trust as well as curb misinformation. Her research focuses on the social and political factors that affect uptake of health interventions and influence policies. Her particular interests are risk and rumor management and building public trust. She is the author of Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start—and Why They Don’t Go Away. Registration for this webinar is limited and on a first come first serve basis. This event has been rescheduled to October 1. If you have already registered, your registration and any submitted questions have been automatically transferred.  Zoom webinar access information will be emailed closer to the event. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please address any questions to universityevents@brown.edu.       Brown University School of Public Health 121 South Main Street, Box G-S121-3, Providence, RI 02912 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Forwarded from a colleague? Subscribe to this newsletter.