Workshop Participants

Public Trust in Vaccines: Defining a Research Agenda

September 26–27, 2013
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Barry R. Bloom, Cochair
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases; former Dean, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University

Edgar K. Marcuse, Cochair
Emeritus Professor, Pediatrics, University of Washington

Seth Mnookin, Cochair
Author, The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy; Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Science Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

William Berry
Deputy Director and Chief Medical Officer, Ariadne Labs

Robert Blendon
Senior Associate Dean, Policy Translation and Leadership Development; Richard L. Menschel Professor of Public Health; Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis, Harvard School of Public Health

Emily K. Brunson
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Texas State University

Joseph N. Cappella
Gerald R. Miller Chair, Annenberg School for Communication; Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Amanda Dempsey
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver

Allison Fisher
Epidemiologist, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Bruce Gellin
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health; Director, National Vaccine Program Office, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Sharon G. Humiston
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency and Urgent Care, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Gary L. Kreps
University Distinguished Professor, Department of Communication; Director, Center for Health and Risk Communication, George Mason University

Heidi J. Larson
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Larry Madoff
Director, Division of Epidemiology and Immunization, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Claire McCarthy
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Primary Care Pediatrician, Boston Children’s Hospital; Senior Editor, Harvard Health Publications; Official Spokesperson, American Academy of Pediatrics

Margaret McConnell
Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health Economics, Harvard School of Public Health

Saad B. Omer
Associate Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health; Associate Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University

Douglas J. Opel
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine; Pediatrician, Seattle Children’s Hospital and University of Washington Medical Center

Walt Orenstein
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Global Health, and Epidemiology, Emory University; Associate Director of the Emory Vaccine Center

Angela Patterson
Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer, CVS Caremark MinuteClinic

Caroline Poland
Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Clinical Addictions Counselor, Taylor University

John Sever
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Children’s National Medical Center; Vice Chair, International Polio Plus Committee, Rotary International

Kristine M. Sheedy
Associate Director for Communication Science, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Gillian K. SteelFisher
Research Scientist and Assistant Director, Harvard Opinion Research Program

K. “Vish” Viswanath
Professor of Health Communication, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health; Professor of Health Communication, McGraw-Patterson Center for Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Katelyn Wells
Research Coordinator, Association of Immunization Managers

Jay Winsten
Associate Dean, Health Communication; Frank Stanton Director, Center for Health Communication, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University

Gregory Zimet
Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Psychology, Indiana University School of Medicine

Rapporteur

Madeline Drexler
Senior Fellow, Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, Brandeis University; Editor, Harvard Public Health Magazine

Project Staff

John Randell
Program Officer for Science Policy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Dorothy Koveal
Hellman Fellow in Science and Technology Policy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Catherine McPherson
Program Assistant for Science Policy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences