Ep. 32 Professor Julie Leask
Julie Leask is a social scientist specialising in risk communication and vaccination uptake. She has qualifications in nursing and midwifery, a Master of Public Health and a PhD in public health. She is an advisor to the World Health Organization on vaccination acceptance and demand issues. Her research has covered communication issues surrounding pandemics, outbreaks, and vaccine safety incidents. She has also looked at public/healthcare worker perceptions and behaviours during these events and media coverage of them.
She has some answers for us.