Heidi Larson

Heidi J. Larson, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Associate Clinical Professor, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, USA; and a Fellow at the Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security. Dr. Larson’s research focuses on the analysis of the social and political factors that can affect uptake on health interventions, particularly vaccines, and the implications for policies and programmes. Her particular interest is on risk and rumour management from clinical trials to delivery – and building public trust. Dr. Larson is currently the Principle Investigator for a large European Union (IMI) grant (EBODAC) on the deployment, acceptance and compliance of the Ebola prime-boost vaccine trial in Sierra Leone.