- Location
- Online Event
- Series/Type
- DLSPH Event
- Dates
- November 1, 2021 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Links
Special note: This seminar will be hosted on Zoom. Please register to receive the link and password two hours before the seminar. Please note that space is limited.
Speaker: Dr. Kate Allan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Title: Understanding parental vaccine hesitancy in Canada: Lessons for paediatric COVID-19 vaccination
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Kate Allan is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Kate completed her doctoral studies at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto. During her doctoral studies, she was Manager of the Vaccine Hesitancy Study at the Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development. Her research interests focus on the intersection between social work and health, specifically the decision-making process of parents regarding routine childhood vaccination and the role of social work in addressing vaccine hesitancy.
About the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, DLSPH:
With leadership housed at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, we are developing an interdisciplinary group of academic researchers, educators and public health advocates. Our vision is to catalyze cutting-edge research and education that maximizes the health benefits of immunization for everyone.
We aim to contribute locally and globally to healthy communities through excellence in interdisciplinary vaccine-preventable disease and immunization research and education.
Questions? Email us at cvpd.dlsph@utoronto.ca