Working Group on Readying Populations for COVID-19 Vaccine
The Working Group on Readying Populations for COVID-19 Vaccine, which is supported by the National Science Foundation-funded CONVERGE Initiative, brings together top experts to develop and disseminate an evidence base that supports socially and behaviorally realistic planning for a COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the United States.
Because the COVID-19 vaccine is not yet available (as of this writing), the United States has an opportunity to anticipate and study potential issues that are related to human factors and to develop evidence-informed policies and practices that facilitate the public’s understanding of, access to, and ultimate uptake of a novel coronavirus vaccine.
The Working Group’s reports include an agenda to guide the aggregation, generation, and translation of research about the social, behavioral, and communication challenges anticipated with COVID-19 vaccine as well as a set of actionable recommendations for public health and government authorities on how to enhance public trust and health with COVID-19 vaccination.
Working Group Members
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Co-Chairs:
Emily K. Brunson, PhD, MPH
Texas State University
Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Members:
Luciana Borio, MD
IQT
Janesse Brewer, MPA
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joseph Buccina, MS, MA
IQT
Nancy Connell, PhD
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Laura Lee Hall
Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity
Nancy Kass, ScD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Anna Kirkland, JD, PhD
University of Michigan
Lisa Koonin, DrPH, MN, MPH
Health Preparedness Partners, LLC
Heidi Larson, PhD
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Brooke Fisher Liu, PhD
University of Maryland
Rex Long, MA
Texas State University
Saad Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD, FIDSA
Yale Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Walter A. Orenstein, MD
Emory University
Gregory A. Poland, MD
Mayo Clinic
Lois Privor-Dumm, IMBA
Johns Hopkins International Vaccine Access Center
Sandra Crouse Quinn, PhD
University of Maryland
Sanjana Ravi, MPH
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Ali Ruth, AB
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Daniel Salmon, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Marc Trotochaud, MSPH
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Alexandre “Sasha” White
Johns Hopkins University
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CONVERGE has created various working groups of public health and social science experts to develop COVID-19 research agendas on specific topics. Learn more at https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/covid-19/working-groups
Working Group Publications
Research Agenda (PDF)
Report:
Vaccine journal article:
Monica Schoch-Spana, Emily K. Brunson, and on behalf of the Working Group on Readying Populations for COVID-19 Vaccine. The public’s role in COVID-19 vaccination: human-centered recommendations to enhance pandemic vaccine awareness, access, and acceptance in the United States. Vaccine. Oct 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.059
Health Security journal article:
Emily K. Brunson, Monica Schoch-Spana, and on behalf of the Working Group on Readying Populations for COVID-19 Vaccine. A Social and Behavioral Research Agenda to Facilitate COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in the United States. Health Security. Aug 2020. 338-344. http://doi.org.proxy1.library.jhu.edu/10.1089/hs.2020.0106
Published in Volume: 18 Issue 4: August 19, 2020
Online Ahead of Print: July 24, 2020