Addressing barriers to vaccine hesitancy: a tailored approach

Assistant Professor Catherine Panozzo, PhD, uses large databases to study the comparative uptake, effectiveness, and safety of drugs and vaccines. She is also interested in public health surveillance and interventions. Her latest study, recently published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, included a large web-based randomized controlled trial of mothers with concerns about the vaccine.  Study results show a promising avenue for addressing vaccine hesitancy around the HPV vaccine. We spoke with Dr.