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American anthropologist
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Female
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21 April 1957
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Harvard University
University of California, Berkeley
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Heidi J. Larson is an anthropologist and the founding director of the Vaccine Confidence Project. Larson headed Global Immunisation Communication at UNICEF.
Education and career
Heidi Larson studied anthropology at the University of California, and earned a Ph.D. in 1990.
She is Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science, at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project. Her research focus is on public confidence in vaccines.
She is Director of European Initiatives at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington.
Personal life
Professor Larson is married to the Belgian virologist Peter Piot.
Selected publications
- Larson, Heidi J.; Figueiredo, Alexandre de; Xiahong, Zhao; Schulz, William S.; Verger, Pierre; Johnston, Iain G.; Cook, Alex R.; Jones, Nick S. (October 1, 2016). "The State of Vaccine Confidence 2016: Global Insights Through a 67-Country Survey". EBioMedicine. 12: 295–301. doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.08.042. ISSN 2352-3964. PMC 5078590. PMID 27658738.