Working group publishes recommendations for a successful COVID-19 vaccination program
IRWG director Anna Kirkland was part of an NSF-funded COVID-19 Working Group that recently published recommendations for strengthening public confidence in COVID-19 vaccines through social science research, community-focused implementation, transparency, and public oversight. “This working group brought together a wide range of expertise to think through what will be needed politically and socially as well ...
Drug Tests and Pregnant Patients: Investigating the Intersections of Law and Health
Dr. Katharine McCabe studies the intersections of law, policy, and reproductive health. She explains: “When we think about these intersections we tend to focus on the hot topic issues we see on the news, like access to abortion, we don’t often think about how child welfare systems or opioid drug policy can affect reproductive well-being.” ...
Anna Kirkland joins NSF Working Group on Readying Populations for the COVID-19 Vaccine
April 21, 2020 Social scientists from around the country are collaborating as part of a Working Group on Readying Populations for the COVID-19 Vaccine. The group is supported by the National Science Foundation-funded CONVERGE Initiative and the Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER) network. The purpose of the working group is to develop an agenda ...