Vaccination and Its Historical Discontents: The Long-Term View on Skepticism and “Personal Belief Exemptions”

September 9, 2022 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm

Elena Conis, PhD, MS, MJ; Associate Professor; Graduate School of Journalism – Department of History – CSTMS; University of California, Berkeley

Elena Conis is a writer and historian of medicine, public health, and the environment. Her current research focuses on scientific controversies, science denial, and the public understanding of science. Her first book, Vaccine Nation: America’s Changing Relationship with Immunization, received the Arthur J. Viseltear Award from the American Public Health Association and was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title and a Science Pick of the Week by Nature. She is currently working on a book on science and the public.

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Co-sponsored by the UNC Center for Bioethics, School of Medicine Merrimon Lectureship, Bullitt History of Medicine Club, and University Libraries at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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