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In today's challenging era for vaccines, the University of Michigan School of Public Health will host a live podcast taping April 11 in recognition of the announcement made 70 years ago at U-M, when the polio vaccine was declared safe and effective to a worldwide audience.
Matthew L. Boulton, Pearl L. Kendrick Collegiate Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, has been named associate director of the University of Michigan’s Center for Global Health Equity.
Matthew Boulton, Senior Associate Dean for Global Public Health, was quoted in Detroit Free Press. He stated it is important for the public to be updated with their polio vaccines.
Identifying adults who are ambivalent about vaccines early in a pandemic and finding community leaders who can help spread reliable information within their communities could help reduce vaccine hesitancy, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Adding the hurdle of vaccine education prior to obtaining a nonmedical exemption may improve vaccination rates in the short term, but policymakers may want to consider more holistic strategies to change parental behaviors in the long term, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Matthew Boulton, senior associate dean for Global Public Health and professor of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, has been appointed to the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities, which will study racial disparities in the impact of COVID-19 and recommend actions to address the disparities.