Check out the new podcast episode featuring local NPHIC member, Meredith Li-Vollmer, Ph.D, a risk communication specialist for Public Health Seattle and King County, Washington.  Dr. Vollmer provides insights on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic from a local public health perspective and how polling data from the Harvard Opinion public surveys, helped them develop their communication strategies and rebuild trust.

Olivia Biggs, of the National Public Health Information Coalition, discusses how Immunization Managers and Public Information Officers can Collaborate to Improve Immunization Policy Outcomes, as the pandemic winds down.  We’ll hear from Brent Ewig, Chief Policy and Government Relations Officer, who monitors the immunization policy landscape and develops resources to support the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) members engaging in effective policy development.  

Richard Quartarone, a health communicator in the Immunization Services Division at the CDC, joins the show to discuss the changing landscape of public health communication in the pandemic environment.  He also addresses the role vaccine demand strategists play in helping to strengthen public health communications and build public trust in our nation’s immunization efforts.