I am a Health Behavior PhD student at UNC.
My primary research interests are in understanding:
- Social and behavioral factors that inhibit or promote vaccination;
- Drivers of vaccine hesitancy; and
- Interventions and policies used to effectively promote vaccine uptake.
My work at UNC focuses on HPV vaccination. Prior to UNC, I spent five years working at the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, where I most recently served as an editor of the Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine. I received my MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Relevant Publications
- Brewer NT, Huang Q, Kahn BZ. Human papillomavirus vaccination for young survivors of cancer. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2022 Jan;6(1):3-5. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00312-6. Epub 2021 Nov 10. PMID: 34767766; PMCID: PMC8673922.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Board on Health Sciences Policy; Committee on Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus. Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine. Kahn B, Brown L, Foege W, Gayle H, editors. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2020 Oct 2. PMID: 33026758
