Auburn public relations professor receives $100,000 Pfizer grant to study vaccine hesitancy

Michail Vafeiadis, an associate professor of public relations at Auburn University, will co-lead a first-of-its-kind study into why people choose not to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Vafeiadis will conduct a meta-analysis examining existing social science research on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Pfizer awarded Vafeiadis $104,966 in research funding so the pharmaceutical company — and COVID-19 vaccine producer – may use the results to improve public health outcomes.

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