Emilie Karafillakis is the lead for European Research at the Vaccine Confidence Project (VCP), with appointments at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as well as at the University of Antwerp (European office of the VCP).
She has around 10 years of experience as a social scientist, working in international research and teaching in academia. In her position at the VCP, Emilie leads and contributes to social science, qualitative research, systematic literature reviews and digital analyses to explore confidence in vaccination among parents, adolescents and healthcare professionals and assess effective communication and community engagement strategies. Her research has focused on confidence in HPV vaccination, maternal vaccines as well as influenza and COVID-19 vaccines.
She has around 10 years of experience as a social scientist, working in international research and teaching in academia. In her position at the VCP, Emilie leads and contributes to social science, qualitative research, systematic literature reviews and digital analyses to explore confidence in vaccination among parents, adolescents and healthcare professionals and assess effective communication and community engagement strategies. Her research has focused on confidence in HPV vaccination, maternal vaccines as well as influenza and COVID-19 vaccines.
Affiliations
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Centres
Vaccine Centre
Research
Emilie's research interests include social and behavioural sciences around vaccination, looking at public and health professional confidence in vaccination and influencing factors such as individual, social and emotional determinants of health. She is specialised in qualitative research and systematic literature reviews.
Research Area
Systematic reviews
Social and structural determinants of health
Behaviour change
Vaccinology
Qualitative research
Disease and Health Conditions
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Influenza
Country
France
United Kingdom
Belgium
Uganda
Ethiopia
Region
European Union
Selected Publications
The pandemic of social media panic travels faster than the COVID-19 outbreak.
2020
Journal of Travel Medicine
The role of healthcare providers in HPV vaccination programs - A meeting report.
2019
Papillomavirus Research
HPV vaccination in a context of public mistrust and uncertainty: a systematic literature review of determinants of HPV vaccine hesitancy in Europe.
2019
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Vaccination: Is There a Place for Penalties for Non-compliance?
2019
Applied health economics and health policy
The paradox of vaccine hesitancy among healthcare professionals.
2018
Clinical microbiology and infection