Dr. Peter Hotez is a pediatrician and vaccine scientist at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. More recently he has also become an outspoken and prominent advocate for vaccines in the face of the growing anti-vaccine movement. In this episode of Research Comms, Dr. Hotez opens up about why he is so angry with those spearheading the anti-vaccine movement.

This week’s guest on the Research Comms podcast is Alex Buxton, Head of Strategic Communications at the University of Oxford. We discuss what it’s been like to communicate the biggest story in the world right now - the development of the Oxford Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Dr. Anna Blakney is a vaccine scientist and recent viral sensation on the social media platform, TikTok, where her videos about COVID19 vaccines have racked up millions of views since she started creating them just a few months ago, gaining her hundreds of thousands of followers.