- Royce Fellowship
Alexandra
Linn
Concentration
History of Science
Award Year
2012
Stemming the Anti-Vaccination Sentiment: Using Historical Research to Increase Awareness and Understanding about Vaccines
Faculty Sponsor: Richard Bungiro
Alex compiled historical research on the vaccines that are currently recommended for children by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She used this research to create accessible disease information sheets for each vaccine, and hoped that these sheets would provide persuasive historical accounts to help address the misinformation, suspicion and apprehension about vaccines. The project was conducted at the Historic Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and at Brown University.