Despite increased risk of COVID-19 infection, severe complications, hospitalizations, and death, people with mental health disorders report greater vaccine hesitancy and have lower COVID vaccination levels than the general population. This research will adapt, pilot, and test a brief attitudinal inoculation intervention to increase COVID-19 vaccination and boosting among US adults with symptoms of anxiety or depression. Our findings will rapidly generate evidence to inform the development and implementation of strategies to increase vaccination uptake and mitigate the impact of COVID-19 among mental health populations.
Project Investigators
Denis Nash CUNY PI
ISPH Executive Director
Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology
Angela Parcesepe CUNY PI
Assistant Professor Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sasha Fleary
Associate Professor of Community Health and Social Sciences
Rachael Piltch-Loeb
Assistant Professor of Environmental, Occupational, and Geospatial Health Sciences
McKaylee Robertson
ISPH Investigator
Milton Wainberg
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Project Staff
Sarah Kulkarni
Associate Director
Kate Penrose
Project Director
Jenny Shen
Research Scientist
William Salgado-You
Study Manager
Jenna Sanborn
Research Scientist
Jasmine Chan
Junior Data Analyst/Research Assistant
Avantika Srivastava
Research Scientist
Surabhi Yadav
Research Associate