Member, Committee of Scientific and Medical Advisors
Dr. Aaron Scherer, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Dr. Scherer has graduate and post-graduate training in social psychology and health risk communication with a research program focused on identifying and utilizing insights from the psychological sciences to create and evaluate innovative risk communication-based interventions to improve the utilization of healthcare services. Dr. Scherer led the Healthcare and Public Perceptions of Immunizations (HaPPI) Survey Collaborative (https://osf.io/zvw28/overview), which designed and conducted surveys to inform recommendations made by CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and was a member of WHO’s Behavioral and Social Determinants of Vaccination Work Group, making him well-suited to contribute to our Board’s efforts in vaccine advocacy, outreach, and education.