Public health advice only works if people trust it. In this episode, the chief scientist of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Dr. Piotr Kramarz, describes how the ECDC meets challenges while protecting its independence and maintaining transparency, coordinating guidance across roughly 30 European countries. He shares lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, and describes why good evidence alone no longer changes behavior; social and behavioral science is essential to public health communication. He also discusses his early career in CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), where he learned about the value of digital health for epidemiologic studies while investigating vaccine safety for rotavirus and influenza vaccines.
Intro music composed by Kevin MacLeod, outro music performed by Duo Yumeno.
