I am an Associate Professor and Career Development Fellow in health sociology at the Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford, leading the Vaccines and Society Unit (VAS). My work centres around health, society, and policy topics. I draw on perspectives from sociology, anthropology, history, global health, and science and technology studies (STS). My publications can be found here, which include two sole-author books and articles published in leading journals, including Social Science and Medicine, The Lancet, The Lancet Public Health, Nature and Culture, and Global Public Health. I have appeared in the media, for example, on BBC Newsnight, New York Times, Al Jazeera and have written media articles for The Independent and The Conversation among others. My current projects are on:

• Vaccination
• Outbreaks
• Clinical trials
• Disease history
• Neglected tropical diseases

I completed my PhD in the STS Department at UCL (University College London) in 2017 under the supervision of Prof Brian Balmer and Dr Jack Stilgoe with visitorships at Harvard University and the Brocher Foundation. Prior I worked for three years as a senior policy advisor in the UK Civil Service. I hold an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Oxford and a BSc first-class honors in Economics and International Development from the University of Bath.

Contact: samantha.vanderslott@ndm.ox.ac.uk

Twitter: @SJVanders