Richard Carpiano
Richard M. Carpiano is Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside. A public and population health scientist and medical sociologist by training, Carpiano studies how social factors, such as socioeconomic status, race-ethnicity, social connections, and community conditions, contribute to the health of adults and children. A substantial focus of Carpiano’s research concerns social, behavioral, attitudinal, and policy factors underlying vaccination uptake and coverage (and refusal or delay). As part of this work, Carpiano is presently a member of the Lancet’s Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the United States.