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Aug. 21, 2023, Michael Devitt — When Llewellyn Mensah, M.D., M.P.H.&T.M., was announced as a 2023 AAFP Vaccine Science Fellow in May, addressing vaccine hesitancy was one of the reasons he gave for applying for the fellowship.
“The enthusiasm for vaccination in my community has been anemic as the COVID-19 pandemic has waned, and I would like to be part of the effort to regain the trust of the public,” Mensah told the AAFP.
Now an attending physician with Kintegra Health, a federally qualified health center in Gastonia, N.C., Mensah expanded on his work, including these highlights, in this video interview with AAFP News:
Mensah is one of two family physicians selected for the 2023 AAFP Vaccine Science Fellowship, which runs through April 2024. The other fellow, Neha Chande, M.D., M.H.S., is a health science assistant clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. Look for an interview with Chande on AAFP.org in the near future, and more information on vaccines as the Academy continues its observance of National Immunization Awareness Month.
The AAFP Vaccine Science Fellowship is funded by an unrestricted grant from Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.