Publications

Peer-reviewed articles, manuscripts under review, and working papers.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Under Review / Submitted

2025

Algorithmic refutations without social context fails to correct online vaccine misinformation among COVID-19 vaccine hesitant populations in a simulated COVID-66 pandemic

Shanker, A. & Vlaev, I.

Submitted to Scientific Reports

2025

Understanding pregnancy complications in Sierra Leone: A multi-factorial analysis of hypertension risk

Shanker, A. & Bockarie, T.

Working paper

Conference Presentations

Jun 2026

Protecting Vaccine Innovation in the Era of Misinformation

Shanker, A. (invited panellist)

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Conference: Vaccines and Antimicrobial Stewardship, Royal College of Physicians, London. Panel alongside Prof. Sander van der Linden (Cambridge), Dr Tracey Chantler and Dr Ben Kasstan-Dabush (LSHTM); chaired by Prof. Angela Brueggemann (Oxford).

Nov 2024

Algorithmic refutations without social context: Correcting vaccine misinformation among hesitant populations in a simulated pandemic

Society for Judgment and Decision Making Annual Conference, Amsterdam — Oral presentation

Sep 2024

The social influence of corrections of vaccine misinformation on social media

International Conference on Health Communication and Behavioral Science, Brussels — Oral presentation

May 2024

Leveraging social influence to improve vaccine misinformation correction strategies

Warwick Medical School Annual Research Symposium — Oral presentation

Jul 2023

Vaccine misinformation and social determinants of vaccine intentions in a pandemic

World Bank eMBeD Unit Research Seminar, Washington, DC — Invited presentation

Sep 2023

Social determinants and vaccine intentions: Behavioural insights from pandemic research

European Health Psychology Society Conference, Bratislava — Oral presentation

Mar 2023

Understanding vaccine misinformation and social determinants during COVID-19

Warwick Medical School Postgraduate Research Symposium — Poster presentation

May 2022

Exploring social influence in vaccine misinformation: Preliminary findings and methodological considerations

Behavioral Science & Policy Association Annual Meeting — Poster presentation