Rate My Professor Shevaun Drislane

A key member of the VaxPol Lab at UWA, Dr. Drislane leads research on infant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation, including a qualitative study on parental decisions to decline or delay nirsevimab uptake in Western Australia in 2024. She is also a Postdoctoral Researcher on the international MandEval project, assessing the effectiveness and consequences of COVID-19 vaccine mandates across multiple countries. Additionally, her contributions extend to exploring opportunities for vaccine compensation schemes post-COVID-19 and normative drivers for such policies. Dr. Drislane employs qualitative methods and comparative policy analysis in her scholarship. Her notable publications include: "Understanding parental decisions to decline or delay infant RSV immunisation, nirsevimab, in Western Australia in 2024" (Vaccine, 2026, with H. Moore and K. Attwell); "Media actors as policy entrepreneurs: a case study of “No Jab, No Play” and “No Jab, No Pay” mandatory vaccination policies in Australia" (Policy Sciences, 2024, with K. Attwell et al.); "Policy Feedback and the Politics of Childhood Vaccine Mandates: Conflict and Change in California, 2012-2019" (Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 2024, with K. Attwell, A. Hannah, and M.C. Navin); and "Childhood vaccine refusal and what to do about it: a systematic review of the ethical literature" (BMC Medical Ethics, 2023, with K. Wiley et al.). She lectures in political science at UWA, contributing to education in public policy and administration.