DOROTHY is a postdoctoral research programme open to researchers from all disciplines who wish to focus on research into public health crises. Under the scheme, 16 researchers have been awarded a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship.
Communication is a critical feature of the DOROTHY programme.
Given the programme’s focus on public health crises, and the public debate surrounding it, it is crucial that the population at large receives high-quality information in accessible language, to counter unscientific viral news and ultimately foster societal resilience.
Dorothy Stopford Price was an Irish physician who was key to the elimination of childhood tuberculosis in Ireland by introducing the BCG vaccine.
