World Refugee Day 2022 Q & A with Silas Ayako

Meredith Dockery is an Associate with the Sabin Vaccine Institute’s Vaccine Acceptance & Demand Initiative. Prior to joining Sabin, Meredith completed a six-month internship with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). At PAHO, Meredith split time between the COVID-19 Incident Management Support Team and the Public Affairs Team. Meredith received her BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Public Policy and Business Journalism with a minor in Spanish for the professions. Meredith was a member of the UNC Health and Human Rights Working Group through which she conducted research examining human rights frameworks and global health governance at the intersection of international law, public policy and global health as well as contributed to the UNC COVID-19 Health & Human Rights Monitor. Meredith also contributed to Type 1 Diabetes research studying the impact of specific goal setting on glycemic control during her time at UNC by coding goal setting sessions.

Nick Boehman is an Associate with Sabin’s Vaccine Acceptance & Demand Initiative. Nick provides programmatic support and assists with research needs across the VAD team. He earned his BA in International Relations from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Prior to joining Sabin, Nick worked as a Program Associate with a CGFNS International, a global health NGO, in a role that was highly research and reporting focused. Prior to that, he interned with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in Austria, where he gained experience in relationship building with external programmatic stakeholders, and researched, designed, and implemented ICAN’s first, major social media campaign to raise awareness of ICAN’s mission. Having also obtained a minor in film, Nick is creative by nature, and seeks to use that creativity in his everyday work to advance Sabin’s mission.