Museum Monsters and Victorious Viruses: Improving Public Understanding of Emerging Biomedical Research

Authors

Judy Diamond, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Benjamin Jee, Worcester State University
Camilla Matuk, New York University
Julia McQuillan, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Amy N. Spiegel, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
David Uttal, Northwestern University

Date of this Version

2015

Citation

Curator (N Y). 2015 July ; 58(3): 299–311. doi:10.1111/cura.12115.

Comments

Copyright 2015 Diamond et al.

Abstract

Although microbes directly impact everyone's health, most people have limited knowledge about them. In this article, we describe a museum and media public education campaign aimed at helping diverse audiences better understand emerging knowledge about microbes and infectious disease. Funded primarily by the Science Education Partnership (SEPA) program of the National Institutes of Health, this campaign involved crosscutting programs designed to extend impacts throughout a broad public audience.