About

Benjamin Malo is a medical anthropologist with a focus on vaccine hesitancy, complementary and alternative medicines, and the Internet. He received his undergraduate degree in anthropology from Laval University in 2019. Under the supervision of Eve Dubé, he then completed his MA thesis at the same university in 2021. He studied the influence of knowledge and trust on naturopaths’ ways of reasoning about risks associated with vaccination and investigated how they manage these risks. With the same interest in alternative health practices regarding vaccination and infectious diseases, he started a PhD in anthropology in 2021, also supervised by Eve Dubé at Laval University. His thesis focuses on the interplays between risk, trust, knowledge, and reflexivity regarding vaccination in the era of the Web 2.0.

Benjamin Malo cumulated years of qualitative research experience at the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval and Laval University. He collaborated with multiple research teams interested in health problematics, whether they are related to breast cancer screening through genetic testing or nursing. He has been a research officer of Eve Dubé's team since 2018. He coordinated and collaborated in multiple projects focused on the prevention of infectious diseases.