Hi! My name’s Lila Urogdy and I study biopsychology, cognition, and neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. My podcast is focused on sharing new and interesting information about psychology, neuroscience, and mental health topics to make research more accessible to the general public.

In this episode, I discussed how the link between autism and vaccines came to be, and whether there is any validity to the theory.

The original retracted study:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673697110960/fulltext

Resources for more information:

https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c5347

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/autism-spectrum-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20352928

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/measles/symptoms-causes/syc-20374857

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-evidence-on-vaccines-and-autism

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccines/index.html