Spotlight on COVID : COVID-19 is a killer - but I'll be just fine Dr Koula Asimakopoulou, Reader in Health Psychology, and Dr Sasha Scambler, Senior Lecturer in Sociology from King's College London share their research on the relationship between risk perceptions around COVID-19, and how UK adults display a kind of optimism for these risks. Spotlight reporter Laura Shepherd hears about their international survey across 11 countries and 8 languages that looked at people’s risk perceptions around COVID-19, amongst other psychosocial constructs. The team presents their their recently analysed UK data, testing the hypothesis that UK adults display comparative optimism for a range of COVID-19 -related risks. In this story Koula Asimakopoulou Reader in Health Psychology Sasha Scambler Reader in Medical Sociology Health Related news Researchers publish study showcasing breakthrough treatment of CAR T cells for patients with blood cancer Researchers awarded grant to innovate improvements in food allergy testing National consortium to study the threats of new SARS-CoV-2 variants