In April 2021, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Suzanne appeared as a guest on the WWU-associated podcast Spark Science for an episode on the mRNA vaccines being used to combat COVID-19. Suzanne spoke with host Regina Barber DeGraaff, a fellow WWU professor in Physics and Astronomy, about the differences between each vaccine, why they need to be kept at ultracold temperatures, and how the mRNA that comprises them works.