Vaccinology for Public Health and Clinical Practice in the 21st century
This five-day summer course is designed to provide graduate students and postdoctoral-level scientists an overview of the basic concepts in vaccinology. Participants will learn about the immunological and epidemiological mechanisms of vaccination, the process of developing vaccines, how to measure the efficacy or effectiveness of vaccines, how vaccines influence disease transmission and herd immunity. We will also discuss basic health economic evaluation of vaccines and risk communication on vaccine acceptability.
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18 July — 22 July 2016
Past
What you'll study
Vaccines are the most effective tool for prevention against many
infectious diseases. The global health community in 2010 declared this to be the “Decade of Vaccines” with an action plan to accelerate discovery, development and delivery of vaccines around the world. However, many of the vaccines
licensed in this era have highly complex immunological, ecological and
economic effects. Effective use of these vaccines requires a new
generation of public health professionals with multi-disciplinary skills
to be able to understand issues around the immunological mechanism,
safety, efficacy, effectiveness, population impact, effects on
microbiological ecology, delivery, cost-effectiveness and public trust
of vaccines.
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