Croucher Summer Courses
Every summer the Croucher Foundation funds short courses that aim to educate and inspire postgraduate students and early career researchers from Hong Kong an...
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.
Website: https://csc.influenza.hk/
Application Closing Date: 30 Apr 2016 (Successful applicants will be notified by 7 May 2016)
Maximum number of participants: 35
Language: English