Vaccinology for Public Health and Clinical Practice in the 21st century
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Key Information
Campus location
Bloomsbury, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
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Earliest start date
Aug 2023
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Introduction
Vaccines are the most effective tool for prevention against many infectious diseases. The last two decades have been called a “golden age” in the development of vaccines. 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.
This Croucher 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. The course will be taught in English.