קורס קיץ 2018: נושאים נבחרים בפיתוח והערכה של חיסונים (0158.1270)

0158.1270 - Selected Topics In Vaccinology (2 Credits)

Instructors:

Prof. Daniel Cohen (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

Prof. Sandra C. Quinn (University of Maryland, USA)

Dr. Khitam Muhsen (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

Dr. Ronald Ellis (Editor-in-Chief, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics)

Prof. Elizabeth Miller (Public Health England, UK)

Prof. Myron Levine (University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA)

Prof. Ron Dagan (Ben-Gurion University Negev, Israel)

Dr. Oana Falup-Pecurariu (Transilvania University, Romania)

Dr. Vicki Freimuth (University of Georgia, USA)

Teaching Assistant:

Ms. Ifat Aluf - ifat.aluf@gmail.com

Date and Time:

July 8-12, 2018 
S, M, T, Th 14:00-19:00 | W 09:00-17:00

Location:

Room TBA, Sackler Faculty of Medicine

Final Exam:

July 13, 2018 | 9:00-11:00 | Room TBA

Prerequisites:

None

Registration Status:

OPEN

 

Course Syllabus

The course syllabus can be found here.

 

Course Description

This course will cover key concepts in vaccinology. It will review the evolution of vaccines and present the characteristics of currently licensed vaccines. Lectures will review the process from the concept and vaccine development approach, through pre-clinical development and initial human studies. This will be followed by the analysis of the clinical development phases of new vaccines including post-licensure evaluation of effectiveness and signal detection of adverse events. Highlights and challenges of the present immunization programs worldwide will be described vis-à-vis the burden of corresponding vaccine preventable diseases. Special attention will be given to the analysis of psychosocial factors associated with hesitancy to vaccination in various populations.

 

Accomplishments and challenges with selected licensed and investigational vaccines at both developmental and implementation levels will be presented and discussed (pneumococcal conjugates, live-attenuated cholera and rotavirus vaccines, shigella candidate vaccines etc.). In addition, the course will offer the opportunity to learn about recent experiences with novel immunization strategies against vaccine-preventable diseases such as immunization of pregnant women to prevent pertussis in infants and new vaccines and immunization strategies against influenza. Throughout, the course will emphasize the importance of the use of advanced epidemiological tools to prioritize development and assess post-licensure use of vaccines. Frontal lectures will be combined with exercise assignments.

 

Requirements

To receive academic credit for the course, participants must pass the final exam with a grade of at least 60 (D). Non-credit participants are not required to take the final exam.

 

Course Instructors 

Daniel Cohen, PhD, MPH

Professor, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University, Israel

 

Sandra C. Quinn, PhD

Professor, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, USA

Khitam Muhsen, PhD

Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Ronald Ellis, PhD

Editor-in-Chief, "Human Vaccines and Immunotheraputics"

Elizabeth Miller

Professor, Public Health England, United Kingdom

Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH

Professor, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA

Ron Dagan, MD

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

Oana Falup-Pecurariu, MD, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University, Romania 

Vicki Freimuth, PhD

Director, Southern Center for Communication, Health & Poverty, University of Georgia, USA

 

 

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