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) |
Teaching Assistant: |
Ms. Ifat Aluf - ifat.aluf@gmail.com |
Date and Time: |
July 8-12, 2018 |
Location: |
Room TBA, Sackler Faculty of Medicine |
Final Exam: |
July 13, 2018 | 9:00-11:00 | Room TBA |
Prerequisites: |
None |
Registration Status: |
OPEN |
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Course Syllabus The course syllabus can be found here. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Course Instructors |
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Professor, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University, Israel |
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Professor, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, USA |
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Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University, Israel |
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Editor-in-Chief, "Human Vaccines and Immunotheraputics" |
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Professor, Public Health England, United Kingdom |
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA |
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Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Israel |
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University, Romania |
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Director, Southern Center for Communication, Health & Poverty, University of Georgia, USA |