London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Five special seminars accompanied 2016’s ‘Epidemiological evaluation of vaccines: efficacy, safety and policy’ short course and was open to ALL staff and students at LSHTM. The schedule was as follows:

• How to introduce a new vaccine | 4/7/16 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A
  David Salisbury, Former Director of Immunisation at the UK Department of Health, other former roles include chair of WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Vaccines
• Global Implementation of Vaccination Programs: past, present and future | 6/7/16 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A 
  David Heymann, Public Health England, LSHTM, and former Assistant Director-General, Communicable Diseases of the World Health Organization
• Public trust in vaccines | 7/7/16 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A 
  Heidi Larson, LSHTM, Former head of Global Communication for Immunization at UNICEF and Chair of Advocacy Task Force for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) & David Heymann
• Optimal use of the first licensed dengue vaccine: balancing benefit against potential risks | 11/7/16 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A
  Neil Fergueson, Imperial College London, Professor of Mathematical Biology & Head of Department
• Vaccination in emergencies: overcoming obstacles and decreasing delays | 13/7/16 | John Snow Lecture Theatre A 
  Rebecca Grais, Epicentre, Director of Epidemiology and Population Health