Croucher Summer Course "Vaccinology for Public Health and Clinical Practice in the 21st century"

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We are very pleased to invite you to apply for the Croucher Summer Course "Vaccinology for Public Health and Clinical Practice in the 21st century" which will be held at The University of Hong Kong on 24-28 July 2023. This Croucher Summer Course is designed to provide graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other early-stage scientists an overview of the basic concepts in vaccinology. Participants will learn about the immunological and epidemiological principles of vaccination, vaccine development, how to measure vaccine efficacy or effectiveness, and how vaccination influences disease transmission and herd immunity. We will also discuss basic health economic evaluation of vaccination and vaccine hesitancy. The course will be taught in English. 

Date: 24-28 July 2023

Venue: Room 302, 3 Sassoon Road, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR

Lecturers:

The University of Hong Kong
Joseph T. Wu (Course Director)
Thomas Abraham
Ivan Hung
Tommy T. Y. Lam
Leo L. M. Poon
Carlos Wong

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Mark Jit (Course Co-Director)
Pauline Paterson

NlH/Fogarty International Center
Cecile Viboud

Registration: https://www.croucher.hku.hk/account/apply

More information: https://www.croucher.hku.hk/

 

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