Prevention and Control of Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Catalog description

This course will develop an in-depth understanding of vaccine preventable pathogens, including the biological, clinical, diagnostic, and control aspects. The vaccine development, licensure, and recommendation process will be integrated with discussion of the changing epidemiology since vaccine introduction. Vaccine safety and efficacy, including mechanisms of immunogenicity will be studied. The challenges and complexities of implementing vaccine policy will be explored including school mandates, vaccine uptake, and vaccine confidence, with examples of how health disparities can be addressed through vaccine policy. The course will be comprised of lectures, case studies, outbreak scenarios, and group discussion, and will include both domestic and global content studying similar and disparate issues in vaccinology around the world. In addition, select vaccine candidates and the obstacles of development will be studied.