COVID Vaccination in Children and Young People
- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021, 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Location: The Braggs, G60 Bragg Lecture Theatre, North Terrace campus
- Cost: Free
- More information:
- Contact: Anne Jurisevic
- Email: anne.jurisevic@adelaide.edu.au
Our expert speakers will present on evidence based research around recommendations for children globally, disease burden from COVID-19 in children, SA analysis around vaccine uptake, clinical trials of COVID-19 in children and adolescents and the proposed rollout in South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog.
Speakers
Professor Helen Marshall, Senior Medical Practitioner and Director, Vaccinology and Immunology Research Trials Unit, Women's and Children's Hospital / NHMRC Practitioner Fellow and Professor in Vaccinology, Adelaide Medical School, ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide / Deputy Director and Research Leader, Robinson Research Institute, ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide - COVID-19 and kids
Professor Jonathan Craig, Vice President and Executive Dean & Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog - Clinical trials of COVID in children and adolescents
Dr Emily Kirkpatrick, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Deputy Chief Public Health Officer, Department for Health and Wellbeing, SA Health - Paediatric COVID vaccine rollout in South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog: Ensuring an evidence-based, yet a practical approach to the vaccine rollout in SA.
Chair
Professor Claire Roberts (HDA Co-Convenor), NHMRC Leadership Fellow / Professor and Matthew Flinders Fellow / Group Leader, Pregnancy Health and Beyond Laboratory (PHaB Lab), College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog.