The Vaccinology Module is optional and runs during Hilary Term (Term 2).  It consists of 10 sessions to give the students an overview of the availability and use of vaccination in disease control in developed and developing countries.

Objectives of the module:

• Understand the current impact of vaccination programmes on global health and threats to current control measures

• Understand the scientific basis of new vaccine development and both opportunities for and impediments to progress

• Appreciate the process and financial requirements for vaccine development and deployment

Lectures and Teachers:

• Principles of Vaccinology (Adrian Hill)

• Current Childhood Vaccines and Future Needs (Andrew Pollard)

• Malaria Vaccines (Adrian Hill)

• Vaccines agains Meningitis and Encapsulated Bacteria (Martin Maiden)

• HIV Vaccines (Andrew McMichael)

• Tuberculosis Vaccines (Helen McShane)

• Flu Vaccines (Sarah Gilbert)

• Vaccine Deployment and Policies (Andrew Farlow)

• Adverse reactions to vaccines, real and imagined (Tim Peto)

• Disease Control and Eradication through Vaccination (Sunetra Gupta)