he list of European institutions providing vaccinology courses is non-exhaustive, and they do not automatically come with European Vaccine Initiative's recommendation. The list should be seen as a help to partners and collaborators etc.
Specific courses are not listed, and application procedures, deadlines, cost, start date and course duration etc. should be sought on the respective web sites.
We would be pleased to hear from you if you know of vaccinology courses which should be included.
BELGIUM
- University of Antwerp, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Institute
Co-organised by WHO, Co-funded by EC
SUMMER SCHOOL ON VACCINOLOGY
for medical, nursing or midwifery students and accessible to medical and veterinary doctors and pharmacists
- Introduction & vaccine history
- The immune system, how vaccines work, types of vaccines, composition and development
- Vaccine preventable diseases
- Practical skills training: good immunisation practice
- Vaccination policy and immunisation schedules
- Current safety issues and controversies regarding immunisation
- Communicating on vaccines with parents
- Future vaccines
http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.CEVSUMMERSCHOOL
- University of Antwerp
Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Institute
MASTER IN SCIENCE & PhD IN THE FIELD OF EVIDENCE BASED VACCINOLOGY
Chair in evidence-based vaccinology, created in 2008, sponsored from Wyeth
http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.VAXINFECTIO&n=73245
FRANCE
- Institut Pasteur, Paris
VACCINOLOGY, AN INTEGRATIVE DISCIPLINE
for medical or scientific postgraduates or professionals
- Immunological aspects of vaccination
- New strategies for the characterization of protecting antigens
- Preclinical and clinical trials: basic principles
- major infectious diseases: epidemiology, physiopathology and vaccines under development
- impact of vaccines on the control of infectious diseases: success and failure
http://www.pasteur.fr/ip/easysite/pasteur/en/teaching/epidemiology-and-public-health/vaccinology
- University Lyon 1 University Paris-V and Paris-VI
INTER-UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA IN FRENCH
100 hours over one year: 3 three-day seminars over 5 months. Internet self-training and self-evaluation.
- Immunological and epidemiological basis of vaccination
- Vaccine-preventable diseases
- Vaccines:
- Global vaccination strategies and surveillance
http://focal.univ-lyon1.fr/fiche_formation.php?REF=72
- University Bordeaux
- Société Pathologie Exotique Paris
- Service Santé Armée
- European network for Education in International Health
UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA - INTERNATIIONAL FRANCOPHONE VACCINOLOGY COURSE
Cours international francophone de vaccinologie - in French
80 hours + written report by students. Since 2006 courses given in Paris.
Topics:
- mode of action of vaccines
- initiation to vaccine clinical development and vaccine production
- surveillance of vaccine preventable diseases
- evaluation of vaccine field efficacy
- vaccine administration
- socio-economical, ethical and political aspects
http://www.vaccinologie.org/standard-765-1.html
- University Paris-Est, Créteil
MASTER 2 IN VACCINOLOGY
also open to managers from pharmaceutical industry
Project submitted to Ministry of Education and Research, linked to the establishment of a Laboratory of Excellence - Institute of Vaccine Research (Institut de Recherche Vaccinale (VRI)
http://media.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/file/Fiches_Labex/99/4/VR...
FRANCE/SWITZERLAND
- Fondation Mérieux, France
- Université de Genève
ADVAC COURSE
for decision-makers in all fields related to vaccines and vaccination
The multifaceted nature of vaccinolgy
- How vaccines work
- Decision-making in vaccine research & preclinical development
- Assessing vaccines in clinical trials
- Vaccine safety - assessment of adverse effects
- Ethical issues
- Introducing new vaccines into vaccination programmes
- Selecting appropriate vaccination strategies
- Facing the medi
FRANCE AND AFRICA
- University Bordeaux
- Universities of several Francophone African countries
INTER-UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA (in French) DIUVAC
Formation for Francophone Africa
First course March 2012 - Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)
http://www-sante.ujf-grenoble.fr/SANTE/maee/sites/maeevac/
ITALY
- University of Sienna
Sponsored by Novatis, created in 2009
MASTERS PROGRAMME IN VACCINOLOGY & PHARMACEUTICAL CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT
For graduates in Medicine
1-year training: Training certificate from Novartis
2-year training: M.Sc. degree
- Vaccine development process
- Vaccine preventable diseases & vaccinology
- Immunology & translational medicine
- Clinical development methodology & pharmacovigilance
- Regulatory affairs
- Good clincial practice & clincial quality assurance
- Clinical trial operations
- Biostatistics & clincial data management
- Policies & recommendations for vaccines in the world
http://www.novartisvaccines.it/ricerca/clinical-development-eng.shtml
ITALY AND INDIA
- European Malaria Vaccine Develoopment (EMVDA)
- Etna Biotech Laboratories in Catania, Italy
- Zydus Cadila Health Care in Ahmadabad, India
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PROGRAMME
For scientists working in Developing Countries involved with the conduct of clinical trials on poverty related diseases (Malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS)
4 persons only
Cellular biology & virology
- molecular biology
- immunology
- GMP, GCP/GCLP, clinical study preparation, management & implementation
http://www.amanet-trust.org/gmz2/node/57
THE NETHERLANDS
- Boerhaave/LUMC, Leiden
THE FUTURE OF VACCINOLGY
The course aims to train participants to helicopter above the world of vaccines and gain a general overview, but also to zoom in on the variious links of this chain.
boerhaavenet [at] lumc [dot] nl
SWITZERLAND
- University of Geneva, Department of Pathology & Immunology
- WHO Centre for Vaccinology and Neonatal Immunology
MEDICAL DEGREE
BACHELOR DEGREE
MASTERS DEGREE
PhD
Chair in vaccinology created in 2000
Teaching in Immunology
http://www.globe-network.org/?-University_of_Geneva-
UK
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
SHORT COURSE
Epidemiological Evaluation of Vaccines: Efficacy, Safety, Policy.
The course provides an understanding of the methods used in the evaluation of vaccines, from phase I trials through to population impact and policy. It is aimed at public health professionals and field researchers with a strong interest in vaccine efficacy, safety and policy impact. Participants will be expected to have a basic postgraduate epidemiology module or equivalent.
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/cpd/seev.html
- University of Oxford | Jenner Institute and Institute of Animal Health
VACCINOLOGY PROGRAMME
Professional development
- Human and veterinary vaccinology (Master's level course)
- Clinical vaccine development
- Vaccine biomanufacturing
http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/professional/staticdetails.php?course...
- Vaccine Institute at St. George's University, London
Vaccinology research centre
Mres
PhD
MPhil
MD (res)
- Biomedical sciences
- Clinical sciences
- Courses in infection and immunology
http://www.sgul.ac.uk/research/centres/ii/vaccinology
- University of Oxford
Oxford Vaccine Group
SHORT COURSES - IMMUNOLOGY
- Infection & immunology in children (3 days)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Infectious Diseases
- Oxford Vaccine Group immunisation seminar (1 day)
http://www.paediatrics.ox.ac.uk/ovg/teaching.html
WORLDWIDE
- On line developed by WHO
VACCINE SAFETY PROGRAMME
Vaccine safety
http://vaccinesafetytraining.org/