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, University of Adelaide
- Cost: Free
- Contact: Anne Jurisevic anne.jurisevic@adelaide.edu.au
Please join us for the Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) and Robinson Research Institute forum...
Our expert speakers will present on evidence based research around recommendations for children globally, disease burden from COVID in children, SA analysis around vaccine uptake, clinical trials of COVID in children and adolescents and the proposed rollout in South Australia.
OUR 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, University of Adelaide / Deputy Director and Research Leader, Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide - COVID and kids
Professor Jonathan Craig, Vice President and Executive Dean & Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University - 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 Australia: Ensuring an evidence-based, yet a practical approach to the vaccine rollout in SA.
OUR 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 University.
The recording can be viewed here: https://echo360.net.au/media/a9cc110a-6e16-4d64-a4fb-3892d636fede/public
NB: 90 minutes of speaker presentations, followed by 45 minute panel discussion (audio only).