Call for Abstracts open: the Future of Vaccination
Are you a PhD candidate or a Postdoctoral fellow wanting to share your insights at a Masterclass led by world-renowned global health researchers and thought leaders? You are invited to submit your abstract for an interdisciplinary Masterclass in Global Health as part of the Joep Lange Chair and Fellows Program. The Masterclass will consist of two online sessions of two hours.
Two annual Masterclasses were held previously in October 2019 and November 2020. Each Masterclass has a theme, with the first being ‘Access to Care: Making Health Markets Work for the Poor’ and the second being ‘Societal Preparedness for Epidemics.’ The Masterclass theme for the year 2021 is ‘The Future of Vaccination’.
The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated that vaccine research, development, and roll out is crucial for combating emerging infectious disease outbreaks, but has also revealed many unanticipated side effects, as well as legal, ethical and behavioral questions. Though the current pandemic has brought to light many such issues, the masterclass is not meant to be singularly focused on the SARS-CoV-19. The event will bring into discussion topics of vaccine development and evaluation, vaccine acceptance and hesitancy, and the issue of patents and investments in vaccine research and development.
Submission of abstracts
Late-stage PhD students and early postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to individually submit abstracts of their research that addresses the above topics, related to vaccine research, development and delivery. The abstract review team will use academic excellence and relevance of the research for the theme as the main criteria. It will, furthermore, consider the diversity within the classes (subject, discipline, gender, geography, etc.) and the applicants’ motivation.
Led by Prof. Anna Vassall, Prof. Mark Dybul, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi and Prof. Melissa Parker, two online masterclasses will be held with two Masters facilitating each class. Each class will have a select number of participants who will be offered the opportunity to present and discuss their research. This is an opportunity to share your research, explore innovative ideas and to learn from other researchers in different fields of Global Health and Development, in an interdisciplinary research setting.
Source: AIGHD
