Do vaccines still have an important role to play in society?
How many children’s lives can they save worldwide?
And can they really cause Autism?

The Victorian Students’ Aid Program (VSAP), Melbourne Uni’s global health group, invites you to attend a 3-part Lecture Series on Vaccines, when world-renowned experts in the field will answer these questions and many more.

Dates: Wednesday 11th May, Monday 16th May, Wednesday 18th May

Time: 6:15pm for a 6:30pm start

Venue: JH Mitchell theatre, Richard Berry Building (Swanston St), The University of Melbourne

Refreshments provided.

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Lecture 1 (May 11):

Introduction to Vaccines & the Global Burden of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Prof Trevor Duke – Director, Centre for International Child Health and Paediatric Intensive Care Specialist at the Royal Children’s Hospital

Lecture 2 (May 16):

Vaccines: how they work and how they impact on the individual

A/Prof Stephen Turner – Microbiology and Immunology dept. and Pfizer Senior Research fellow

Lecture 3 (May 18):

Global impact of vaccines (a public health perspective) and future directions

Professor Frank Shann – Paediatric Intensive Care Specialist and International expert on Vaccinations
Monica Burns – Paediatric Intensive Care Nurse, Volunteer with Medecins Sans Frontieres