On 4.−8.3.2024, on Kauppi campus, Arvo Building F211a+b, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, Tampere
Responsible teacher: Miia Artama, miia.artama@tuni.fi
Coordinator: Tiina Kangasluoma, tiina.kangasluoma@tuni.fi
The course comprehensively covers the epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases and related topics. The lecturers of the course consist of Finland's leading experts in the field of the topic.
Contents
- The aims and effects of vaccination programme (control, elimination, eradication)
- Key aspects of vaccine-related immunology
- The rationale and key components of surveillance of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs)
- The epidemiological principles and methods for the field investigation of VPD outbreaks
- Methods to measure vaccine coverage and vaccine programme performance including seroepidemiological methods, vaccine efficacy and effectiveness
- Principles of vaccine adverse events surveillance
- Introduction to transmission and modelling of VPDs
- Basic principles of decision-making to introduce new vaccines, and acceptance of vaccines
Participants will also do three different case studies on VPD outbreak investigation, VPD surveillance and vaccine safety.
Lecturers
- Hanna Nohynek, Chief Physician, THL
- Tuija Leino, Chief Physician, THL
- Timothee Dub, Research manager, THL
- Merit Melin, Research Manager, THL
- Arto Palmu, Research Director, Finnish Vaccine research
- Kari Auranen, Professor, University of Turku
- Pekka Nuorti, Professor Tampere University
- Miia Artama, Tenure track professor, Tampere University
- Neill Booth, University lecturer, Tampere University
Attendance is open for all University hospital staff and Tampere University students and personnel.
Priority is given to doctoral students in health sciences. Others will be accepted in the order of registration.
Prerequisites: Previous knowledge about basic epidemiological concepts, basic understanding of VPDs and vaccines.
Course fee and registration:
Tampere University students: Free of charge, Registration via Sisu by 26.2. with code DPIP.EPI.610
Doctoral students from another Finnish University: Free of charge, please apply for JOO rights from your own University, at least two weeks prior to the course.
Others: 199€. Registration https://forms.office.com/e/shcRB8pggB by 26.2.