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Vaccine effectiveness: The basics and beyond

  • 10 May 2023
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Webinar

Special note: This webinar will be hosted on Zoom. Please register to receive the link and password two hours before the webinar. Please note that space is limited.

Understanding the effectiveness of vaccines in real-world settings is critical to immunization policy and decision making. Calculating vaccine effectiveness (VE) has unique challenges, including selection of study design, use of available data, focus on outcomes of interest, and correct interpretation. Join Dr. Ramandip Grewal and Dr. Sarah Buchan as they provide a high-level overview of these considerations, including discussion of how VE calculations have been applied to recent decision making for COVID-19 immunizations.

Speaker presentations will be followed by an interactive Q&A session.

Speakers:

Dr. Sarah Buchan, Scientist, Public Health Ontario; Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Adjunct Scientist, ICES

Dr. Sarah Buchan is a Scientist at Public Health Ontario (PHO) in Health Protection where she conducts applied public health research related to the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable and other infectious diseases. Her interests include studying the burden of respiratory viruses in high-risk populations, assessing vaccine effectiveness, and estimating vaccine coverage. She currently holds funds to study the burden of RSV in Ontario in order to prepare for potential immunization strategies. Since 2020, she has supported the provincial COVID-19 response by contributing to analyses related to COVID-19 burden, transmission, immunization program impact and vaccine effectiveness in order to inform decision making.

Dr. Ramandip Grewal, Scientist, Public Health Ontario and the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases; Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Dr. Ramandip Grewal is a scientist at Public Health Ontario in Health Protection and at the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases at the University of Toronto. She conducts research on the epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases including vaccine-preventable diseases. Dr. Grewal’s research interests include evaluating and determining barriers and facilitators of uptake of public health programs, including vaccination programs. She has recently led studies estimating the vaccine effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines among long-term care residents and community-dwelling adults in Ontario.

Code of Conduct:

Speakers in the CVPD seminars are individuals with an interest in sharing vaccine-specific knowledge in their roles as researchers, students, industry representatives, patients, decision makers and/or healthcare professionals. We thank them for volunteering their time and expertise.

The CVPD is committed to open science and academic freedom. We recognize the value of reasoned discourse, rigorous research, and peer review. This commitment comes with the responsibility to ensure respect for others. Please ensure any questions or comments for today’s speakers are made respectfully and remain in the spirit of positive academic discourse.

About the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases:

With leadership housed at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, we are developing an interdisciplinary group of academic researchers, educators and public health advocates. Our vision is to catalyze cutting-edge research and education that maximizes the health benefits of immunization for everyone.

Questions? Email us at cvpd.dlsph@utoronto.ca




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