Vaccines: Prevention is better than Cure - Webinar

90.00 Minutes

CPD Hours: 2

Online

Join our 90 minute Vaccines and Immunisation webinar to gain an insight into the following:


  • Vaccine development: types of vaccines
  • Immune response and herd immunity
  • The MMR controversy
  • Antigenic drift; why we need annual flu vaccines
  • Eradication of smallpox
  • Vaccines that prevent cancer
  • Responding to a global pandemic: Covid-19 vaccines and future perspectives




This webinar is ideal for anyone in the pharmaceutical industry that needs to gain knowledge of vaccine types, vaccine development and the immune response to vaccines. This could include those new to vaccines and immunology or anyone wishing to gain more knowledge and understanding.

The webinar is also relevant for Trainee QPs and to those working in Quality Assurance, Regulatory or Medical roles or those within a start-up pharma company, who need to understand the basic principles of vaccines and immunisation.

The webinar includes the following topics :


  • Vaccine development: types of vaccines
  • Immune response and herd immunity
  • The MMR controversy
  • Antigenic drift; why we need annual flu vaccines
  • Eradication of smallpox
  • Vaccines that prevent cancer
  • Responding to a global pandemic: Covid-19 vaccines and future perspectives

    By the end of the webinar, you will understand :


    • The different types of vaccine and vaccine composition
    • How vaccines are developed
    • Immune response to vaccines and boosters
    • Herd immunity and transmission of infectious diseases
    • Why we need annual influenza vaccines
    • Vaccine hesitancy

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Meet the tutors

Jay Mulley

Jay is currently a lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, Programme Director and Admissions Tutor for BSc Microbiology at the University of Reading. In addition to teaching I also lead a research group investigating a variety of exciting Microbiology projects including developing a new vaccine for Polio and researching mechanisms of action of metal-ion based antimicrobials. I completed my PhD in Molecular Microbiology at the University of Reading in 2009.

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