In October/November 2020, the Vaccine Confidence Project™ is hosting two webinars focused on COVID-19
The results of our IMPRINT survey on the effect of COVID-19 on global healthcare services have been published.
Beate Kampmann, Chrissie Jones and Beth Holder published an article on transplacental antibody transfer and the roles of the four subclasses of IgG in protection against infection.
IMPRINT has awarded five public engagement grants for raising the public's awareness of maternal vaccination in low and middle-income countries.
The MRC and the DFID have launched a new call for proposals for the African Research Leader award.
IMPRINT is delighted to share two new publication by our board members Clare Cutland and Sonali Kochhar.
The IMPRINT network has developed a survey for monitoring how immunisation efforts for pregnant women, newborns and infants are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM has published a series of articles on COVID-19 and pregnancy.
Our board member Sonali Kochhar wrote an article on clinical trials during outbreaks that includes ethical considerations for the inclusion of pregnant women in vaccine trials.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has published information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UKRI-supported research which includes IMPRINT grants and projects.
IMPRINT board member Beate Kampmann published a systematic review on the safety of administering live vaccines during pregnancy.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has published information for health care providers, pregnant women and employers on coronavirus infection in pregnancy.
Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with more than a 40-year history of convening conferences.
The Public Engagement project “Promoting Awareness on Maternal Vaccines (PAM)” led by Dr Brenda Okech and Gertrude Nanyonjo.
MUJHU CARE LTD is a Kampala – based equal opportunities, Research and Service Delivery Organization with a focus on the health of women and children.
The study uses role play as an information, education and communication (IEC) tool that can influence people’s choices and behaviors.
Dr Helen H Skirrow, Public Health Specialty Registrar and Honorary Clinical Research Fellow, at Imperial College London has been awarded a 6-month Clinical Research Fellowship
IMPRINT is delighted to share a new publication by two of our IMPRINT steering group members Beate Kampmann and Heidi Larson
The IMPRINT network would like to share the following announcement by Linda Glennie, Director of Research, Evidence and Policy, from the Meningitis Research Foundation.
Prof Heidi Larson, member of the IMPRINT Steering Group, chimes in on the UK losing its measles-free status.
The 5th International Neonatal & Maternal Immunization Symposium will take place on September 15-17, 2019
Prof Heidi Larson, member of the IMPRINT Steering Group, was interviewed by The Guardian and talked about vaccine-hesitant parents
Applications for the MSc (Med) in the field of vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa for January 2020 intake are invited.
The Infection and Immunity Research Institute at St Georges, University of London is looking for a Clinical Research Fellow
IMPRINT would like to share a great opportunity organized by the Fondation Mérieux and the University of Geneva.
We are excited to announce that on 17 September IMPRINT will host a session at the 5th International Neonatal & Maternal Immunization Symposium 2019.
We are happy to announce an opportunity for a 6-months placement between The Vaccine Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Pfizer.
We have an outstanding line up of international speakers and many opportunities for speakers who will be selected based on the submitted abstracts.
This month, another relevant publication has been published in the Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics journal
We are delighted to share two more publications by one of our IMPRINT founding members and challenge 5 co-lead Dr Sonali Kochhar.
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Dr Kirsty LeDoare has been awarded a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders fellowship to take forward her work in Group B strep research.
Our board members Sonali Kochhar, Ed Clarke and Clare Cutland published in Vaccine on “Immunization in pregnancy safety surveillance in low...
The World Immunization Week 2019 has just started!
Sadly, the measles virus is sparking grave concern worldwide, as the highly contagious airborne disease makes a resurgence.
The Global Maternal and Neonatal Health funding call is a joint initiative between the Medical Research Council, partly funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)
From December 3rd – 7th 2018 , the GCRF Networks Vaccinology Course was held in Bangkok.
The Pregnancy Research Ethics for Vaccines, Epidemics, and New Technologies (PREVENT) is committed to developing concrete, actionable, consensus-driven ethics guidance...
The 5th ReSViNET Foundation Conference RSVVW 2019, a global conference on novel RSV therapeutics will be held on 12-14 November 2019
Heidi Larson, our challenge 4 co-lead and director of the Vaccine Confidence Project has published the following articles and report on vaccine confidence this month
“The Fourth International Neonatal and Maternal Immunization Symposium (INMIS 2017): Toward Integrating Maternal and Infant Immunization Programs“ has recently been published
The African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise (ALIVE) initiated Master of Science in Medicine in the field of Vaccinology starting from January 2019.
The African Advanced Vaccinology Course (Afro-ADVAC) was held in September in Gauteng, South Africa hosted by the African Local Initiative for Vaccinology Expertise
Beate Kampmann, Beth Holder and Sonali Kochhar introduced IMPRINT at the “Workshop cum Expert Review Meeting on Maternal Immunization”
The course will be delivered by an exceptional line up of world renowned academic and industrial speakers and resonates with the ‘One Health’ agenda
The Makere/UVRI Infection and Immunity Centre of Excellence, Uganda is running an intensive two-week modular course “Immunology in the Tropics”
We will regularly highlight publications from IMPRINT members and/or with relevance to the issue of maternal immunization in this section
Beate Kampmann, our IMPRINT network PI, and Naor Bar-Zeev, our challenge 6 co-lead, joined 58 other individuals across 25 organizations
We will regularly highlight publications from IMPRINT members and/or with relevance to the issue of maternal immunization in this section
The awards provide up to £25,000 over one year to support collaborations between developing countries and the UK
Congratulations to our new awardees and their collaborating partners! Titles and lay summaries of the projects can be found on our projects website.
Authored by our IMPRINT founding member and challenge 5 co-lead Dr Sonali Kochhar and co-authored by Dr Chrissie Jones
Whooping cough can cause serious disease, particularly in young infants.
Thousands of clinicians, researchers, residents, and students will come together for the annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases
he ultimate aim of our work is to develop vaccines that will be taken by pregnant women and which will then protect babies from catching infections caused by, for example, HIV, hep
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by a germ that can affect the lungs and in severe cases, the blood and the brain
Failure to thrive: Case definition & guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of maternal immunisation safety data
Our IMPRINT network manager, Dr. Claudia Schacht, together with our sister Network Managers joined forces during the British Society for Immunology (BSI)
Congratulations to our first three pump priming awardees and their collaborating partners whose projects will start in spring 2018!
