News & Events
Updates
March 8, 2025

“If you want to go far, join forces”: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2025

On International Women’s Day 2025, IMPRINT’s director Prof Beate Kampmann shares insights into the network’s commitment to advancing maternal and newborn health through vaccines.

Publications
March 6, 2025

New Publication: IMPRINT featured in special edition of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

IMPRINT was recently featured in a special edition of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal about the 6th International Neonatal and Maternal Immunization Symposium (INMIS 2024)

Publications
February 15, 2025

Publication on diversity in naturally acquired immunity to Group B Streptococcus

IMPRINT awardee Shadia Khandaker published the results of her fellowship project in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Publications
February 15, 2025

Publication on increasing maternal vaccination awareness by working with women influencers in Uganda

IMPRINT awardee Mary Kyohere published the results of her public engagement project in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

Events
February 10, 2025

IMPRINT Network Meeting 2025: Registration and call for abstracts are now open

The IMPRINT Network Meeting 2025 organizing team is inviting members to register for the upcoming event and to submit an abstract for presentation.

Updates
January 8, 2025

New Visiting Fellowships awarded

IMPRINT has awarded two Visiting Fellowships that aim to support network members to gain valuable work experience in laboratories and clinical trial units.

Events
October 28, 2024

IMPRINT seen by thousands at New Scientist Live 2024

From 12-14 October 2024, IMPRINT’s Clothed with Protection was featured at the New Scientist Live festival in London, UK.

Updates
September 4, 2024

New Public Engagement Grants awarded

IMPRINT has awarded seven Public Engagement Grants that aim to improve the public’s awareness and understanding of maternal vaccination.

Events
June 26, 2024

IMPRINT at Berlin’s Long Night of Science 2024

On Saturday, 22 June, the IMPRINT network took part in Berlin’s Long Night of Science 2024, presenting its arts project 'Clothed with Protection'.

Updates
May 3, 2024

New Progression Grants awarded

IMPRINT has awarded four Progression Grants that will enable deeper research into maternal and neonatal immunisation.

Events
April 2, 2024

IMPRINT Session at INMIS 2024 in San José, Costa Rica

On 14 March 2024, a dedicated IMPRINT session was held as part of the 6th International Maternal and Neonatal Immunisation Symposium (INMIS) in San José, Costa Rica.

Publications
June 4, 2023

Publication on community support for maternal vaccinations in Kilimanjaro region Tanzania

IMPRINT awardee Agnes Msoka published the results of her public engagement project in the International Research Journal of Public and Environmental Health.

Conferences
February 28, 2023

IMPRINT Network Meeting 2023

On the 6th and 7th of February, the IMPRINT Network organized a face-to-face meeting in Kingston upon Thames, UK.

Events
December 8, 2022

IMPRINT Network Meeting 2023 - preliminary programme published

The preliminary programme for IMPRINT's long-awaited in-person meeting in Kingston, UK, on the 6th and 7th of February 2023 is now available.

Publications
December 4, 2022

Publication on awareness, knowledge, risk perception and uptake of maternal vaccination in rural Nigeria

IMPRINT awardee Ugochukwu Chinyem Madubueze published the results of her public engagement project in African Health Sciences.

Conferences
November 24, 2022

IMPRINT Meeting 2023: Call for abstracts for presentation now open

The IMPRINT Network Meeting 2023 organizing team is inviting members to submit an abstract for publication.

Events
November 7, 2022

IMPRINT Network Meeting 2023 – registration now open!

We are excited to announce that registration for the long-awaited IMPRINT face-to-face Network meeting is now open!

Publications
October 17, 2022

Publication on how HIV-associated alterations of the biophysical features of maternal antibodies correlate with their reduced transfer across the placenta

IMPRINT steering group member and awardee Beth Holder published results of her pump priming project in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Updates
September 28, 2022

IMPRINT Receives Additional Funding from UKRI

We are delighted to announce that the IMPRINT network has received additional funding from UKRI to run a number of activities between September 2022 and March 2023!

Project results
May 5, 2022

Fellowship completed

IMPRINT fellow Alansana Darboe from the MRC Unit The Gambia at the LSHTM and his team investigated interactions between Maternal IgG and Neonatal Innate Immune Cells.

Publications
March 10, 2022

Publication on community acceptance of maternal immunisation in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

IMPRINT steering group member and awardee Clare Cutland published results of her pump priming project in Vaccines.

Project results
January 28, 2022

Fellowship completed

IMPRINT fellow Neisha Sundaram from LSHTM completed her project on public, provider, policy and contextual factors for maternal vaccine acceptance.

Project results
December 22, 2021

Pump-priming project completed

Beth Holder from Imperial College London and her team studied the transplacental transfer of protective antibodies from mother to baby in pregnancy with human placental samples.

Publications
December 21, 2021

Publication on the half-life of maternal transplacental antibodies against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis in infants

IMPRINT awardee Merryn Voysey has published the results of her pump priming project in Vaccine.

Publications
December 14, 2021

Publication on challenges experienced by healthcare workers on maternal tetanus toxoid vaccination in the Kilimanjaro region

IMPRINT awardee Agnes Msoka published results of her public engagement project in Clinical Immunology & Research.

Project results
November 25, 2021

Pump-priming project completed

Clare Cutland from the University of the Witwatersrand and her team explored the knowledge and attitudes inhibiting vaccine acceptancy during pregnancy in South Africa.

Project results
November 22, 2021

Fellowship completed

IMPRINT fellow Shadia Khandaker from the University of Liverpool completed her project on GBS protective immunity in the context of high- vs. low- GBS prevalence countries.

Project results
November 10, 2021

Public engagement project completed

Nirmalya Mukherjee from MANT in Kolkata, India, led a project that promoted maternal and neonatal vaccination among tribal communities in West Bengal, India.

Project results
November 10, 2021

Public engagement project completed

Patrice Mawa from the Uganda Virus Research Institute and his team trained students as change agents to increase the utilisation of maternal and neonatal immunisation services.

Project results
November 10, 2021

Public engagement project completed

Agnes Msoka from the Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute in Tanzania conducted a public engagment project to improve maternal vaccination awareness in remote areas in Tanzania.

Project results
November 10, 2021

Public engagement project completed

Mary Kyohere from MUJHU Care Ltd and her team explored the understanding of barriers to delivery and uptake of maternal vaccines in Uganda to increase maternal vaccination.

Project results
November 10, 2021

Public engagement project completed

Marie Yang from the University of Liverpool and her team produced a short film that portrays beliefs and concerns about vaccines in UK, Malawi and Thailand.

Project results
November 10, 2021

Pump-priming project completed

Andrew Armitage from the University of Oxford and his team conducted a systems immunology RCT substudy in Bangladesh to investigate how iron influences infant immune development.

Events
October 19, 2021

IMPRINT held its final Network Meeting

IMPRINT held its final Network Meeting on October 5-6, 2021 as a virtual event.

Project results
May 19, 2021

Pump-priming project completed

Merryn Voysey from the University of Oxford and her team conducted an individual participant data meta-analysis to investigate maternal transplacental antibody decay rates.

Updates
May 18, 2021

IMPRINT Webinar on breastfeeding and COVID-19 vaccines

Dr Natalie Shenker and Dr Gemma Partridge discussed challenges and opportunities in COVID-19 vaccination during lactation in our IMPRINT webinar series.

Updates
April 21, 2021

IMPRINT Webinar on COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women

Ruth Karron and Judith Absalon discussed the COVID-19 vaccine trials in pregnancy and the ethical framework around these studies in our IMPRINT webinar series.

Conferences
April 15, 2021

Group B Strep in Pregnancy and Babies Conference

Group B Strep Support is organising a virtual Group B Strep in Pregnancy and Babies Conference on Wednesday, 2 June 2021.

Publications
March 29, 2021

Guidance on COVID-19 in pregnancy for HCPs and pregnant women – Available for download

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists published information for health care providers and pregnant women on SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy.

Updates
March 25, 2021

Presentation on the impact of COVID-19 on the health of newborns

Dr Chris Gale from Imperial College London provided new insights about the impact of COVID-19 on the health of neonates in a webinar organised by IMPRINT.

Project results
February 25, 2021

Public engagement project completed

Patience Kiyuka and her team produced a play and a radio drama to address maternal vaccine hesitancy in rural Kenya.

Publications
February 5, 2021

Publication on traditional birth attendants as agents of maternal and neonatal immunisation uptake in Nigeria

IMPRINT awardee Chinedu Iwu has published the results of his public engagement project in BMC Public Health.

Publications
January 30, 2021

Publication on knowledge and attitudes towards maternal immunisation in South Africa

IMPRINT steering group member and awardee Clare Cutland has published results of her pump priming project in Heliyon.

Publications
November 12, 2020

Publication on neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection

A new publication by Chris Gale, Maria A Quigley, Anna Placzek et al. portrays characteristics and outcomes of neonatal SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK.

Project results
November 3, 2020

Public engagement project completed

By developing a free computer game modelling vaccines versus infections, Hal Drakesmith and his team want to increase the understanding of epidemiological principles.

Project results
November 3, 2020

Pump-priming project completed

Sudaxshina Murdan from the UCL School of Pharmacy worked on the immune response in the vagina after oral vaccination.

Project results
November 3, 2020

Public engagement project completed

Ugochukwu Madubueze and her team produced a short film on the benefits, myths and misperceptions of maternal vaccination in Nigeria.

Project results
November 3, 2020

Public engagement project completed

Brenda Okech and her team raised the awareness of maternal vaccinaton in Ugandan fishing communities.

Project results
November 3, 2020

Public engagement project completed

Chinedu Iwu hosted a workshop for traditional birth attendants in Nigeria to promote maternal and neonatal immunisation uptake.

Project results
November 3, 2020

Fellowship completed

During his 18-momth IMPRINT fellowship, Dan Kajungu worked on innovations for vaccine safety monitoring and improved maternal and neonatal immunisation in rural Uganda.

Project results
November 3, 2020

Pump-priming project completed

Qibo Zhang from the University of Liverpool studied the effect of maternal immunisation on newborns' vaccination response in his pump-priming project.

Project results
November 3, 2020

Pump-priming project completed

Chrissie Jones from the University of Southampton and her team investigated factors that affect the transplacental transfer of antibodies from mother to infant.

Project results
November 3, 2020

Pump-priming project completed

Sonali Kochhar and her team evaluated the field performance of globally standardised case definitions of key obstetric and neonatal terms for the assessment of safety of vaccines.

Training
October 13, 2020

Vaccine Confidence Webinars on COVID-19 & Influenza

In October/November 2020, the Vaccine Confidence Project™ is hosting two webinars focused on COVID-19

Publications
September 24, 2020

Impact of COVID-19 on Immunization Services

The results of our IMPRINT survey on the effect of COVID-19 on global healthcare services have been published.

Publications
September 18, 2020

New Publication on Transplacental Transfer of IgG Subclasses

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.

Updates
July 1, 2020

New Public Engagement Projects

IMPRINT has awarded five public engagement grants for raising the public's awareness of maternal vaccination in low and middle-income countries.

Publications
June 18, 2020

New Publications by IMPRINT Executive Board Members

IMPRINT is delighted to share two new publication by our board members Clare Cutland and Sonali Kochhar.

Careers
June 18, 2020

MRC/DFID African Research Leader Scheme 2020

The MRC and the DFID have launched a new call for proposals for the African Research Leader award.

Updates
April 15, 2020

Survey on Routine Immunisations in Times of COVID-19

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.

Publications
April 8, 2020

Coronavirus Guidance from AJOG MFM

The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM has published a series of articles on COVID-19 and pregnancy.

Publications
March 27, 2020

New Publication on Clinical Research Ethics in an Outbreak Setting

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.

Updates
March 27, 2020

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on IMPRINT Research Grants and Projects

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.

Publications
March 13, 2020

New Open Access Review Article on Vaccination in Pregnancy

IMPRINT board member Beate Kampmann published a systematic review on the safety of administering live vaccines during pregnancy.

Conferences
January 21, 2020

Keystone Symposia Conference

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with more than a 40-year history of convening conferences.

Project results
January 20, 2020

Public Engagement Project Update

The Public Engagement project “Promoting Awareness on Maternal Vaccines (PAM)” led by Dr Brenda Okech and Gertrude Nanyonjo.

Project results
November 28, 2019

Public Engagement Project Update

The study uses role play as an information, education and communication (IEC) tool that can influence people’s choices and behaviors.

Careers
November 28, 2019

Employment Opportunity at MUJHU Research Collaboration

MUJHU CARE LTD is a Kampala – based equal opportunities, Research and Service Delivery Organization with a focus on the health of women and children.

Updates
November 19, 2019

Industry Placement Award – a collaborative initiative between the IMPRINT network and Pfizer

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

Publications
November 11, 2019

Publication update

IMPRINT is delighted to share a new publication by two of our IMPRINT steering group members Beate Kampmann and Heidi Larson

Careers
September 24, 2019

Applications invited for travel bursaries for LMIC delegates at Meningitis Research Foundation’s Conference – deadline 1 October

The IMPRINT network would like to share the following announcement by Linda Glennie, Director of Research, Evidence and Policy, from the Meningitis Research Foundation.

Events
September 17, 2019

IMPRINT Session at INMIS 2019 in Vancouver, Canada

On 17 September 2019, the IMPRINT session took place as part of the 5th International Maternal and Neonatal Immunisation Symposium (INMIS) in Vancouver, Canada.

Publications
August 27, 2019

News article in The Guardian: “MMR vaccine: one in seven five-year-olds in England may not be immunised”

Prof Heidi Larson, member of the IMPRINT Steering Group, chimes in on the UK losing its measles-free status.

Conferences
July 31, 2019

5th International Neonatal & Maternal Immunization Symposium

The 5th International Neonatal & Maternal Immunization Symposium will take place on September 15-17, 2019

Publications
July 25, 2019

News article in The Guardian: ‘Worry is contagious’: the vaccine-hesitant parents putting children at risk

Prof Heidi Larson, member of the IMPRINT Steering Group, was interviewed by The Guardian and talked about vaccine-hesitant parents

Careers
July 23, 2019

Master of Science in Medicine in the field of Vaccinology

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.

Careers
July 9, 2019

Job Opening: Clinical Research Fellow

The Infection and Immunity Research Institute at St Georges, University of London is looking for a Clinical Research Fellow

Careers
July 1, 2019

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for the 21st ADVANCED COURSE OF VACCINOLOGY (ADVAC)

IMPRINT would like to share a great opportunity organized by the Fondation Mérieux and the University of Geneva.

Conferences
June 28, 2019

IMPRINT Session at INMIS 2019 in Vancouver

We are excited to announce that on 17 September IMPRINT will host a session at the 5th International Neonatal & Maternal Immunization Symposium 2019.

Careers
June 21, 2019

Advert for industry Placement- a collaborative initiative between the IMPRINT network and Pfizer

We are happy to announce an opportunity for a 6-months placement between The Vaccine Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Pfizer.

Events
June 18, 2019

Half-way through - where are we headed?

On 18 June 2019, the IMPRINT Network Steering Committee and Management Board came together to hold their second annual meeting.

Conferences
May 25, 2019

Abstract submission and registration are now open for the 2019 ISV Annual Congress

We have an outstanding line up of international speakers and many opportunities for speakers who will be selected based on the submitted abstracts.

Publications
May 20, 2019

Publication update

This month, another relevant publication has been published in the Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics journal

Publications
May 14, 2019

Latest publications by our IMPRINT board members

We are delighted to share two more publications by one of our IMPRINT founding members and challenge 5 co-lead Dr Sonali Kochhar.

Updates
May 7, 2019

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship

Dr Kirsty LeDoare has been awarded a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders fellowship to take forward her work in Group B strep research.

Publications
April 25, 2019

Latest publications by our IMPRINT board members

Our board members Sonali Kochhar, Ed Clarke and Clare Cutland published in Vaccine on “Immunization in pregnancy safety surveillance in low...

Updates
April 25, 2019

World Immunization Week – podcasts and infos

The World Immunization Week 2019 has just started!

Publications
April 20, 2019

Publication on immunisation in pregnancy safety surveillance in low and middle-income countries

IMPRINT steering group member and awardee Sonali Kochhar published the results of her pump priming project in Vaccines.

Updates
February 20, 2019

Latest updates on vaccine hesitancy and the spread of measles

Sadly, the measles virus is sparking grave concern worldwide, as the highly contagious airborne disease makes a resurgence.

Careers
January 1, 2019

Funding opportunity: The Global Maternal and Neonatal Health funding call, opening January 16th 2019

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)

Updates
December 17, 2018

What to expect when you apply for IMPRINT funding – testimonials from our GCRF Networks Vaccinology Course scholars

From December 3rd – 7th 2018 , the GCRF Networks Vaccinology Course was held in Bangkok.

Conferences
December 1, 2018

Save the Date: 5th ReSViNET Foundation Conference RSVVW 2019 on novel RSV therapeutics

The 5th ReSViNET Foundation Conference RSVVW 2019, a global conference on novel RSV therapeutics will be held on 12-14 November 2019

Publications
December 1, 2018

PREVENT report on the subject of inclusion of pregnant women in vaccine trials in emergencies

The Pregnancy Research Ethics for Vaccines, Epidemics, and New Technologies (PREVENT) is committed to developing concrete, actionable, consensus-driven ethics guidance...

Publications
November 1, 2018

INMIS 2017 report

“The Fourth International Neonatal and Maternal Immunization Symposium (INMIS 2017): Toward Integrating Maternal and Infant Immunization Programs“ has recently been published

Publications
November 1, 2018

Recent publications on vaccine confidence

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

Careers
November 1, 2018

New Masters Programme in Vaccinology

The African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise (ALIVE) initiated Master of Science in Medicine in the field of Vaccinology starting from January 2019.

Updates
October 1, 2018

Successful travel scholars, Afro-ADVAC course, South Africa

The African Advanced Vaccinology Course (Afro-ADVAC) was held in September in Gauteng, South Africa hosted by the African Local Initiative for Vaccinology Expertise

Training
October 1, 2018

Immunology in the Tropics

The Makere/UVRI Infection and Immunity Centre of Excellence, Uganda is running an intensive two-week modular course “Immunology in the Tropics”

Conferences
October 1, 2018

Workshop cum Expert Review Meeting on Maternal Immunization

Beate Kampmann, Beth Holder and Sonali Kochhar introduced IMPRINT at the “Workshop cum Expert Review Meeting on Maternal Immunization”

Updates
October 1, 2018

IMPRINT sponsors three successful candidates to attend the GCRF Networks Vaccinology Course in Bangkok

The course will be delivered by an exceptional line up of world renowned academic and industrial speakers and resonates with the ‘One Health’ agenda