Human and Veterinary Vaccinology

Vaccinology is a cross-disciplinary subject and the most exciting developments in vaccinology have occurred when people from diverse research, business and medical backgrounds have used their skills to collectively tackle problems in vaccine design, manufacture and distribution.

Our course participants will therefore reflect the diversity of the subject and be from business, academic, clinical and veterinary backgrounds. The course will be of particular interest to research scientists, programme managers, clinical trial coordinators, nurses, physicians and veterinarians. The course will be accessible to people already working in the field or to those who wish to enter the field.

This course was developed by Oxford University, the world-renowned Jenner Institute, based in Oxford and the Institute for Animal Health (IAH).

This 5 day training course will provide students with:

• An overview of the field of human and veterinary vaccinology, from Edward Jenner to modern day vaccines.
• An understanding of the immune system and immune mechanisms needed to provide protection from disease.
• An understanding of the recent advances that have been made in the vaccine field and appreciation of the impact of molecular immunology and pathogen genomics on vaccine development.
• An overview of the molecular methods used for the design and construction of vaccines.
• An appreciation of the importance of pre-clinical testing and the many factors involved in the selection of animal models.
• The ability to understand and interpret the bioassays used to measure vaccine immunogenicity and to understand how immunogenicity correlates with protection.
• An understanding of the role of veterinary vaccines in animal heath, animal welfare, environmental protection and public health.
• An understanding of the vaccine development pathway - from bench to market.
• An overview of the ethical issues surrounding vaccine development and deployment.

There are three courses currently in the Vaccinology Programme (including this course:

• Human and Veterinary Vaccinology (one-week course)
• Clinical Vaccine Development (two-day course)
• Vaccine Biomanufacturing (two-day course)

"Funding for course development is provided by the BBSRC, through the Modular Training for Industry Programme, and the MRC".