Schedule

Eleventh Advanced Vaccinology Course in India (INDVAC) 2023

18th - 27th September 2023

Venue: CHTC Hall, CMC Bagayam Campus

DAY 1: October 10, 2022 (Monday)
8.30 am Registration  
9.00 – 10.00 am Inauguration, Course Overview & Introduction, & Tea Break  
10.00 – 11.00 am Impact of vaccination  Dr. Gagandeep Kang
11.00 – 12:00 noon Basic Concepts in Vaccine Immunology Dr. Adam Finn
12.00 – 1.00 pm Priming and Boosting Dr. Adam Finn
1.00 – 2.00 pm Lunch Break  
2.00 – 3.00 pm Indirect and Non-specific effects of vaccines - what’s the difference and do they matter? Dr. Adam Finn
3.00 – 4.00 pm Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Immune response Part I Dr. Bobby Cherayil
4 – 4.15 pm Tea Break
4.15 – 5.15 pm Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Immune response Part II Dr. Bobby Cherayil
DAY 2: October 11, 2022 (Tuesday)
8.30 – 9.30 am Laboratory assessment of the immune response Dr. Bobby Cherayil
9.30 – 10.00 am Discussion on immune responses to vaccines  Dr. Bobby Cherayil
10.00 – 10.30 am Tea Break
10.30 – 11.30 am Discussion of recent vaccinology Literature-Interactive session Dr. Adam Finn
11.30 – 12.30 pm Innate Immune Receptors and Vaccine Adjuvants Dr. Arjun Surya
12.30 – 1.30 pm Lunch Break
1.30 – 2.30 pm Measurements in epidemiology - Incidence, prevalence, attack
rate, rate ratios, odds ratios		 Dr. Jayaprakash Muliyil
2.30 – 3.30 pm Measurements in epidemiology - exercises Dr. Jayaprakash Muliyil
3.30 – 4.00 pm Tea Break  
4.00 – 5.00 pm Study design for measuring vaccine immunogenicity and effectiveness Dr. Jayaprakash Muliyil
DAY 3: October 12, 2022 (Wednesday)
8.30 – 9.30 am Measurements in ID epidemiology Dr. Winsley Rose
9.30 – 10.30 am Role of Indian vaccines for global use (eg. Meningococcus and COVID) Dr. Prasad Kulkarni
10.30 – 11.00 am Tea Break
11.00 – 12.00 noon Epidemiology and Vaccination Dr. Nicholas Grassly
12.00 – 1.00 pm Study designs to measure vaccine efficacy Dr. Nicholas Grassly
1.00 – 2.00 pm Lunch Break
2.00 – 3.00 pm Considerations for adult vaccine  Dr. Priscilla Rupali
3.00 – 4.00 pm Vaccination in special populations Dr. Priscilla Rupali
4.00 – 4.15 pm Tea Break  
4.15 – 5.15 pm Interactive session for adult vaccine Dr. Priscilla Rupali
DAY 4: October 13, 2022 (Thursday)
8.30 – 9.30 am Maternal Immunization Dr. Janet Englund
9.30 – 10.30 am Rotavirus: Disease Burden, Impact & Safety of Rotavirus Vaccines Dr. Gagandeep Kang
10.30 – 11.00 am Tea Break
11.00 – 12.00 noon Hepatitis E vaccine: Available but yet far from routine use Dr. Rakesh Aggarwal
12.00 – 1.00 pm Rabies Vaccines Dr. Ashwath Narayana
1.00 – 2.00 pm Lunch Break
2.00 – 3.00 pm Ethics of Vaccine research and vaccination Programmes Dr. Anuradha Rose
3.00 – 3.30 pm Tea Break  
3.30 – 5.00 pm Ethics – Interactive session, group exercise Dr. Anuradha Rose
DAY 5: October 14, 2022 (Friday)
8.30 – 9.30 am Pertussis vaccines Dr. Janet Englund
9.30 – 10.30 Pneumococcal Vaccines Dr. Kim Mulholland
10.30 – 11.00 am Tea Break
11.00 – 12.00 noon RSV vaccines Dr. Kim Mulholland
12.00 – 1.00 pm TB vaccines Dr. Winsley Rose
1.00 – 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 – 3.00 pm Dengue Vaccines Dr. Steve Whitehead
3.00 – 4.00 pm New age vaccines mRNA- based vaccines and therapeutics  Dr. Amit Khandhar
4.00 – 4.15 pm Tea Break  
4.15 – 5.15 pm Phases of vaccine trials- Interactive session Dr. Kim Mulholland
DAY 6: October 15, 2022 (Saturday)
8.00 – 9.00 am Human Challenge Studies to Support Vaccine Evaluation Dr. Anna Durbin
9.00 – 10.00 am JE Vaccines Dr. Vipin Vashishtha
10.00 – 10.30 am Tea Break
10.30 – 11.30 am Polio vaccination – the end game challenges Dr. Ananda Bandyopadhyay
11.30 am – 12.30 pm Participants Presentation
12.30 pm Lunch
DAY 7: October 17, 2022 (Monday)
8.30 – 9.30 am Burden of vaccine preventable diseases in formulating policy recommendation Dr. Annelies Wilder Smith
9.30 – 10.00 am Tea Break
10.00 – 11.00 am COVID Vaccines Dr. Annelies Wilder Smith
11.00 – 12.00 noon Hepatitis A and B vaccines Dr. Priya Abraham
12.00 – 1.00 pm Lunch Break
1.00 – 2:00 pm Quality and Use of Immunization Data Dr. Thomas Cherian
2.00 – 3.00 pm An introduction to vaccine safety Dr. Jim Buttery
3.00 – 3.30 pm Tea Break
3.30 – 4.30 pm How to prepare for and respond to Vaccine Safety Problems: Real or Spurious- Interactive session Dr. Jim Buttery
4.30 – 5.30 pm HIV Vaccines Dr. Mark Feinberg
DAY 8: October 18, 2022 (Tuesday)
8.30 – 9.30 am Influenza Vaccines Dr. Kanta Subbarao
9.30 – 10.30 am Measles containing vaccines Dr. Joseph Mathew
10.30 – 11.00 am Tea Break
11.00 – 12.00 noon Setting up a surveillance system Dr. David Brown
12.00 – 1.00 pm HPV Vaccines Dr. Abraham Peedicayil
1.00 – 2.00 pm Lunch Break  
2.00 – 3.00 pm Group work interactive  
3.00 – 3.30 pm Tea Break  
3.30 – 4.30 pm Vaccine Manufacturing Mr. Sachin Wekhande
DAY 9: October 19, 2022 (Wednesday)
8.00 – 9.00 am Considerations for introduction of a new vaccine in the immunization schedule –NTAGI Dr. Pradeep Haldar
9.00 – 10.00 am Meeting the media during the pandemic Dr. Gagandeep Kang
10.00 – 10.30 am Tea Break  
10.30 – 11.30 am Presentations by Participants of the work/ projects related to Vaccinology that they are doing Dr. T. Jacob John/
Dr. Anu Bose
11.30 – 12.30 pm Valedictory Function  
12.30 pm Lunch