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Past events
World Pneumonia Day: Championing the fight to stop pneumonia
Monday 13 November 2023
This webinar is to mark World Pneumonia Day which occurs annually on the 12th of November. World Pneumonia Day was established by the Stop Pneumonia Initiative in 2009 to raise awareness of the toll of pneumonia and to advocate for global action to protect against, help prevent and effectively treat pneumonia.
Pneumonia remains a leading killer of children and adults globally. Despite available interventions, pneumonia claims the lives of 800,000 children per year predominantly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Childhood deaths from pneumonia are preventable using vaccines, diagnostic tools and treatments, but issues of availability, access, and cost remain obstacles in LMICs.
Event details
- Date: Monday 13th November 2023
- Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm AEDT
- Location: Online via Zoom
Meet the Chair
Associate Professor Claire von Mollendorf: Team leader, New Vaccines, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Meet the speakers
The webinar includes three speakers from the region.
Professor Trevor Duke: Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne.
Professor Pope Kosalaraksa: Department of Paediatrics, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Professor Anna Ong-Lim: Division of Infectious and Tropical Disease in Paediatrics, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines, Manila
Australia Awards Fellowship vaccine research training program
Thursday 26 October – Sunday 29 October 2023
Our partner at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is holding the second part of our Australia Awards Fellowship vaccine research training program.
Event details
- Date: Thursday 26 October – Sunday 29 October 2023
- Location: Online via Zoom
Join online for free via Zoom.
Event program
Read the full program: 
Australia Awards Fellowship – UGM Program – Oct 2023.pdf215.41 KB
COVID-19 vaccine mandates – the good, the bad and the ugly
19 September 2023
During the pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine mandates were commonly used worldwide. In Australia, adults and teenagers needed to be vaccinated to keep their job or enter public places such as cafés, movie theatres and gyms. In Indonesia, a predominantly Muslim society, vaccine mandates were implemented despite no Halal vaccine being available.
In this seminar, we will have a vaccinologist, physician, bioethicist and political scientist speaking on the implications of mandates in Indonesia and Australia. We will hear about the research being undertaken to understand the effectiveness and consequences of Australia's COVID-19 vaccine mandates. We will also be joined by a panel of DFAT Australian Award Fellows who will discuss COVID-19 vaccine mandates and the ramifications of this policy in their context.
Join us online for this free event, everyone is welcome! Contact us with any questions at show email address
Event details
- Date: Tuesday 19th September 2023
- Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm AEST
- Location: Online via Zoom
https://mcri.zoom.us/j/67146907847
Meet the Co-Chairs
Professor Fiona Russell: Group Leader, Asia-Pacific Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Director, Child and Adolescent Health PhD Program, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
Professor Margie Danchin: Group Leader, Vaccine Uptake, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
Meet the speakers
Professor Jarir at Thobari: Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Dr Chris Lemoh: Infectious Disease & General Physician, Senior Clinical Fellow, Department of Medicine, Western Health, The University of Melbourne
Dr Euzebiusz Jamrozik: Postdoctoral Fellow, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Associate Professor Katie Attwell: Associate Professor, VaxPolLab, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia
Australia Awards Fellowship Vaccine Research Training Masterclasses
14-19 September 2023
Murdoch Children's Research Institute is hosting the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Australia Awards Fellows for Vaccine Research Training Masterclasses for immunisation policy decisions. The masterclasses will focus on south-to-south learning to help find solutions to common vaccine policy and immunisation challenges. Each masterclass will cover various topics including basic vaccinology and using research evidence for immunisation policy making, using a case-based approach. Through discussion, we aim to identify priority vaccine research needs for the region and the elements needed to establish an Asia-Pacific Vaccine Research Network. If these masterclasses interest you, please join us virtually via Zoom.
Event details
- Date: Thursday 14 September – Tuesday 19 September 2023
- Location: Online via Zoom
Draft program
Masterclasses AAF Fellowship Training – September252.05 KB
Why do we need a new tuberculosis vaccine?
27 July 2023
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world's leading infectious killers.
Although it is curable, drug-resistant TB is a growing problem. Millions of infected people are either not diagnosed or not treated, putting them at risk of dying and/or infecting others. While the BCG vaccine is effective in preventing severe forms of TB in young children, it does not adequately protect adults and adolescents, who account for most transmission.
In this webinar, we heard about why we need to develop a new vaccine, the limitations of the current vaccine, what new vaccines are on the horizon and the challenges associated with their development.
Watch the webinar
The topics addressed in this webinar include:
- Burden of tuberculosis and multidrug resistant tuberculosis
- Limitations of BCG vaccine and challenges of developing a new vaccine
- What new vaccines are on the horizon?
Meet the Co-Chairs
Professor Steve Graham: Group Leader, International Child Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Professor of International Child Health, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne
Professor Fiona Russell: Group Leader, Asia-Pacific Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Director, Child and Adolescent Health PhD Program, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne
Meet the speakers
About the Asia-Pacific Vaccine Research Network
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has been awarded an Australian Awards Fellowship grant by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide training in vaccine research which informs immunisation policy and establish an Asia-Pacific Vaccine Research Network. This is in collaboration with Universitas Gadjah Mada Indonesia. The Fellows include National Immunisation Technical Advisory Group members, vaccinologists, vaccine researchers, clinicians and Ministry of Health personnel from across seven countries in the region. This Asia-Pacific Vaccine Research Network Seminar Series is part of an ongoing professional development program.