Fighting COVID-19: How Public Health Measures Support Vaccine Research

As the Director of the Canadian Center for Vaccinology and Primary Investigator of the Canadian Immunization Research Network, Dr. Scott Halperin is at the forefront of efforts to provide Canada with the national capacity to undertake vaccine and infectious disease research. In this episode of the Beyond Research podcast, you’ll hear how Scott and his team of over 130 investigators at 50 institutions are working on important COVID-19 research urgently needed by Canadians. 

Find our transcript here: https://researchns.ca/beyondresearch-fighting-covid19-how-public-health-measures-support-vaccine-research/ 

In Season 1, Episode 6 – Fighting COVID-19: How Public Health Measures Support Vaccine Research, we cover: 

1:02 – Infectious diseases

2:00 – Canadian Centre for Vaccinology and the Canadian Immunization Research Network

5:04 – Vaccine competitiveness

5:51 – Importance of multiple vaccines

7:22 – Efficacy of public health measures and impact on various populations

11:35 – Vulnerable populations

13:07 – Interest in vaccine uptake

16:13 – Vaccine development timeline

Thank you to our guest:

Dr. Scott Halperin is the Director of the Canadian Center for Vaccinology and Primary Investigator of the Canadian Immunization Research Network. His team of over 130 investigators at 50 institutions are working on important COVID-19 research urgently needed by Canadians.

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