Policy Bites – Is global childhood immunisation still a force for equity?

Join us for a Policy Bites lunchtime seminar with Professor Kim Mulholland from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute: "Global childhood immunisation – Is it still a force for equity in child health and child survival?"

Light lunch will be provided. Space is limited. Please register to secure your place.

About the speaker

Professor Kim Mulholland has been Senior Principal Research Fellow at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) since 2003 where he leads the New Vaccines Research Group. A Melbourned-based paediatrician, Kim’s main research focus is vaccines, and he is considered an authority in his field. He has been a member of the WHO Scientific Advisory Group of Experts on immunisation since 2020. He is the Co-Director of Global Health at MCRI, where he has established leading pneumococcal microbiology and immunology laboratories along with major field research programs in Vietnam, Fiji, Indonesia and Mongolia. He has been involved in the oversight of many vaccine trials, serving on steering committees or DSMBs for a range of vaccines including Pneumococcal, Dengue, RSV, malaria and Covid-19 vaccines.

Format

30 minutes presentation by Professor Mulholland followed by audience discussion.

Time and location

1:00 pm, Tuesday 29 October.

Seminar Room 203, RD Watt Building (A04), Science Road, The University of Sydney, NSW 2050.

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Accessibility

We are committed to ensuring our spaces are safe, accessible and enjoyable for all. The RD Watt building is fully accessible for people who use wheelchairs or other mobility aids and service animals are welcome. Enter via the rear door of the RD Watt Building, near the entrance to the Social Sciences Building at the University of Sydney. Our meeting and events space is equipped with PA and assistive listening systems.

If you have any other access requirements, please do let us know when you register.

About Policy Bites

The Sydney Policy Lab’s lunchtime seminars – Policy Bites – are a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their exploratory and applied policy work in its early stages. Each public seminar gathers the Lab community in our collaborative space to hear and discuss new research as we exchange ideas across disciplines.

Policy Bites are organised by Dr Kate Harrison Brennan (Director, Sydney Policy Lab), Dr Assel Mussagulova (Lecturer in Public Policy and Public Administration, School of Social and Political Sciences) and Associate Professor Meru Sheel (Sydney School of Public Health).