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3rd PGIVAC

3rd PGIVAC

22th to 26th July 2019
Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGIMER


TECHNICAL PROGRAM


Time
Topic
Presenter
Day 1: 22/07/2019                       Module 1: Introduction and History of Vaccine Development
8.00 - 9:00 am Registration
9.00 - 9.30 am Inauguration
Welcome Address Key note address
Introduction and objectives of the workshop Vote of Thanks
  Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Dean (Academic), Professor& Head, Department of Community Medicine &School of Public Health, PGIMER
Dr. Jagat Ram, Director, PGIMER
Dr. Madhu Gupta, Professor, Department of Community Medicine &School of Public Health, PGIMER
Dr Manmeet Kaur, Professor, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER
9:30 – 10:00 am Introduction of the participants Dr. Madhu Gupta, Professor, Department of Community Medicine &School of Public Health, PGIMER
10:00 – 10:30 am History of vaccines and vaccination Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Dean (Academics), Professor& Head, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER
10:30 – 11:15 am Case study 1: Small Pox eradication
11:15 -11:45 am Tea  
11:45 – 12:30 pm National Vaccine Policy in India Dr. Nirmal K Ganguly,Former Director, ICMR, New Delhi
12:30 – 1:15 pm Mother’s Vaccination: A Renewed Approach
1:15 - 2:15 pm Lunch  
2:15 - 3:00 pm Impact of vaccination on disease epidemiology: Strategies to control, eliminate and eradicate vaccine preventable diseases Dr. PVM Lakshmi, Professor, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER
3:00 - 3:30 pm Polio endgame strategy Dr. Shivani Gupta, Surveillance Medical Officer, WHO
3:30 - 4:00 pm Measles Elimination and Rubella Control Strategies
4:00 – 4:30 pm Tea  
4:30 - 5:00 pm The role of vaccine industry in the development of Vaccine Dr. Bhagwat Gunale, Deputy Medical Director, Serum Institute of India, Pune
Day 2: 23/07/2019                                    Module 2: Immunology related to Vaccines
8:30 – 9:00 am Recap of Day 1  
9:00 – 9:30 am Vaccination in special situations among children Dr. Arun Bansal, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER
9:30 – 10:10 am What a vaccinologist should know about basic aspects of immune response? Dr. Biman Saikia, Professor, Department of Immunopathology, PGIMER
10.10 –10:40 am How are vaccine responses elicited? Dr. Ankur Jindal, Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER
10:40 – 11:10am Vaccines affecting cell mediated immunity Dr. Ritu Aggarwal, Professor, Department of Immunopathology, PGIMER
11.10 – 11.30 am Tea  
11.30 – 12:00 am Vaccines affecting humoral immune response Dr. Ashwani Sood, Professor & Head Department of Paediatrics, IGMC, Shimla
12:00 – 12:45 pm Vaccination in special situations among adults: Immune-compromised individuals including HIV positive and hematological malignancies Dr Arihant Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER
12:45 -1:15 pm Vaccination in special situations: Pregnancy Dr. Vanita Suri, Professor& Head, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, PGIMER
1:15 – 2:00 pm Lunch  
2:00 – 3:00 pm Open Discussion Forum: Case studies on vaccines in special situations
Chair: Dr. Narendra K. Arora, Executive Director, The INCLEN Trust International, New Delhi 
Experts
Dr. Vanita Suri, Professor& Head, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, PGIMER
Dr. Sanjay Verma, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER
Dr. Biman Saikia, Professor, Department of Immunopathology, PGIMER
Dr. Ashish Bhalla, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER
Dr Arihant Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER
Dr. Ankur Jindal, Assistant Professor ,Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER
3:00 – 3:30 pm Tea  
3:30 – 4:00 pm Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) Dr. Narendra K. Arora, Executive Director, The INCLEN Trust International, New Delhi 
4:00 – 5:00 pm Group exercise 1: Rotavirus vaccine development; and BCG vaccine (Immunology) Group 1: Dr. Biman Saikia, Professor, Department of Immunopathology, PGIMER
Group 2: Dr. Ankur Jindal, Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER
Group 3: Dr. Ritu Aggarwal, Professor, Department of Immunopathology, PGIMER
Group 4: Dr. Sanjay Verma, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER
Group 5: Dr. Narendra K Arora, Executive Director, The INCLEN Trust International, New Delhi 
Day 3: 24/07/2019                   Module 3: Regulations and Ethics; Phases of Vaccine development
8.30 - 9.00 am Recap of Day 2  
9:00 – 9:45 am Regulations and ethical considerations related to vaccine trials Dr Bikash Medhi, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, PGIMER
9:45 – 10:30 am Case study 2: Ethical issues in vaccine development
10:30 – 11:00 am Introduction to statistical aspects of vaccine trial (Defining sample size: practical approaches and example) Dr. Sourabh Dutta, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER
11:00 – 11:15 am Tea  
11:15 – 11:45 am Preclinical safety testing of vaccines Dr. Nusrat Shafiq, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, PGIMER
11:45 –12:05 pm Phase I Vaccine trial: Methodology and implementation Dr. Temsunaro Rongsen Chandola, Senior Research Scientist, Society for Applied studies (SAS)
12:05 – 12:30 pm Phase II Vaccine trial: Methodology and implementation
12:30 – 1:30 pm Group exercise 2:How to design, recruit and analyse the results of phase I/II trials of rotavirus vaccine Group 1: Dr. Nusrat Shafiq, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, PGIMER
Group 2: Dr. Madhu Gupta, Professor, Department of Community Medicine & SPH, PGIMER
Group 3: Dr. Nidhi Goyal, Research Scientist, SAS.
Group 4: Dr. Temsunaro Rongsen Chandola, Senior Research Scientist, SAS
Group 5: Dr. Sanjay Verma, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER
1:30 – 2:15 pm Lunch  
2:15 – 2:45 pm Phase III Vaccine trial: How to assess vaccine efficacy? Dr. Nidhi Goyal, Research Scientist, SAS
2:45 – 3:45 pm Group exercise 3: How to design, recruit and analyse the results of phase III trials of rotavirus vaccine? Group 1: Dr. Nusrat Shafiq, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, PGIMER
Group 2: Dr. Madhu Gupta, Professor, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER
Group 3: Dr. Nidhi Goyal, Research Scientist, SAS.
Group 4: Dr. Temsunaro Rongsen Chandola, Senior Research Scientist, SAS
Group 5: Dr. Sanjay Verma, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER
3:45 – 4:00 pm Tea  
4:00– 4:30 pm Phase IV: Population based post licensure surveillance and pharmacovigilance (Effectiveness studies) Dr. Nidhi Goyal, Research Scientist, SAS.
4:30 – 5:00 pm Assessing herd protection and vaccine effectiveness Dr. Madhu Gupta, Professor, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER
Day 4: 25/07/2019                Module 4: Introduction of vaccines in National Immunization Programs
8:30 – 9:00 am Recap of Day 3  
9:00 – 9:30 am Role of disease burden assessment in the decision-making process related to vaccines Dr. Gagandeep Kang, Executive Director, THSTI, and Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore
9:30 – 10:00 am Implementation of evidence-based vaccination policies in Indian Context: Recent updates in the National Immunization Schedule Dr. Pradeep Haldar, Deputy Commissioner, Immunization division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI
10:00 – 10:30 am Urban Immunization Dr. Pankaj Bhatnagar, Technical Officer-Immunization, WHO India. 
10:30- 11:00 am Newer vaccines introduction and health systems strengthening in India Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, National Professional Officer, WHO
11:00- 11:15 am Tea  
11:15-11:45 am Introduction of Pneumococcal vaccine in Haryana- Experience sharing Dr. Suresh Dalpath, Deputy Director (Public Health Planning and M&E), State Health System Resource Center, Haryana
11:45-12:15 pm Introduction of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine in Punjab- Experience sharing Dr. Rajesh Bhaskar, Program Officer-Injection Safety, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Punjab
12:15 – 12:45 pm Innovations in immunization in the health system of India Dr. Saurabh Sharma, Country Lead, Health Policy,India Country Office, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
12:45 – 1:15 pm Health economics as a tool in analysing vaccine policy option Dr. Shankar Prinja, Additional Professor, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER
1:15 – 1:45 pm Lunch  
1:45 – 2:30 pm Group exercise 4: Rationale and decision making for rotavirus vaccine introduction in national immunization program (review of cost effectiveness studies) Group 1: Dr. Shankar Prinja, Additional Professor, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health , PGIMER
Group 2: Mr Pankaj Bahuguna, Economic Evaluation Specialist, Department of Community Medicine &School of Public Health , PGIMER
Group 3: Dr. Sanjay Verma, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER
Group 4: Dr. Madhu Gupta, Professor
Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER
Group 5:Dr Manmeet Kaur, Professor, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER
2:30 – 3:00 pm Advocacy in introduction of a new vaccine Dr Manmeet Kaur, Professor
Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER
3:00 – 3:30 pm Vaccine Hesitancy Ms. Molly Sauer, Deputy Director, Policy, Advocacy, & Communications, International Vaccine Access Centre (IVAC), JHU, Baltimore, USA.
3:30 – 4:00 pm Evidence to policy making Mr. Daniel Erchick, Senior Director, Global Health Strategies, New Delhi
4:00 – 4:15 pm Tea  
4:15 – 4:45 pm Procurement of vaccines: Role of GAVI, WHO, UNICEF  etc. Dr. Bhrigu Kapuria,Health Specialist, UNICEF
4:45 – 5:15 pm Panel Discussion: Introduction of newer vaccines in National Immunization Program
Chair: Dr. Pradeep Haldar, Deputy Commissioner, Immunization division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Co-Chair: Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, National Professional Officer, WHO
Panelists
Mr. Daniel Erchick, Senior Director, Global Health Strategies
Ms. Molly Sauer, Deputy Director, Policy, Advocacy, & Communications, International Vaccine access Centre, JHU.
Dr. Bhavneet Bharti, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER
Dr Manmeet Kaur, Professor, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER
Dr. Shankar Prinja, Additional Professor, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER
Dr. Bhrigu Kapuria, Health Specialist, UNICEF
Dr. Madhu Gupta, Professor, Department of Community Medicine &School of Public Health, PGIMER
Day 5: 26/07/2019               Module 5: Update on Current and Newer Vaccines
8:30 – 9:00 am Recap of Day 4
9:00 – 9:30 am Learnings from MR vaccination campaign Dr. Bhavneet Bharti, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER.
9:30 – 10:00 am Licensed vaccines in children Dr. Sanjay Verma, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, PGIMER
10:00 – 10:30 am Adult Vaccinations Dr. Ashish Bhalla, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER
10.30 – 10:45 am Tea  
10:45 – 11:15 am Update on Pertussis & Typhoid vaccines Dr. Vipin Vashishtha, Director and Consultant Paediatrician, Mangla Hospital & Research Centre, Bijnor, UP
11:15 – 11:45 am Update on Rabies vaccine Dr. Omesh Kumar Bharti, Field Epidemiologist, Himachal Pradesh
Dr. Tarundeep Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine &School of Public Health, PGIMER
11:45 – 12.15 pm Update on Influenza vaccines: Experience sharing regarding adult immunization clinic Dr. Lalit Sankhe, Associate Professor, Community Medicine, Grant Medical College, Mumbai
12:15 – 12:45 pm Update on Human Papilloma Vaccine for cervical cancer Dr. Vanita Suri, Professor & Head, Department ofObs. & Gynae, PGIMER
12:45 – 1:15 pm Update on Chicken Pox (Varicella) vaccination Dr. Mini P Singh, Professor, Department of Virology, PGIMER
1:15 – 2:15 pm Lunch  
2:15 – 2:45 pm Vaccines in development phase: Malaria, Dengue, RSV, Zika, CMV, Staphylococcus Aureus etc. Dr Arihant Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER
2:15 - 4:00 pm Participant’s presentation of group work Group facilitators
4:00 - 4:30 pm Valedictory Dr. Arvind Rajwanshi, (Dean Research), Professor & Head, Department of Cytology, PGIMER
4:30 - 5:00 pm High Tea