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 |