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

05/11/2020 19 min Temporada 1 Episodio 6
Fighting COVID-19: How Public Health Measures Support Vaccine Research

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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 diseases2:00 – Canadian Centre for Vaccinology and the Canadian Immunization Research Network5:04 – Vaccine competitiveness5:51 – Importance of multiple vaccines7:22 – Efficacy of public health measures and impact on various populations11:35 – Vulnerable populations13:07 – Interest in vaccine uptake16:13 – 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. The Beyond Research Podcast is produced by Podstarter. It is available wherever you get your podcasts.  If you like this episode, be sure to hit the subscribe button and leave us five stars. You can also follow us on social:Instagram: @beyondresearchpodcastX: @beyondrpodcastFacebook: Beyond Research Podcast