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Immunise for Lifea local and global approach9 December - 10 December 2011
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Kristine is a paediatrician specialising in infectious diseases. Kristine’s Doctorate of Medicine was
on rotavirus infection, in particular the mucosal immune response to novel vaccine candidates.
Kristine was a founding member of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia, and is currently Deputy Director of Government Programs at the National Centre forImmunisation Research & Surveillance (NCIRS) and a paediatric infectious diseases consultant
at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. She was a co-editor of the Australian Immunisation
Handbook (9th Edition, 2008) and has authored many peer-reviewed publications. Kristine is a
member of the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Medicines (ACSOM) of the TGA.
David is Professor of Public Health Medicine, University of Newcastle and Director - Health
Protection, Hunter New England Area Health Service, Australia. David is an outspoken advocate for
equitable global access to effective public health measures, particularly immunization.
In the past decade he has served as an expert adviser and consultant to a number of World Health
Organization (WHO), regional and national health programmes in the African and Pacific Regions.
He also served as the Director of a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Vectorborne
Diseases.
Professor Durrheim’s research interests include novel infectious disease surveillance methods,
control of zoonotic diseases and strategies for reducing inequity in public health service delivery.
He has over 160 peer-reviewed publications, and has published several scientific monographs and
chapters in leading public health texts.
Julie Dip AppSc, RM (midwifery), MPH, PhD is a social researcher with academic qualifications
in public health, midwifery and nursing. Julie is the manager of the social research program at
NCIRS and is a conjoint senior lecturer within the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health and
the School of Public Health, University of Sydney. Julie’s MPH and PhD focused on the impact
of public controversies about vaccine safety. Since then, her research has focused on publ ic and
professional perceptions and behaviours regarding vaccines and vaccine preventable diseases.
She has published work on program evaluation, decision aids, risk communication, ethics, media
discourses, and audience studies using qualitative and quantitative methods.
Kathryn is a Clinical Nurse Consultant who has completed a Master of Public Health as well as
post graduate qualifications in immunisation and infection control. Kathryn has been working
with the NCIRS for 12 months after 10 years of experience as Immunisation Coordinator for the
Northern Sydney Public Health Unit. Kath’s main role is the management and follow up of children
and adults who have experienced an adverse event following immunisation.
Chris PhD, MedSc, MRCN, MCN is a current world traveller and volunteer and HNE immunisation
champion. Chris worked as the Immunisation Coordinator of Hunter New England Health for over
13 years. Chris completed her Doctor of Philosophy in 2007 researching collaborative st rategies
to improve immunisation coverage and the quality of data forwarded to the Australian Childhood
Immunisation Register.
Sarah is a new Mum and a Post-doctoral Fellow at Menzies School of Health Research. She is the
lead author of the Cochrane Review of Vaccines to Prevent Pneumococcal Disease in Adults and is
involved in research relating to the use of the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in Indigenous
adults (revaccination and maternal vaccination).
Peter is a Clinical Nurse Consultant and Program Manager in Health Protection with Hunter New
England, based in Tamworth. He has worked in the north-west of NSW in immunisation and
communicable diseases for many years. Peter has completed a number of research projects on
zoonotic infections and is a leader in the field of rural epidemiology in NSW. Peter will complete his
Professional Doctorate in 2011.
A/Prof
Kristine Macartney
Professor
David Durrheim
Kathryn Cannings
Dr Christine Carr
Dr Julie Leask
Dr Sarah Moberley
Peter Massey
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Murray is a local Newcastle medical graduate and became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian
College of Physicians in 2003. Murray has lectured in Paediatrics and Child Health at The University of
Newcastle co-ordinating the paediatric course for undergraduate medical students. Murray was recently
appointed as a staff specialist community paediatrician for the Child & Family Health Team Wallsend.
Murray was instrumental in piloting health clinics for refugee children and families which have now
evolved into an area-wide refugee health program. The program has assessed and treated more
than 600 refugees in the last 4 years in multidisciplinary clinics.Murray’s research interests includethe health outcomes and needs of refugees in our region and how better to support and meet
these needs.
Nicholas MBBS, DCH, MPH, FRACP is a staff specialist general paediatrician and senior lecturer
in the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Sydney. He is involved in the
Immunisation Adverse Events Clinic and Refugee Clinic at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
He is interested in maternal and neonatal immunisation, as well as immunisation in lndigenous
communities and developing countries”
Scott is a paediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist, appointed since 2010 at Kaleidoscope,
based at John Hunter Children’s Hospital. He is also a conjoint lecturer in paediatric and child
health at University of Newcastle.
Scott’s clinical and research interests are in paediatric hepatology. Scott is a local lad graduating
in Medicine at the Univeristy of Newcastle and completeing his paediatric training at John Hunter
Childrens Hospital. Scott’s paediatric gastroenterology training was at the Children’s Hospital
Westmead before a further hepatology/transplant fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in
Toronto, Canada.
Christine is Newcastle born and bred and after graduating with Honours in medicine at the
University of NSW has acquired postgraduate qualifications in travel medicine (James Cook
University, ISTM), and Public Health and Tropical Medicine (at the prestigious London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). She has worked for 20 years at provincial, district, and national
levels in a number of African countries and been a medical consultant to a variety of international
aid organisations.
Christine has successfully raised two children in Africa, personally survived tropical diseases, and
also speaks French, Dutch, Portuguese and limited Mandarin. Christine has been practising travel
medicine in the Hunter since 2001 and remains a passionate traveller, committed to the concept of
responsible travel. Christine also has a strong interest is Reproductive Health and is a VMO for the
Sexual Assault service.
Michael is Director of HIV Medicine and Director, Immunology and Infectious Diseases Unit, John
Hunter Hospital. Michael was a guest researcher with the Laboratory of Immunoregulation, at the
National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the US.
Michael has been presented with a number of awards and scholarships including; the National
Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Scholarship at the Garvan Institute, Sydney,
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Postgraduate Scholarship at the Centre
for Immunology, the J.B. Hickie Award for excellence Award, Centre for Grand Round presentation,
the Sandoz Young Investigator Award, Centre for Immunology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney and
a Commonwealth AIDS Research Grants Committee Traveling Fellowship, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, MD. USA.
Michael has recent being undertaking study and research in the areas of: Changes in immune
function during acute viral infections predict viral clearance and outcome, the role of Epstein Barr
Virus and the immune response and non-eosinophilic asthma: mechanisms and treatment.
Karinne has been working with Refugee Health for 2.5 years as the Refugee Health CNS. Prior
to this appointment, she worked at the JHH ED for 11 years and has qualifications in International
Health.
RN, BHSc, MPH&TM, GCertAppMgt(Health). Patrick is the Immunisation Coordinator for HNE
based in Forster. His operational focus includes Closing the Gap strategies, AEFI management and
improving education for immunisation providers.
Dr Christine Aus
Dr Michael J. Boyle
Karinne Andrich
Dr Murray Webber
Patrick Cashman
Dr Nicholas Wood
Dr Scott Nightingale
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SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER 2011
8.30 am Registration Opens
9.00 am Welcome to Day 2 – Chris Staples
9.10 am Prevention and follow up of HBV infection in newborns.- Dr Scott Nightingale
9.40 am Q Fever – Current epidemiology and vaccines issues – Peter Massey
10.10 am Morning Tea
10.40 am Travel vaccines – Dr Christine Aus
11.10 am Vaccine travelogue - Dr Chris Carr
11.25 am Rabies Vaccines – Prof David Durrheim
12.00 pm
3 x 20 mins
Venue A:
1) Aboriginal & Torres Straight Islander Im-
munisation in HNE2) Pregnant women: awareness and attitudes
towards immunisation
3) Polio eradication: A progress report
Venue B:
1) Achieving immunisation compliance among health
care workers2) Pneumococcal serotype replacement.
3) Vaccines in Sexual Health
13.00 pm Lunch & Close
ProgramDay 1 - FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER 2011 – Newcastle Town Hall
Time Frames
8.00 am Registration Opens
9.00 am Opening remarks – Patrick Cashman
9.10 am Welcome To Country – HNE Aboriginal Health Rep
9.15 am Keynote address – Dr Kristine Macartney
10.00 am Summary of the National Pertussis Workshop - Patrick Cashman
10.30 am Morning Tea
11.00 am Adverse events following immunisation - Dr. Nick Wood & Kath Cannings
11 45 am Pneumococcal vaccines – Dr Sarah Moberley
12.00 pm Immunise for life - Dr Kristine McCartney
12.30 pm Lunch
1.30 pm Refugee Immunisation - Dr Murray Webber and Karinne Andrich
2. 00 pm Vaccine communication and perception of risk – Dr Julie Leask
2. 30 pm Rebutting vaccine myths from an immunological perspective – Dr Michael Boyle3. 00 pm Panel discussion led by Peter Massey
3.30 pm Afternoon Tea)
4.00 pm
3 x 20 mins
Venue A:
1) Rotavirus vaccines an Australian
investigation
2) Immunisation clinical skills
3) Childhood influenza vaccines in Australia
in 2010
Venue B:
1) Basic immunology of vaccines
2) Improving rates: what works?
3) Changes to immunisation incentives & the MBS
5.00 pm Networking Drinks & Nibbles
Grind, Darby St Newcastle 5pm -7pm
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