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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

Presenter Details  ALL SPEAKERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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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

If you need accommodation for the event visit www.vistnewcastle.com.au

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COURSE DETAILS

 Half conference Friday 9 December $100

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