Events
Past events
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In 2021, a range of COVID-19 vaccines are available and being rolled out at different rates in various countries. Some countries are seeing severe second and third waves despite starting vaccination programs. Several variants of concern have emerged since September 2020; some with increased transmissibility and severity, others with vaccine-escape. This presentation will look at the current evidence and future predictions of the pandemic, and whether vaccines offer an exit strategy.
Event Date
Tue, 18/05/2021 - 13:00
Venue
Webinar via Teams Live Event
Overview
Contact for inquiries: Rata Joseph, +61 (2) 9385 0900 or recpt@kirby.unsw.edu.au
Booking deadline : Tuesday, 18 May 2021 - 12:30pm
Booking url: https://sarscov2-vaccines-variants.eventbrite.com.au/?aff=ki
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Event Date
Thu, 20/06/2019 - 12:00
Venue
International Convention Centre Sydney, Room E3.3
Overview
GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY 2019
NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence, Integrated Systems for Epidemic Response
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Epidemic Insights: smallpox and monkeypox
Time: 20 June 2019, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Free lunch event – registration is now closed, as the session is full subscribed
Enquiries: Elizabeth Kpozehouen, Email: e.kpozehouen@unsw.edu.au
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Event Date
Tue, 11/09/2018 - 09:00
Venue
John B Reid Theatre, AGSM building (G27 on map) ground floor. University of New South Wales, Kensington Campus.
Overview
This event will be held in Sydney on 11th September 2018, and in Canberra on 12 September 2018
You can choose to attend in Sydney or Canberra. Don't miss out, registrations are now open
See FLYER for more information
Register for Sydney
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/global-security-plus-new-approaches-to-grey-zone-threats-sydney-tickets-48620861305Register for Canberra
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/global-security-plus-new-approaches-to-grey-zone-threats-canberra-tickets-48681633075 -
Event Date
Thu, 16/08/2018 - 05:08
Venue
16 August 2018
Location: Oceanic East room, Ground level, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Coogee Beach, Sydney, 242 Arden Street Coogee, NSW 2034
17 August 2018
Location: Berg Family Foundation Seminar Room Level 6, Wallace Wurth Building, Kensington Campus, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052 NSW
Overview
Biosecurity in the Pacific workshop
Mystery Disease in the Pacific
16 -17 August 2018
Resources for workshop participants August 16th
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Event Date
Thu, 21/06/2018 - 10:00
Venue
Berg Family Foundation Seminar Room, Level 6, Wallace Wurth Building, UNSW Sydney
Overview
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Professor Dan Salmon - Multi-Level Interventions to Address Vaccine Hesitancy and Improve Vaccine Uptake
Bio of speaker:
Professor Daniel Salmon, PhD, MPH is Professor, International Health and Health, Behavior & Society and Deputy Director, Institute for Vaccine Safety at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA. Dr. Salmon’s primary research and practice interest is optimizing the prevention of infectious diseases through the use of vaccines. He is broadly trained in vaccinology, with an emphasis in epidemiology, behavioral epidemiology, and health policy. Dr. Salmon’s focus has been on determining the individual and community risks of vaccine refusal, understanding factors that impact vaccine acceptance, evaluating and improving state laws providing exemptions to school immunization requirements, developing systems and science in vaccine safety, and effective vaccine risk communication. Dr. Salmon has considerable experience developing surveillance systems, using surveillance data for epidemiological studies, and measuring immunization coverage through a variety of approaches.
Abstract:
Multi-Level Interventions to Address Vaccine Hesitancy and Improve Vaccine Uptake
Vaccine hesitancy remains a significant clinical and public health challenge despite the overwhelming evidence demonstrating the benefits and safety of vaccines. Many pregnant women and parents undervalue vaccines and hold misconceptions regarding vaccine safety, undermining efforts to control infectious diseases and related morbidity and mortality. We have developed and are evaluating patient, practice and provider interventions to address vaccine hesitancy and improve vaccine uptake. Our patient-level intervention is a web-based application using audience segmentation to tailor messages such that patients who intend to follow vaccinations standards of care receive a presumptive approach to vaccination and those who hold vaccine concerns receive salient messages grounded in behavioral theory. Our practice-level interventions include nurturing a vaccine champion, a quality improvement program (AFIX), posters and brochures. Our provider-level intervention involves a continuing medical education training on how to talk about vaccines with patients and a book succinctly describing vaccine preventable diseases, vaccine recommendations, a broad range of vaccine safety topics, and talking points to use with patients. These interventions are consistent in approach, messaging and images. Evaluation of these interventions is underway through a randomized trial assessing knowledge, attitudes and beliefs as well as maternal and infant vaccine uptake.Contact for inquiries: Rata Joseph, +61 (2) 9385 0900 or recpt@kirby.unsw.edu.au
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Event Date
Fri, 08/06/2018 - 10:00
Venue
Berg Family Foundation Seminar Room, Level 6, Wallace Wurth Building, UNSW Sydney
Overview
Professor Gravenstein – Old People, The Influenza Masquerade, and Prevention by Vaccine
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Event Date
Wed, 06/06/2018 - 12:00
Venue
Gilbert Suite, Adelaide Convention Centre
Overview
REGISTRATIONS ARE CLOSED
Find more information on the FLYER
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Event Date
Sun, 10/12/2017 - 08:30
Venue
2017 Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Overview
In this workshop, we will introduce participants to game-changers in biosecurity, and explore new approaches to risk analysis. We will also cover methods for predictive modeling which can assist in risk analysis and rapid identification of epidemics, as well as tools for differentiating natural and unnatural epidemics. The workshop will be a combination of lectures, interactive case studies, group work and discussion, and will lead participants through the relevant background and new approaches to risk analysis.
No background in health or biology is required.
FACULTY
Faculty include multidisciplinary experts from Global Security Plus, an expert group of the PLuS Alliance between UNSW Sydney, Arizona State University and Kings College London. Their research expertise includes pandemics, biosecurity, law enforcement, bioterrorism, bioinformatics, economics, and risk analysis.
WHO SHOULD DO THIS WORKSHOP?
Professionals working in emergency response, defense, law enforcement, health policy in government and non-government agencies. There are no pre-requisites.
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Event Date
Thu, 30/11/2017 - 17:00
Venue
Room G16, Tyree Energy Technologies building (H6) UNSW
Overview
Free event, registration is essential
Read more: WORKSHOP FLYER
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Event Date
Wed, 28/06/2017 - 09:00
Venue
Pullman Albert Park, Melbourne Australia
Overview
CIA Prof Raina MacIntyre gave a keynote speech at the Closing Plenary Session “Research Priorities in Communicable Disease Control” at the CDC Conference. The conference was convened on 26- 28 June 2017 by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia, the Public Health Laboratory Network and the Public Health Association of Australia. The Conference theme was ‘Infectious Diseases: a global challenge’, the theme allows consideration of the threats to health security from old and new infectious agents, and the increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance. In particular, the conference examined how the interconnected world facilitates spread of infection.
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Event Date
Mon, 26/06/2017 - 09:00
Venue
Pullman Albert Park Melbourne
Overview
Explore the current Australian civil-military cooperative framework for responding to epidemics. This workshop will touch on the key interfaces between the civil and military health systems, the place of the ADF in responding to crises, and the technology and systems in place for working within multi-agency response events.
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Event Date
Tue, 04/04/2017 - 16:00
Venue
Melbourne convention and exhibition centre
Overview
The World Congress on Public Health was held in Melbourne on 3 -7 April 2017. ISER took part in World Leadership Dialogues symposia, on Tuesday 4th of April, giving a presentation of a hypothetical pandemic disaster experience titled, ‘A global pandemic experience – cross sectoral lessons’.
The presentation was well attended, the audience gained an appreciation of the urgency and unpredictability of emerging infectious diseases, and the overwhelming challenges faced at systems levels internationally.
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Event Date
Fri, 31/03/2017 - 00:00
Venue
Room 305, Samuels building, University of New South Wales, Australia
Overview
Dr Sala MBBS, MPH, MBA is a public health physician and medical epidemiologist with over 20 years’ experience working in the Fiji public health system serving at various levels and rising to the position of Permanent Secretary for Health from 2009-2011. For the past five years she has been serving 22 Pacific island countries territories under the Pacific Community (SPC) in strengthening public health surveillance through the Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN).
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Event Date
Wed, 30/11/2016 - 16:00
Venue
University of New South Wales
Overview
Hear the latest updates in health security and epidemic intelligence from a range of national and international experts.
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Event Date
Tue, 11/10/2016 - 07:30
Venue
Where: Four Seasons Hotel Sydney - 199 George Street, Sydney, NSW
Overview
Join the AGSM Australian School of Business Activation Event, featuring Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, for fascinating insights into business-led transformation on the frontiers of genetics and biosecurity. Following the live case study, Professor MacIntyre will be joined by industry experts from Westpac and CSIRO for an audience Q+A.
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Event Date
Wed, 28/09/2016 - 09:00
Venue
Colombo theaters, UNSW Australia
Overview
The conference of the Asia-Pacific Rim Universities, to be held at UNSW in 2016, with a theme of Global Health - the Double Burden of Disease (communicable and non-communicable diseases). Prof Raina MacIntyre will speak on the changing landscape of emerging infectious diseases on Thursday September 29th at 11am.
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Event Date
Wed, 13/07/2016 - 14:30
Venue
ASU SkySong, Building 1, Room 349, Discovery Meeting Room, Arizona State University
Overview
Join us for a talk by Professor Raina MacIntyre, Head, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia and Adjunct Professor at the College of Public Affairs and Community Solutions at Arizona State University, where she works with ASU colleagues on teaching and research collaborations within the PluS Alliance.
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Event Date
Wed, 13/07/2016 - 12:00
Venue
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW, Australia.
Overview
SPHCM Seminar by Dr Alex Rosewell
Dr Alex Rosewell's presentation describes the process of piloting mobile technologies and GIS in the capture and reporting of National Health Information System (NHIS) data in Papua New Guinea. The initiative illustrates how the country may soon harness the information they need to plan, manage, and account for the results of their health policies, to respond to inequities in health, and to measure progress in achieving subnational and national global health goals, and better orient international donor support.
For more information see flyer.
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Event Date
Tue, 21/06/2016 - 09:00
Venue
International Federation on Ageing 13th Global Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
Overview
Prof Raina MacIntyre's keynote address at the International Federation on Ageing 13th Global Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
Providing efficient and effective aged care services is one of the greatest public policy concerns currently facing governments today. A radical shift in thought, innovation, and action is required in the development of models and modes of care to meet the expectations of future generations of older people. Against the backdrop of globalisation and urbanisation, country and regional trends in population ageing provide unique opportunities to examine the effectiveness of aged care policy and the applicability of various models of care to countries with younger demographic profiles. See abstract
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Event Date
Tue, 24/05/2016 - 11:00
Venue
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia
Overview
A special seminar will be held on 24th May 2016 in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia. Come and hear from international experts from the US and Malaysia on a range of topic related to international health law, global biosecurity and emergency management. No RSVP is required and a light refreshment will be provided.
For more information see flyer.
Inquiries to Dr Abrar Chughtai: abrar.chughtai@unsw.edu.au
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Event Date
Mon, 23/05/2016 - 09:00
Venue
Australian National University Canberra
Overview
By invitation only. Inquiries to Dr Abrar Chughtai: abrar.chughtai@unsw.edu.au
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Event Date
Tue, 22/03/2016 - 09:00
Venue
Hyatt Hotel, Canberra
Overview
Global political instability and conflict perpetuates the risk of CBRNE threats. Momentous changes in science leave the world at risk of bioterrorism. The public availability of methods for genetic engineering, risks of laboratory accidents, coupled with the insider threat, poses an unprecedented risk for biosecurity and for law enforcement at the front line. This talk will cover differences between terrorism and bioterrorism; contagion; recognition of unnatural epidemics; availability of bioweapons; the insider threat; and personal protection for police.
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Event Date
Wed, 16/03/2016 - 12:00
Venue
Hyatt Hotel, Canberra
Overview
Seminar by Dr David Heslop who is an Associate Professor at the SPHCM, and retains significant military responsibilities as Senior Medical Adviser for CBRNE to Special Operations Headquarters Australia and to Australian Defence Force (ADF) joint senior leadership. Black Swans – for example Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) attacks, Weapon of Mass Destruction events, natural disasters or major epidemics – are high consequence crises that have historically been thought to occur rarely and are largely unpredictable.
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