Advanced Course of Vaccinology
Organized by
Fondation Mérieux & University of Geneva
at Les Pensières, Veyrier-du-Lac (French Alps), near Geneva
ADVAC
Contact:                         advac@medecine.unige.ch  or katia.mielczarek@fondation-merieux.org
  • ADVAC: a two-week training programme for decision-makers, including academia, industry,
    governmental and non-governmental agencies, in all fields related to vaccines and
    vaccination, vaccine trials, new vaccines, vaccination strategies and policies, vaccine
    specific issues  (including hepatitis, meningitis, polio, measles, pneumococcal diseases,
    influenza, malaria, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, HPV, influenza, malaria, HIV and AIDS,
    tuberculosis, HPV, rotavirus, dengue & JE), ethical issues related to vaccine trials, financing
    of immunization, policy communication

  • Over 60 top-level international lecturers and working group supervisors, all experts in
    vaccinology
  • ADVAC  has been awarded over 60 CME credits by the European Board for the Accreditation of
    CME in Infectious Diseases (EBAID) and by European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)
    Scientific Direction
    Paul-Henri Lambert, MD, Geneva , Director of the Advanced Course of Vaccinology
    Stanley Plotkin, MD, Philadelphia, Senior Advisor.
ADVAC LECTURERS
BIOGRAPHIES
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    Sponsored by
    European Commission (EC) and  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
    Co-sponsored by: World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control ), European Society
    for Pediatric Infectious (ESPID), Institut Pasteur- Paris, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
    Public Health, National Institute of Health (NIH/NIAID-USA) and Fogarty International Center,
    National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), National Vaccine Programme Office
    (NVPO)
ADVAC- 2009
Application Form
Deadline 15 Nov 2008
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    The 2008 course will be taking place from 19 to 31 May 2008 at the Fondation Mérieux
    Conference Center.  The attendance is limited to 60 participants that will be selected by an
    international Scientific Committee on the basis of their qualification, decision-making
    responsibilities, and motivation.   

    Practical information on the premices of the Advanced Course of Vaccinology  can be
    obtained on the Fondation Mérieux website (www.fondation-merieux.org)
Fellowships available
  • For DC participants
  • For some European
    scientists
  • for selected ESPID
    members
  • For two young
    American
    vaccinologists (NFID)