Australian Vaccinology Course

A reminder that Q Station is located outside of Manly Town Centre. If driving, we recommend allowing at least 15 minutes to park in the Q Station car park and catch an onsite bus to the course room. The course will be held in the Governor Bourke Ballroom marked at P27 on the map below.

Directions for Q Station and site map

View the full course program

Professor Kristine Macartney
Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)

Professor Peter McIntyre
Head, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago

Professor Nicholas Wood
Associate Director, Clinical Research and Services, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)
Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney

Professor Julie Leask AO
Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney

Professor Chris Blyth
Centre Head, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases

Professor Allen Cheng
Director, Infectious Diseases, Monash Health

Professor Katie Flanagan
Senior Staff Specialist, Westmead Hospital

Professor Michelle Giles
Lead Clinical and Health Systems Research, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity

Associate Professor Meru Sheel
Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney

Professor Julia Brotherton
Professor of Cancer Prevention Policy and Implementation, The University of Melbourne

Professor Michael Gold
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide

Professor Bette Liu
Associate Director, Population Health, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)
School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney

Professor Helen Marshall
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide

Ms Katrina Clark
Aboriginal Immunisation Manager, Health Protection | Population Health, Hunter New England Local Health District

Associate Professor Aditi Dey
Senior Research Fellow/Manager, Surveillance, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)
Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
 

If you can, please view the below video resources prior to attending the course. 

The immunological basis of vaccination, Part 1 (21 mins)
Professor Nicholas Wood  

The immunological basis of vaccination, Part 2 (28 mins) 
Professor Nicholas Wood 

Surveillance for vaccine preventable diseases (19 mins) 
Associate Professor Stephen Lambert 

Coverage and immunisation information systems – Australia and internationally (17 mins) 
Associate Professor Frank Beard 

Vaccine effectiveness and impact (15 mins) 
Professor Bette Liu

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• describe how vaccines create immunity in patients across the lifespan
• outline the process of vaccine development from research to implementation in high-and low-/middle-income settings
• measure the impact of vaccination on disease burden and vaccine effectiveness using surveillance data and coverage assessments
• describe evidence-based approaches to vaccination program decision-making processes
• explain the principles of vaccine safety, including reporting of adverse events following immunisation
• outline barriers to vaccination in Australia and globally
• apply evidence-based strategies to increase vaccination acceptance and uptake at national, community and individual patient levels
• analyse challenges and opportunities facing vaccination programs in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region
• describe vaccine characteristics, program recommendations and conversational approaches for key vaccines and populations in Australia.

Please email SCHN-NCIRS@health.nsw.gov.au

We appreciate that circumstances can change. Cancellation of your course place must be done in writing via email to SCHN-NCIRS@health.nsw.gov.au. The following refund policy will be applied to course place cancellations:

• Full refund of your course fee if you cancel your course place before 11:59 p.m. (AEST) on 28 July 2025
• 50% refund of your course fee if you cancel your course place between 12:00 a.m. (AEST) 29 July 2025 and 11:59 p.m. (AEST) 13 August 2025
• No refund if you cancel your course place after 12:00 a.m. (AEST) on 14 August 2025.

A reminder that accommodation is not included in the course fee. Suggested accommodation options are provided below:

• Q Station ($$) – limited availability
• Manly Paradise Beachfront Motel and Apartments ($$)
• Manly Waves Accommodation ($$)
• Peppers Manly Beach ($$$)
• Manly Pacific Hotel Sydney – MGallery Collection ($$$$)

Q Station is located outside of Manly Town Centre and is roughly a 10-minute bus ride from Manly Wharf. If you do not wish to drive to Q Station, we recommend that you book accommodation within walking distance of bus access at Manly Wharf.

Please reach out to the Australian Vaccinology Course team at SCHN-NCIRS@health.nsw.gov.au if you have any questions about accommodation locations or daily travel to Q Station.