Teaching / Epidemiology and Public Health

Vaccinology 2011-2012


 
 Directors :  Dr Armelle Phalipon
Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit,
Institut Pasteur

  Dr Frédéric Tangy
Viral Genomics and Vaccination Unit,
Institut Pasteur

This course, delivered within the framework of the Epidemiology and Public Health (EPI), is dedicated to candidates with a medical or scientific training background who are interested in all aspects of this new discipline: medical and public health students, scientific Master II and PhD students (immunology, Microbiology), physicians, pharmacists, veterinarians and other health professionals.

Presentation

The course will be taught in English.

The objective is to offer an integrated overview of vaccinology, from public health and scientific data which justify the development of a vaccine, to its delivery to the populations in the context of industrialized and developing countries.
The course comprises the 6 following modules:
  • Vaccinology, an integrative discipline.
  • Immunological aspects of vaccination.
  • New strategies for the characterization of protecting antigens.
  • Preclinical and clinical trials: basic principles.
  • Major infectious diseases: epidemiology, physiopathology, and vaccines under development.
  • Impact of vaccines on the control of infectious diseases: success and failure.
Besides the lectures, the teachers will ensure methodology workshops based on a partnership with the HSeT Foundation which has developed an e-learning website dedicated to the course. Personalized tutoring is also ensured.
For questions on scientific content or eligibility for the course, please contact Dr A. Phalipon (armelle.phalipon@pasteur.fr) or Dr F. Tangy (frederic.tangy@pasteur.fr).
Several fellowships will be available thanks to industrial partnerships.

  • Full-time, except Saturdays, from March 01, to 30, 2012 (examinations included)
  • Number of students: 24
  • Closing-date for applications: October 23, 2011

Diplomas

The Institut Pasteur Diploma will be awarded to students having successfully completed the final examination,

This course is run in agreement with the Université Pierre et Marie Curie and Paris-Diderot and a University Diploma may also be granted,

12 ECTS for students registered in Master’s training in Public Health - Pasteur/ Cnam of Public Health (Pasteur-Cnam),

Module from Doctoral Schools (about modules).

Members of the Teaching Committee

M. Albert (Institut Pasteur), B. Autran* (Université P. et M. Curie), L. Baril (Institut Pasteur de Dakar), E. Coeffier-Vicart (Institut Pasteur), A. Fontanet (Institut Pasteur), D. Guillemot* (Institut Pasteur /Université Paris-Descartes), C. Leclerc (Institut Pasteur), R Moxon (Université d’Oxford), O. Ozier-Kalogeropoulos (Institut Pasteur/ Université P. et M. Curie), C. Parsot (Institut Pasteur), A. Phalipon (Institut Pasteur), P Sansonetti (Institut Pasteur), F. Tangy (Institut Pasteur), S van der Werf* (Institut Pasteur/Université Paris-Diderot).

* University Representatives