Vaccines and the Problem of Political Will
Event: WorkshopDate: 19 Jul 2007 09:30
Venue: Boardroom, ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum
Programme:
09.30 Welcome
09.35 Session I
Prof Wilmot James (Executive Director, Africa Genome Education Institute)Vaccine development and the problem of political will
Prof Greg Hooks (Professor and Chair of Sociology, Washington State University) Vaccines, big science and global coordination
10.45 Break
11.00 Session II
Prof Heather Cubie (NHS Lothian R&D Director) HPV vaccine and vaccination programmes
Prof Melissa Leach (Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex) Science, public engagement and vaccination programmes in West Africa and Britain
12.10 Lunch
13.00 Session III
Prof Stuart Blume (Professor of Science and Technology Dynamics, University of Amsterdam) Vaccine development and production in the public sector: past, present and future
Becky Hanlin (PhD Student, INNOGEN, University of Edinburgh) Public-private partnerships and vaccine development
14.10 Break
14.30 Session IV
Dr Xiaobai Shen (Senior Lecturer in International and Chinese Business, University of Edinburgh) The development of SARS vaccine in China: public and private sector roles
Second speaker TBC
15.40 Break
16.00 Closing discussion including policy implications and further research
17.00 End
Further details: To attend this workshop, please tel: 0131 651 4747
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