Applying active hospital-based case ascertainment to assess vaccine effectiveness and safety [ 2012 - 2016 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: A/Pr Thomas Snelling (Principal investigator)

Brief description Australia makes a considerable investment in vaccination, and the public are entitled to expect that vaccines are both safe and effective. The growing complexity of the vaccine schedule requires the development of new and flexible systems to monitor vaccine performance. This project aims to do this using surveillance nurses embedded in children's hospitals to actively find cases of diseases which are potentially vaccine-preventable as well as those which might have occurred as a side effect of vaccination.

Funding Amount $AUD 258,741.52

Funding Scheme Early Career Fellowships

Notes Health Professional Research ECF