Events Calendar

Topics:

• Flu Season 2019
• Digital Immunisation Handbook Overview
• Shingles (Zoster), Measles, Q Fever
• Live Vaccines: Safety and Timelines
• Authority to Immunise in NSW – pharmacy update

Presenters:

• A/Prof Nicholas Wood, MBBS, DCH, MPH, RACP Senior Clinical Research Fellow. Nick is a Staff Specialist General Paediatrician and Senior Lecturer and Sub-Dean (Postgraduate Research) in the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Sydney. He leads the NSW Immunisation Specialist Service and coordinates the Immunisation Adverse Events Clinic at The Children's Hospital at Westmead. He is interested in maternal and neonatal immunisation and research into vaccine safety and the genetics of adverse events
• Mareeka Gray, Senior Policy Analyst Immunisation Unit Health Protection NSW. Mareeka graduated from the University of Newcastle in 2000 with a Bachelor of Nursing and is also an Authorised Nurse Immuniser. Mareeka has been a registered nurse for 18 years with previous experience in a diverse range of specialties including Burns, post -surgical care and Haemodialysis and has held nursing positions in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. Mareeka has worked in Infection Control for the last 10 years including six years with the state-wide program within the Communicable Diseases Branch of Queensland Health.

Target Audience: GPs, Registrars, Medical Students, Specialists