Study Group Details


475: (CANCELLED) The Stories Behind the Vaccines

Tuesday
1:45 - 3:15
Starting March 03
In-Person

Among the stories to be examined:

  • Small pox—the first vaccine: the first protests;
  • Pertussis-DTP—the parent’s rebellion against vaccines and the vaccine injury compensation law;
  • Polio—a long awaited vaccine and the concerns about injury from polio vaccine, the problem of global eradication;
  • Influenza vaccine—the grim reaper, why the vaccine still is imperfect;
  • Pneumococcal vaccine—initially for the prevention of pneumonia and the key to vaccines to prevent meningitis;
  • Hepatitis vaccine—the first anticancer vaccine, human papilloma vaccine—the second anti-cancer vaccine;
  • Measles and German measles—the faux autism link; and
  • Zoster, chickenpox, and herpes—the challenges of latent viruses.

This study group is new
Class Type: Lecture and Discussion
Class Format: TBA
Hours of Reading: Less than 1 hr/week

Study Group Leader(s):

Phil Brunell

Philip Brunell, MD, is the former Chair, Committee on Infectious Diseases of the Academy of Pediatrics and member of the CDC advisory committee on infectious diseases.  He worked at the CDC, NIH, and held professorships at NYU, UCLA, and UT at San Antonio Schools of Medicine.  He developed the first preventative for chicken pox and studied numerous vaccines.


Reading List

Weekly Morbidity Mortality Reports (Numerous) | Recommended