Hosted by: The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)’s Data, Surveillance and Foresight Branch (DSFB) and National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID).
Date and time: April 22, 2025 | 1:00 to 2:00 Eastern Time / 12:00 to 1:00 Central Time
Language: English
Introduction
Please join us on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 1:00 to 2:00 ET (10:00 to 11:00 PT), for the seventh seminar of the 2024-2025 Surveillance Advances season, “The Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program Active (IMPACT): surveillance of infectious diseases in Canadian children.”
IMPACT has been active for over 30 years at 14 Canadian centres. It is responsible for surveillance of adverse events following immunizations, vaccine failures and key vaccine preventable infectious diseases. This presentation will highlight essential functions informing public health and surveillance utilizing case study examples.
Learning Objectives
- Appreciate the increased relevance and need for IMPACT surveillance of VPD in the setting of vaccine hesitancy and reduced vaccination rates.
- Discuss the versatility of IMPACT and its ability to adapt to public health needs.
- Discuss the depth and quality of data provided by IMPACT.
Speaker
1. Dr. Jared Bullard, Professor & Section Head, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba
Dr. Bullard is Professor & Section Head of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba and the former Director General of Medical & Scientific Affairs at the NML. Dr. Bullard’s research is focused on HIV/STBBIs and he was instrumental in defining the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID pandemic. He is the provincial lead-investigator for IMPACT in Manitoba.
Moderators
- Robert Sager, NCCID
- Chia-Yu Lin, PHAC
Format
This seminar will be held on Zoom. The presentation will be 30 minutes followed by approximately 15 minutes for a discussion and question period from attendees. Presentation materials in English and French will be distributed through NCCID media channels.
Access Instructions
All instructions for the seminar series will be posted on the Zoom registration page and will be emailed to all registrants prior to the event.
Past Webinars
Surveillance Advances launched in September 2023 with a discussion about the foundational concepts of public health surveillance and the future opportunities that lie ahead. Subsequent seminars featured topics related to health inequalities (seminar 2), data science (seminar 3), maternal and newborn health (seminar 4), and injury surveillance (seminar 5). For a complete list of seminars and to view their recordings, please visit the Surveillance Advances webcasts page
Accreditation Statement
Surveillance Advances is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Surveillance Advances is also approved by the Council of Professional Experience for professional development hours for members of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors.
