UW-Madison Medical Microbiology and Immunology (MMI) 677 -
Vaccines: Practical Issues for a Global Society

The goal of this Spring Semester 2009 course is to introduce University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate and graduate students to vaccinology. In keeping with the Wisconsin Idea, course lectures (audio and slides) will be made available here on the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene web site for the public.

Topics to be addressed include:
  • Immunology of Vaccination
  • Vaccine Development and Application of New Technologies
  • Role of Immunization in Public Health Programs for Infectious Disease Prevention
  • Economics of Vaccines
  • Political, Legal and Ethical Issues Relating to Immunization
  • Impact of Immunization in Animal Populations

Course Instructors:

Dr. William Weidanz: Professor, UW-Madison Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Dr. Peter Shult: Director, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Communicable Disease Division and Emergency Laboratory Response, and Clinical Associate Professor, UW-Madison Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Dr. Stacey Schultz-Cherry: Associate Professor, UW-Madison Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

NOTE: This course will be taught by the course instructors and guest lecturers. The schedule below is tentative and lecture dates and lecturers may change.

Lecture Date Lecture Link Lecturer
1/20/09 Introduction and History of Vaccination Dr. William Weidanz
1/22/09 Immunology: Basis of Traditional Vaccinology Dr. William Weidanz
1/27/09 Strategies of Immunization Dr. William Weidanz
2/3/09 Vaccines: From Bench to Clinic Dr. William Weidanz
2/5/09 Vaccines: Formulations and Administration Dr. William Weidanz
2/10/09 Novel Technologies and Adjuvants

Dr. Jon Weidanz,
Associate Professor, 
Texas Tech University and
Chief Science Officer,
Receptor Logic, Inc.
2/12/09 Therapeutic Vaccines Dr. William Weidanz
2/17/09 Vaccine Safety and Adverse Effects Dr. Jon Temte,
Clinical Associate Professor,
UW-Madison Dept. of
Family Medicine
2/26/09 Influenza Vaccination Dr. Stacey Schultz-Cherry
3/3/09 Public Health Vaccine Successes Dr. Pete Shult
3/5/09 Prevention versus Postponement Dr. Pete Shult
3/10/09 Public Health Eradication Efforts: Smallpox,
Poliovirus and MMR
Dr. Pete Shult
3/12/09 Malaria Vaccines Dr. Carole Long,
Chief, Malaria Immunology
Section, National Institutes
of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases
3/24/09 The Newest Vaccines: Rotavirus and Chickenpox

Dan Hopfensperger,
Immunization Section,
WI Division of Public Health
3/26/09 HIV and TB vaccines: Are they a reality? Dr. Nancy Wilson-Schlei,
Associate Scientist, AIDS
Vaccine Research Lab,
UW-Madison
4/2/09 Interesting Challenges for Vaccination
 Dr. Stacey Schultz-Cherry
4/7/09 Economics of Vaccines Dr. Hansi Dean,
Director, New Alliances
Intl. AIDS Vaccine Initiative,
UW-Madison
4/14/09 Controversies in Vaccination: Autism, MS and
Other Diseases		 Dr. Jon Temte,
Clinical Associate Professor,
UW-Madison Dept. of
Family Medicine
4/16/09 Vaccination in Developing Nations: Reality Dr. Hansi Dean,
Director, New Alliances
Intl. AIDS Vaccine Initiative,
UW-Madison
4/21/09 Veterinary Vaccines from A to Z
 Dr. Ronald D. Schultz,
Professor & Chair, Dept. of
Pathbiological Sciences,
School of Veterinary
Medicine, UW-Madison
4/23/09

Vaccine Safety and Adverse Events:
A host-vaccine problem!

 Dr. Ronald D. Schultz,
Professor & Chair, Dept. of
Pathbiological Sciences,
School of Veterinary
Medicine, UW-Madison
4/30/09 Vaccinating Wildlife: Disrupt Spread within
Animals and to Humans		 Dr. Milton Friend,
Emeritus Scientist,
National Wildlife
Health Center
5/5/09 Vaccinating Food Animals: Pros and Cons

Dr. Mark Cook,
Professor, UW-Madison
Dept. of Animal Science

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