Quarter 2 Newsletter
2013
President’s Message
Mission In an effort to spread the word about new vaccines and immuniza on schedules, two colleagues and I wrote an editorial outlining the CDC’s latest recom‐
menda ons for immuniza ons schedules for children, adolescents and adults. As stated in the editorial: “The purpose of the annual immun‐
iza on guidelines is to provide an evidence‐based schedule of rou ne immuniza ons demonstrated to be Vision
safe and effec ve, based on age and The Edward Jenner Vaccine concurrent medical condi ons. This is Society will be recognized as the the approved official schedule for use leading academic society devoted in the US, and allows all clinicians to to vaccinology around the world. provide vaccines in a harmonious manner regardless of geographic loca on. The schedule is developed by a federal advisory com‐
Our mission is to create an organiza on that engages, supports, and sustains the professional goals and interests of vaccinologists around the world, and perpetuates the memory of Dr. Edward Jenner. mi ee (the Advisory Commit‐tee on Immuniza on Prac ces – ACIP), which consists of experts in vacci‐
nology, public health, infec ous diseases, and relat‐
ed disciplines.” The editorial outlines which new vaccines are available and the im‐
muniza on schedule recommenda‐
ons for each. Recommenda ons for child/teen immuniza on can be found here. The full adult immuniza‐
on schedule can be found here. Read the en re editorial here. As always, if there is vaccine news you’d like to share, please email Caroline Vitse ([email protected]). Articles/Links of Interest
6th Vaccine and ISV Virtual Congress Dr. Jenner’s House & Garden The John Snow Society The College of Physicians Philadelphia Immuniza on Ac on Coali on Global Rou ne Vaccina on Coverage, 2011, MMWR Edward Jenner Biography Vaccine ORB The History of Vaccines ( meline) Society News
The EJVS recently launched the Jenner Jabs news blog. This blog delivers breaking vaccine‐related news to EJVS members. In addi on to breaking news, blog readers will also see important society‐related news on the site. Check out the blog and please let us know if there is any society news we should post! Contact Jeremy Wadley ([email protected]) with your blog‐related ideas. One of the biggest tasks the EJVS Execu ve Commi ee discusses on its quarterly teleconferences is recrui ng new members to the society. Please consider telling your colleagues about the EJVS and encourage them to join this elite society. Execu ve Commi ee members will start to distribute newly redesigned EJVS brochures during vaccine conferences, so be on the lookout for those in the upcoming months! What Do You Think?
Let us know what you would like to see in future quarterly newsle er updates. Email Caroline Vitse ([email protected]) with your requests or sugges ons. Please let your colleagues know about us and encourage them to join The Edward Jenner Vaccine Society! Member Spotlight
D r. Theodore C. Eickhoff started his career on the East coast, a ending Western Reserve University School of Medicine and comple ng his internal medicine residency and infec ous disease fellowship training at Boston City Hospital. He worked in epidemiology at the CDC and then joined the faculty at the University of Colorado in 1967 where he served as the head of the infec ous disease division for 14 years. Eickhoff has remained out west ever since. Dr. Eickhoff has served as a consultant to the CDC, FDA and the American Hospital Associa on. He’s also served on each of the federal commi ees that deal with vac‐
cines, including CDC’s Advisory Commi ee on Immuniza on Prac ces, FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Com‐
mi ee, and the DHHS Na onal Vaccines Advisory Commi ee. Dr. Eickhoff is a past‐president of both the Infec ous Disease Society of America, and the American Epidemiological Society. Dr. Eickhoff is pleased to be a part of the EJVS, saying “The concept of an Edward Jenner Vaccine Society would probably never have go en off the ground but for the persistent efforts of Greg Poland. Hat’s off to him! The con‐
—Theodore C. Eickhoff,
cept is a grand one and is analo‐
“The Edward Jenner
Vaccine Society is a truly
international society.”
Membership
Please keep spreading the word about the society! Direct your colleagues to the society’s website. Informa on regarding membership levels can be found online. Renewals
If you have ques ons about membership renewals, please contact Jeremy Wadley at [email protected]. 2013 Upcoming Meetings
11th Vaccines Research and Development Conference: All Things Considered Conference, July 8‐10 Na onal Vaccine Advisory Commi ee Mee ng, September 10‐11 8th New Zealand Immunisa on Conference and Workshop, September 10‐12 M.D.
Quick Links
 August is Na onal Immuniza on Awareness Month in the United States; read about it here  The sixth edi on of Vaccines, the textbook published by Elsevier, is available now. EJVS members receive a 25% discount!  The Vaccine Educa on Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is hos ng a vac‐
cine webinar series in September; more informa on is here  The Centers for Disease Control and Preven on is hos ng a webinar tled “Current Issues in Immuniza on” on November 14  There’s s ll me to register for the 7th Vaccine & ISV Congress in Barcelona, Spain; more informa on is here  The CDC released an infographic en tled “The Journey of Your Child’s Vaccine” for par‐
ents of young children 2013 Viral Hepa s Summit Series, August 2 and September 19 Op ons for the Control of Influenza, September 5‐10 gous to the Associa on of American Phy‐
sicians‐‐the ‘Old Turks’ of clinical inves ‐
ga on. But there is at least one major difference, and this is a point to be em‐
phasized: The Edward Jenner Vaccine Society is a truly interna onal society.” History of Vaccines
The ACIP, designed to provide the CDC with expert vaccine‐use recommendations, holds its first meeting 2003
1964
First adult immunization schedule introduced in the U.S. In a recent study published in the journal Cancer, researches found the number of cancers related to HPV increased throughout the U.S. before the HPV vaccine was available. Cancers thought to be related to the sexually transmi ed infec on increased between 1978 and 2007. According to the CDC, HPV is thought to be responsible for an es mated 27,900 cervical, vulvar, vaginal, anal, penile and head and neck cancers in America every year. Read more about this study here. In May, Pediatrics published a study that outlined the effec veness of vari‐
cella vaccine. This 14‐year cohort study included more than 7,000 children who were vaccinated from 1995 to 2009. It was reported that chickenpox cases decreased about 10‐fold compared to the period before the vaccine was available. Another note of importance is the immunity did not wane over me. Read about this study here. More vaccine‐related news, as well as funding opportuni es, can be found on the VaccineOrb website. Current EJVS Executive Committee Members
Gregory A. Poland, M.D. President and Founder Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group Andrew J. Morgan, Ph.D. Vice President and Co‐Founder University of Bristol David Durrheim, Ph.D. Australian Councilor University of Newcastle Gregory C. Gray, M.D., MPH, FIDSA U.S. Councilor College of Public Health and Health Professions University of Florida Myron M. Levine, M.D., DTPH U.S. Councilor University of Maryland School of Medicine Bernard A.M. Van der Zeijst, Ph.D. European Councilor Leiden University Medical Center EJVS Contact Information
Jeremy Wadley Administra ve Contact 507.284.4968 [email protected] Caroline Vitse Newsle er Editor [email protected] Gregory A. Poland, M.D. President and Founder [email protected] Andrew J. Morgan, PhD Vice President and Co‐Founder [email protected] More informa on can be found on The Edward Jenner Vaccine Society website.