Halperin, Scott A

Published purpose

The objectives of the extension are aligned with the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) 2016 and the CIRN: COVID-19 Vaccine Readiness are: • To maintain the baseline activities of CIRN. This includes support for its infrastructure of networks to facilitate collaborative research among vaccine and immunization researchers, clinicians, public health professionals and policy makers. • To support CIRN’s COVID-19 activities related to critical research in the research areas of the COVID-19 Vaccine Readiness grant (vaccine clinical trials [incl. vaccine safety and effectiveness studies]; population prioritization and modelling; vaccine hesitancy and uptake; and coordination and information sharing. The research activities within these research areas will address the evolving COVID-19 vaccine research needs of Canada, and will provide vaccine-related research outcomes to inform effective, equitable and timely COVID-19 public health decision-making .