Halperin, Scott A

Purpose

The specific objective(s) of this funding opportunity are to: · Strengthen national vaccine research, using an inclusive approach, by undertaking and coordinating collaborative multidisciplinary research amongst vaccine and immunization researchers, clinicians, public health professionals, and local, provincial, territorial and federal policy-makers with relevant mandates for public health and healthcare systems, across all research areas; · Strengthen Canada’s state of readiness by building and enhancing capacities, processes, and expertise to provide a rapid, priority-driven, vaccine research response to infectious public health events with actual or potential significant negative impacts to the health of people in Canada; · Strengthen capacities, processes, and expertise to undertake clinical trials of vaccine candidates for vaccine-preventable diseases in alignment with domestic and global vaccine clinical trial strategies; · Increase the availability of high-quality and real-time evidence, and improve data-sharing and knowledge mobilization with local, provincial, territorial, national and international knowledge users, in both official languages, to ensure maximum research impact to improve the health of all people in Canada; and · Train and support the diverse next generation of vaccine and immunization researchers.