Influenza vaccination strategies in older adults (ID Epi Seminar Series)

This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Ben Cowling, Professor and Chair of Epidemiology at Hong Kong University, School of Public Health. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here.

Ben Cowling is currently Chair Professor of Epidemiology and head of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong, and co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control. He conducts research into the epidemiology of respiratory virus infections, with a focus on transmission dynamics, population immunity and the effectiveness of control measures including vaccination.

Recommended readings

• Xu et al. (2017).Influenza vaccination in tropical and subtropical areas
• Cobey and Hensley. (2017). Immune history and influenza virus susceptibility.
• Young et al. (2019). Semiannual Versus Annual Influenza Vaccination in Older Adults in the Tropics: An Observer-blind, Active-comparator-controlled, Randomized Superiority Trial
• Zhong et al. (2023). Standard-dose versus MF59-adjuvanted, high-dose or recombinant-hemagglutinin influenza vaccine immunogenicity in older adults: comparison of A(H3N2) antibody response by prior season’s vaccine status.