Overview
What you will learn
The Clinical Vaccine Development and Biomanufacturing course offered by University of Oxford aims to provide:
- An overview of pre-clinical testing and the pathway from pre-clinical testing to field trials.
- A more detailed discussion of vaccine immunogenicity, testing vaccine immunogenicity in the field and the need for correlates of immune protection. The different phases of vaccine testing from Phase I to IV.
- An overview of the development of veterinary vaccines.
- An introduction to the principles and conduct of Good Clinical Practice.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Human and veterinary vaccinology
- The clinical vaccine development process
- Vaccine types
- Adjuvants for vaccines in clinical trials
- Immunomonitoring and immune correlates
- ICH Guidelines of Good Clinical Practice
- Biomanufacturing
- Technology transfer
- The safety testing of novel biological and viral vaccines
- Quality by Design analytics
- Clinical trials in Africa
- GMP upstream and downstream processes
- Process Development
- Taking lab discoveries into manufacture - a COVID19 case study
- Manufacturing case study: Oxford BioMedica expansion due to Covid pandemic
- Regulatory vaccine trial applications in the UK, Europe and beyond
- Accelerating outbreak response vaccine trials
- The importance of post-vaccination surveillance.
- Statistical considerations
- Ethical considerations
- The importance of post-vaccination surveillance
- Designing and coordinating large, multi-centre, Phase III clinical trials in different age cohorts
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 4 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
Delivered
Campus Location
- Oxford, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Biomedical Science Biotechnology Health Sciences View 449 other Short Courses in Health Sciences in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Our course participants will therefore reflect the diversity of the subject and be from business, academic, clinical and veterinary backgrounds.
- The course will be of particular interest to research scientists, programme managers, clinical trial coordinators, nurses, physicians and veterinarians.
- The course will be accessible to people already working in the field or to those who wish to enter the field.
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents1425 GBP / full≈ 1425 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents1425 GBP / full≈ 1425 GBP / full
Living costs
Oxford
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.