CAIRE activities

Symposium

The biennial CAIRE Research Symposium discusses hot topics relevant to immunization research and evaluation.

The 2024 Canadian Association for Immunization Research, Evaluation and Education (CAIRE) Research Symposium was held in Ottawa, Ontario, in November 2024 in conjunction with the biennial Canadian Immunization Conference.

The symposium provided an important platform for knowledge exchange, fostering collaboration across sectors and disciplines with the overarching goal of discussing current challenges and opportunities for equity considerations in vaccine research, evaluation, and education. Press below to read more about the event with CAIRE’s post-symposium report.

Learn about:

✔ Key takeaways from expert panels and speakers

✔ Equity considerations across different study designs

✔ Potential challenges and solutions to incorporating community perspectives into research


The symposium objectives are to:

  • Identify areas of immunization research of high importance in Canada and globally

  • Hold multidisciplinary discussions on the challenges facing vaccine and immunization research in Canada

  • Network with members and stakeholders of the research community

  • Provide mentorship connection opportunities between junior, mid and senior researchers.

Recent topics discussed include:

  • Equity Considerations in Immunization Research, Evaluation, and Education

  • Global perspectives on enhancing vaccine-induced immunity

  • Challenges to conducting phase 3 vaccine trials in Canada

  • Precision vaccinology and implications for immunization policy

  • Promoting research through government-academic-public health-industry interactions


CAIRE will be holding the next symposium in tandem with the Canadian Immunization Conference in 2026.

Interested in playing an integral role in the next CAIRE research symposium? Email caire@bcchr.ca to learn more.

Research Sponsor Advisory Board

CAIRE’s Research Sponsor Advisory Board (RSA) brings together executive committee members, key stakeholders and industry sponsors twice a year to facilitate dialogue on topics such as applied vaccinology research in Canada, methods for timely access to new and improved vaccines, collaborations to ensure suitable expertise and facilities exist in Canada, and vaccine research practices in Canada.

 
 

Recent topics discussed include:

  • Vaccination and Healthy Aging: Opportunities and Challenges

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine Safety and Pharmacovigilance

  • The Canadian vaccinology landscape in a global context

  • Recommended but non-funded vaccines

  • Immunization policy decision making in Canada

Workshops

CAIRE recognizes many topics related to immunization research and program evaluation need multidisciplinary engagement and problem solving. CAIRE is pleased to host workshops as the need arises, often furthering conversations from the Research Sponsor Advisory Board or Research Symposium. We also welcome CAIRE members to submit workshop ideas below.

 
 

Recent workshops include:

  • Addressing the immunization research-to-policy gap in Canada

  • PIPER (Progressing immunization in pregnancy evaluation & research)

  • Influenza vaccination for older adults

  • Improving adult immunization

  • Optimizing immunization programs, vaccine safety surveillance and investigation