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罢翱笔滨颁:听Answering Questions Parents Have About Vaccines

厂笔贰础碍贰搁:听Dr. Paul A. Offit, M.D.
Director, Vaccine Education Center at the Children鈥檚 Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP);聽Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, Perelman School of Medicine,聽University of Pennsylvania)

Dr. Offit, the world鈥檚 leading expert in vaccination and the co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine, has accepted an invitation to speak to our Department while he is in town promoting a documentary that he co-wrote entitled 鈥淗illeman: A Perilous Quest to Save the World鈥檚 Children鈥�.聽

LOCATION: Montreal Children's Hospital, Room聽B.08.3019 ()

翱叠闯贰颁罢滨痴贰厂:听By the end of the session, learners will be better able to describe issues relating to vaccine safety, monitoring, licensing, and perception.

麻豆AV will host the first Canadian screening of the film on April 18th, 7-9 pm (tickets are free). To register for the film screening, click here.

Brief description of the film:
The greatest scientist of the 20th century, and no one knows his name. 聽This documentary tells the inspiring story of Dr. Maurice Hilleman, a man with a singular, unwavering focus: to eliminate the diseases of children. 聽From his poverty-stricken youth on the plains of Montana, he came to prevent pandemic flu, invent the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, and develop the first-ever vaccine against human cancer. 聽Responsible for more than half of the vaccines children receive today, he is credited with saving more than eight million lives every year. 聽Now through exclusive interviews with Dr. Hilleman and his peers, rare archival footage, and 3-D animation, this film puts a human face to vaccine science, revealing the character that drove this bold, complex, and heroic man. Details of the film are available here:

The film also has an educational component, where 10 modules of 3D animation are used to explain viruses, vaccination, etc. This tool is designed for teachers and educators to use in their classes. All the videos are available on聽.