This workshop provides an overview of benefits and risks of the COVID-19 vaccines for children, including those from racialized communities. Practical issues relating to vaccinating children will be addressed.
This workshop features 2 speakers followed by a moderated session question and answer period. The talks are followed by a half hour "Ask the Expert" panel.
Speaker:
Dr. Upton Allen, Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Hospital for Sick Children
Dr. Anna Taddio - Senior Associate Scientist, SickKids
Moderator: Dr. Isaac Odame, Haematology Section Head in the Division of Haematology/Oncology and the Medical Director of the Global Sickle Cell Disease Network at the Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children
Panelists:
Dr. Upton Allen – head of division of Infectious Diseases, SickKids.
Dr. Anna Taddio - Senior Associate Scientist, SickKids Dr. Isaac Odame – Haematology Section Head, Division of Haematology/Oncology, SickKids
Dr. Pierre Philippe Piché-Renaud - Clinical and Research Fellow, Paediatric Infectious Diseases, SickKids
Dr. Danielle Gibbs – Clinical Fellow, SickKids
Dr. Michelle Barton-Forbes - Associate Professor at Western University; Division Chief of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital LHSC
