Keith graduated from Otago University in 1977 and undertook paediatric training in New Zealand, the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and at the University of Calgary in Canada. He was Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne, Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Otago, Wellington and is currently Director of the Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute, Conjoint Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Queensland and paediatric infectious diseases at the Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane. His research interests include rotavirus gastroenteritis, for which he received a MD, the microbiology of cystic fibrosis lung disease, bronchiectasis, respiratory viruses and neonatal infections.
k.grimwood@uq.edu.au
| Pneumococcus, Rotavirus, Varicella Vaccines - what's new? - Practice Nurses Programme - (with Dr Sharon Wong) |
| Saturday, 30 July 2011 | Start 11:00am | Duration: 120mins | Speight Room |
Prevention of infectious diseases is at the core of good health and vaccines represent one of the greatest achievements of biomedical science and public health. There have been significant advances in the development of vaccines, which hold promise for improving the health of New Zealanders. From July 2011, the Government will broaden the coverage of pneumococcal disease in New Zealand by replacing Prevenar with Synflorix (a 10-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine) on the National Immunisation Schedule. In addition to those vaccines on the Immunisation Schedule, there are others that are recommended and available in New Zealand but not yet funded. This interactive workshop will provide you with an update on the advances in pneumococcal vaccination in New Zealand and the implications for clinical practice. The workshop will also cover the latest developments in recommended but non-funded vaccines, including rotavirus and varicella vaccines.
| Pneumococcus, Rotavirus, Varicella Vaccines - what's new? - Concurrent workshop repeated - (with Dr Sharon Wong) |
| Saturday, 30 July 2011 | Start 2:00pm | Duration: 55mins | Heritage Room |
| Start 3:05pm | Duration: 55mins | Heritage Room |
Prevention of infectious diseases is at the core of good health and vaccines represent one of the greatest achievements of biomedical science and public health. There have been significant advances in the development of vaccines, which hold promise for improving the health of New Zealanders. From July 2011, the Government will broaden the coverage of pneumococcal disease in New Zealand by replacing Prevenar with Synflorix (a 10-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine) on the National Immunisation Schedule. In addition to those vaccines on the Immunisation Schedule, there are others that are recommended and available in New Zealand but not yet funded. This interactive workshop will provide you with an update on the advances in pneumococcal vaccination in New Zealand and the implications for clinical practice. The workshop will also cover the latest developments in recommended but non-funded vaccines, including rotavirus and varicella vaccines.