IMPRINT: IMmunising PRegnant women and INfants neTwork
Lead Research Organisation:
London Sch of Hygiene and Trop Medicine
Abstract
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Technical Summary
The Industrial Challenge Strategy Fund supplement is designed to bring diverse and flexible pump-priming activities to the Network with additional industrial involvement. This award will provide a support linkage, increasing UK Vaccine R&D activity around ‘proof of concept’ studies and can be used to support academic-industry partnerships and enhance academic and industry researchers' understanding of each other's needs and capabilities. This may be through people exchanges, creation of tecnology demonstrators, showcase events, workshops and pump-priming of grant activities.
Organisations
- London Sch of Hygiene and Trop Medicine, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- University College London, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Public Health England, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Imperial College London, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Medical Research Council (Collaboration)
- University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- PATH (Collaboration)
- University of British Columbia, Canada (Collaboration)
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (Collaboration)
- Boston Children's Hospital (Collaboration)
- University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (Collaboration)
- National Health Service (Collaboration)
- Johns Hopkins University, United States (Collaboration)
Publications
Armitage AE
(2019)
The Importance of Iron Status for Young Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Review.
in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)
Brook B
(2020)
BCG vaccination-induced emergency granulopoiesis provides rapid protection from neonatal sepsis.
in Science translational medicine
Eckert LO
(2020)
Obstetrics risk Assessment: Evaluation of selection criteria for vaccine research studies in pregnant women.
in Vaccine
Edwards KM
(2020)
Ethics of Conducting Clinical Research in an Outbreak Setting.
in Annual review of virology
Idoko OT
(2019)
Antibody responses to yellow fever vaccine in 9 to 11-month-old Malian and Ghanaian children.
in Expert review of vaccines
Iwu CA
(2021)
Empowering traditional birth attendants as agents of maternal and neonatal immunization uptake in Nigeria: a repeated measures design.
in BMC public health
Kampmann B
(2021)
Women and children last? Shaking up exclusion criteria for vaccine trials.
in Nature medicine
| Title | Develppment of a "Speaking Book" to explain chidlhood vaccines |
| Description | we developed a book that has recorded messages about childhood vaccines in teh two most prevalent languages in The Gambia |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | We are currently assessing impact on vaccine up[take and use of the book to generate better knowledge about childhood vaccines from caregivers and healthcare professionals post introduction in sentinel sites in The Gambia |
| Title | Explaining vaccine trials, safety and ingredients in short animations |
| Description | https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/vaccine-centre/vaccine-faqs |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | public facing area of website now has clips that illustrate how vaccines work, how they are tested and how we establish that they are safe https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/vaccine-centre/vaccine-faqs |
| URL | https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/vaccine-centre/vaccine-faqs |
| Title | Videos about IMPRINT - our passion, global network, our innovative approach and impact on the life of mothers and infants |
| Description | We taped videos during our IMPRINT full network meeting (for more details, please refer to the Engagement activity section). We let two people have conversations on why they joined the network, the benefits of our network, our innovative approach and the impact on the life of mothers and infants. the half an hour interviews/conversations were cut together to approx one minute clips and are presented on our website. We aim to show our passion for our network, why it is important and why more people should join. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | After the meeting, we received new membership applications and feedback from the meeting participants that the videos caught perfectly the spirit of the network. |
| URL | http://www.imprint-network.co.uk |
| Description | Advisory Board Maternal Immunisation |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Via setting up immunisation services in antenatal clinics we have improved uptake |
| Description | COVAX maternal vaccine working group |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | The work and research provided by the working group has led to the acceptance of use of COVID vaccines in pregnant women and shaped the regulatory and surveillance requirements and initiated the conduct of clinical trials |
| URL | https://epi.tghn.org/covax-overview/clinical/ |
| Description | Membership in the Advisory Boards for WHO, BMGF and CEPI on maternal immunisation |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Our work in vaccines and particularly within the IMPRINT network has gained visibility at high levels and we have regularly acted as advisors to the WHO, BMGF, CEPI on issues relating to the implementation of vaccines in pregnancy. This is an ongoing process- an example is our contribution to the roadmap for the development of RSV vaccines for pregnant women, cited in the URL |
| URL | https://www.path.org/articles/roadmap-advancing-maternal-immunization-against-rsv/ |
| Description | The Advancing Maternal Immunization collaboration (AMI) analysis report on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) maternal immunization |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| Impact | Beate Kampmann, our IMPRINT network PI, and Naor Bar-Zeev, our challenge 6 co-lead, joined 58 other individuals across 25 organizations in 14 countries to publish the AMI gap analysis report on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) maternal immunization . The Advancing Maternal Immunization collaboration (AMI), coordinated by PATH in collaboration with the WHO, brings together diverse stakeholders from around the world and across immunization and maternal, newborn, and child health programs to identify a pathway to enable informed decision-making and introduction of maternal RSV vaccines, particularly in LMICs, and to provide tools to help decision-makers, implementers, researchers, and others navigate that pathway successfully. |
| URL | https://www.path.org/resources/advancing-rsv-maternal-immunization-gap-analysis-report/ |
| Description | selected as member of the WHO Afro Vaccine Safety expert committee |
| Geographic Reach | Africa |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| Description | A 3Rs approach to investigate the feto-maternal interface: visualisation of pathogen and antibody in a 3D in vitro human placental model. |
| Amount | £90,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NC/V001566/1 |
| Organisation | National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | BMGF award to Dr Merryn Vossey for furtehr studeis of antibody dynamics ot measles using IMPRINT consortium samples |
| Amount | $200,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | Crick African Network Accelerator grant [awarded to IMPRINT awardee Simon Kimuda] |
| Amount | £150,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Francis Crick Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2019 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | Dr Le-Doare: periCOVID-Africa - Understanding COVID-19 infections in pregnant women and their babies in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, The Gambia and Mozambique |
| Amount | € 499,934 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | RIA2020EF-2926 |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 11/2020 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | EDCTP award to Dr LeDoare for conduct of Group B strep clinical trial in Uganda |
| Amount | € 6,000,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 08/2024 |
| Description | GCRF Vaccine network |
| Amount | £2,600,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2017 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | IMpact of PRObiotic interVEntion in Papua New Guinean newborns. A safety and feasibility pilot study. |
| Amount | $451,951 (USD) |
| Funding ID | OPP1203918 |
| Organisation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 11/2020 |
| Description | In Vitro Organ Imaging Device (IV-OID) with integrated Biosensing and Real-Time Imaging Capability: Proof-of-Principle using a Human Placental Model |
| Amount | £150,594 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T012056/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | Pfizer-MatImms Africa project |
| Amount | £450,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Pfizer Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Pregnant women's views and perceptions on maternal vaccination and use of vaccination services during the SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic [awarded to Steering Group member Beth Holder] |
| Amount | £29,495 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | Science engagement with high school students [awarded to IMPRINT PE Awardee Patience Kiyuka] |
| Amount | $8,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | National Geographic |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 02/2021 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | Thrasher Foundation |
| Amount | $25,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | Thrasher Research Fund |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | UKRI-Future Leaders fellowship to Dr Kirsty LeDaore, memebr of steering committee |
| Amount | £3,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2019 |
| End | 06/2024 |
| Description | British Columbia University |
| Organisation | University of British Columbia |
| Department | Department of Pediatrics |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | provided support for field sample collections and vaccinations, plus laboratory facilities |
| Collaborator Contribution | access to protocols |
| Impact | publication, presentation at international meeting, visibility |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Centre for Infectious Disease Research, Zambia, Dr Roma Chilengi |
| Organisation | Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia |
| Country | Zambia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Roma Chilengi has been serving on our IMPRINT Executive Committee since August 2019 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Beate please add |
| Impact | Further visibility for IMPRINT in Zambia |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Collaboration with MRC/GCRF funded International Veterinary Vaccinology Network, University of Edinburgh, UK |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Department | The Roslin Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The MRC/GCRF funded sister "Networks in Vaccine R&D" Hic-Vac, BactiVac, IntVetVacc, Validate and IMPRINT support each other by exchange of knowledge, administrative issues, the network PIs supporting network meeting by presenting their own networks and joint presentation of the networks during the BSI meeting 2017 (please refer to Engagement activities for more details). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The MRC/GCRF funded sister "Networks in Vaccine R&D" Hic-Vac, BactiVac, IntVetVacc, Validate and IMPRINT support each other by exchange of knowledge, administrative issues, the network PIs supporting network meeting by presenting their own networks and joint presentation of the networks during the BSI meeting 2017 (please refer to Engagement activities for more details). |
| Impact | Joint meeting attendance. Exchange of knowledge on reporting to funders and administrative matters. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with MRC/GCRF funded network Hic-Vac, Imperial College, UK |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | the MRC/GCRF funded sister "Networks in Vaccine R&D" Hic-Vac, BactiVac, IntVetVacc, Validate and IMPRINT support each other by exchange of knowledge, administrative issues, the network PIs supporting network meeting by presenting their own networks and joint presentation of the networks during the BSI meeting 2017 (please refer to Engagement activities for more details). |
| Collaborator Contribution | the MRC/GCRF funded sister "Networks in Vaccine R&D" Hic-Vac, BactiVac, IntVetVacc, Validate and IMPRINT support each other by exchange of knowledge, administrative issues, the network PIs supporting network meeting by presenting their own networks and joint presentation of the networks during the BSI meeting 2017 (please refer to Engagement activities for more details). |
| Impact | Joint meetings and exchange of knowledge on reporting and administrative issues. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with the MRC/GCRF funded network BactiVac, University of Birmingham, UK |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The MRC/GCRF funded sister "Networks in Vaccine R&D" Hic-Vac, BactiVac, IntVetVacc, Validate and IMPRINT support each other by exchange of knowledge, administrative issues, the network PIs supporting network meeting by presenting their own networks and joint presentation of the networks during the BSI meeting 2017 (please refer to Engagement activities for more details). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The MRC/GCRF funded sister "Networks in Vaccine R&D" Hic-Vac, BactiVac, IntVetVacc, Validate and IMPRINT support each other by exchange of knowledge, administrative issues, the network PIs supporting network meeting by presenting their own networks and joint presentation of the networks during the BSI meeting 2017 (please refer to Engagement activities for more details). |
| Impact | Joint meeting attendance. Exchange of knowledge on reporting to funders and administrative matters. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with the MRC/GCRF funded network Validate , University of Oxford, UK |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The MRC/GCRF funded sister "Networks in Vaccine R&D" Hic-Vac, BactiVac, IntVetVacc, Validate and IMPRINT support each other by exchange of knowledge, administrative issues, the network PIs supporting network meeting by presenting their own networks and joint presentation of the networks during the BSI meeting 2017 (please refer to Engagement activities for more details). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The MRC/GCRF funded sister "Networks in Vaccine R&D" Hic-Vac, BactiVac, IntVetVacc, Validate and IMPRINT support each other by exchange of knowledge, administrative issues, the network PIs supporting network meeting by presenting their own networks and joint presentation of the networks during the BSI meeting 2017 (please refer to Engagement activities for more details). |
| Impact | Joint meeting attendance, exchange of knowledge on reporting to funders and administrative matters. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Harvard Levy lab |
| Organisation | Boston Children's Hospital |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | exchange of staff and technology |
| Collaborator Contribution | contributed research samples |
| Impact | publication by Burl et al |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Harvard Levy lab |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Institute of Child Health |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | exchange of staff and technology |
| Collaborator Contribution | contributed research samples |
| Impact | publication by Burl et al |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | ICH London Goldblatt lab |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Institute of Child Health |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | scientific exchange re pneumococcal immunisation policies, practice and research, sharing of reagents and assay development |
| Collaborator Contribution | scientific exchange re pneumococcal immunisation policies, practice and research, sharing of reagents and assay development |
| Impact | 1 shared PhD studentship, scientific workshop at MRC The Gambia input into senior appointments |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Imperial College London, UK; Dr Holder |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Holder is member of our network Steering Committee |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr. Beth Holder is a Lecturer in Maternal and Fetal Health in the Institute of Reproductive Biology (IRDB) and our IMPRINT challenge 1 "Mechanism of production and transfer of maternal antibody via the placenta and breast milk" co-lead. She supports the network with her expertise. |
| Impact | IMPRINT joint events (e.g. London Midwifery Festival, please refer to the section Engagement Activities) and publications. MatImms App for pregnant women (please refer to Engagement Activities). |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA; Dr Bar-Zeev |
| Organisation | Johns Hopkins University |
| Department | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Naor Bar-Zeev served as an IMPRINT Steering Committee Member from the start of IMPRINT until July 2019. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Naor Bar-Zeev is a pediatric infectious diseases physician and statistical epidemiologist. His research interest is in understanding how to maximise the benefit of existing and future vaccines in low-resourced high mortality settings, how best to protect vulnerable groups like newborns and pregnant women and how to optimise methods to evaluate vaccine impact and effectiveness. He is part of our IMPRINT Steering Committee and challenge 6 "Development of comparable methodologies for assessing efficacy in clinical trials" co-lead. |
| Impact | Joint IMPRINT events. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Levy Lab |
| Organisation | Boston Children's Hospital |
| Department | Levy Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | set up of systems vaccinology research for studies of EPI vaccines |
| Collaborator Contribution | bioinformatics support |
| Impact | several publications and a grant submission to the nIH |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Vaccine Confidence Project, UK, Prof. Larson |
| Organisation | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Heidi Larson is a member of our IMPRINT Steering Committee. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Prof. Heidi J. Larson is an anthropologist and Director of The Vaccine Confidence Project™ (VCP); Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science, Dept. Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Clinical Professor, Institute of Health Metrics & Evaluation, University of Washington; and Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security Fellow. She is a member of our IMPRINT Steering Committee and one of our challenge 4 "Vaccine acceptancy and preparedness for maternal immunisation, including in emergencies" co-leads. IMPRINT is featured as a partner on the vaccine confidence.org website (please refer to Engagement activities for more details). |
| Impact | Joint IMPRINT events. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | MRC Unit The Gambia |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Department | MRC Unit, The Gambia |
| Country | Gambia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | cross-fertilisation between nIHR funding and my role at the MRC Unit in The Gambia, where I hold a TB related program grant |
| Collaborator Contribution | program grant on childhood TB embedded within the MRC Unit |
| Impact | several publications and program grant award |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | National Health Services, UK; Dr Mehring-Le Doare |
| Organisation | National Health Service |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | Dr Kirsty Mehring-le Doare is one of our IMPRINT Steering Committee members. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Mehring is consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, CSAC Training Advisor (PIID). She also functions as one of our IMPRINT Steering Committee members and co-lead of our challenge "Mechanism of production and transfer of maternal antibody via the placenta and breast milk". |
| Impact | Joint IMPRINT events and publications. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Oxford Vaccine Group |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Oxford Vaccine Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | mutual engagement in Vaccinology research |
| Collaborator Contribution | joint supervision of PhD student |
| Impact | new collaboration |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | PATH |
| Organisation | PATH |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Path vaccine roadmap work |
| Collaborator Contribution | scientific advice |
| Impact | funding |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Public Health England |
| Organisation | Public Health England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | a database was developed by my team, funded from the NIHR award, to capture household contacts, which is now used by PHE as the contact tracing module within the national TB notifications |
| Collaborator Contribution | PHE supported the database developer who was based at Colindale during the time of database development |
| Impact | is now used by PHE as the contact tracing module within the national TB notifications |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | University of Liverpool, Prof. French |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Neil French is member of our IMPRINT Steering Committee |
| Collaborator Contribution | Neil French is Professor of Infectious Diseases and Global Health and Hon Consultant Infectious Diseases Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust. He is a member of our IMPRINT Steering Committee and challenge 6 "Development of comparable methodologies for assessing efficacy in clinical trials" co-lead. |
| Impact | Joint IMPRINT events and publications. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | University of Oxford, UK; Dr Drakesmith |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Alexander Drakesmith is member of our IMPRINT Steering Committee |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Drakesmith´s lab is at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular of Medicine where he studies the role of iron in infectious diseases and the immune response. He is member of our IMPRINT Steering Committee and challenge 3 "Impact of globally important co-factors on maternal and neonatal immunity" co-lead. |
| Impact | Joint IMPRINT events. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Dr Clare Cutland |
| Organisation | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Department | Respiratory And Meningeal Pathogens Unit |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Clare Cutland is one of our network Executive Committee members. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr. Clare Cutland is the Deputy Director at the Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit (RMPRU) based at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH), Soweto, South Africa. She has been a sub-investigator/ senior doctor on numerous phase I, II and III paediatric vaccine trials and principal investigator on a phase II paediatric measles vaccine trial and a phase III quadrivalent influenza vaccine trial in children. She is part of our IMPRINT Steering committee group and co-lead of our challenge "Vaccine Safety and Monitorgin in LMIC". |
| Impact | Joint events related to IMPRINT. Publications are currently in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Title | Pertussis vacciantion in pregnancy |
| Description | This trial evaluates the use of pertussis vaccines in pregnancy in The Gambia- it is still ongoing |
| Type | Therapeutic Intervention - Vaccines |
| Current Stage Of Development | Late clinical evaluation |
| Year Development Stage Completed | 2021 |
| Development Status | Closed |
| Clinical Trial? | Yes |
| Impact | This trial is evaluating a vaccine already licensed for use in Europe for use in pregnancy- we are applying it in West Africa |
| URL | https://periscope-project.eu/ |
| Description | Advocacy visits to three communities from three local government areas selected |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Ugochukwu Madubueze Advocacy conducted a workshop with 90 stakeholders from 3 communities in Nigeria as part of the IMPRINT public engagement project "Effect of information, education and communication interventions on awareness, risk perception and confidence in the uptake of maternal vaccination in Ebonyi State, Nigeria.". Between 20 and 30 elders/traditional rulers per community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | At Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | IMPRINT Pump Priming awardee Dr Andrew Armitage will give a presentation on 23 March 2020 to all members of Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford. Non-clinical and clinician scientists including graduate students, postdocs, clinicians and Principal Investigators. The presentation is titled: "Ins and Outs of Iron in Infants" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | At UVRI Uganda - Simon Kimuda |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 20-22 February, IMPRINT pump priming awardee Simon Kimuda gave a presentation at UVRI in Entebbe, Uganda titled: "TB vaccine research at UVRI". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/muiiplus/status/1098531500092465152?s=21 |
| Description | At Uganda's National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programem - Simon Kimuda |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 4 October 2019, IMPRINT pump priming awardee Simon Kimuda gave a presentation on TB vaccine research studies at Uganda's National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme in Kampala. He presented on his IMPRINT funded study investigating factors influencing BCG-mediated in vitro growth inhibition in Ugandan infants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Baseline knowledge assessment on maternal tetanus toxoid (TT) vaccination |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | As part of the IMPRINT public engagement project "Improving maternal vaccination awareness in remote areas of the Kilimanjaro region in Tanzania," Dr Agnes Msoka conducted IDIs and FGDs to assess the knowledge of maternal TT vaccination. The outcome was the knowledge status and gaps among participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Blog feature MatIMMS project, Patient Experience Research Center Imperial College London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The MatImms project consists of a multi-disciplinary research team of midwives, doctors and scientists that investigates vaccination in pregnancy. The project is led by Prof. Beate Kampmann. MatImms encourages vaccination in pregnancy to protect newborn babies from preventable infections. In the laboratory, MatImms studies the impact of vaccines on immunity in mothers and babies. In order to connect with pregnant women, the MatImms Smartphone App has been developed to improve vaccine information available, enabling pregnant women and their support networks to make informed choices. Our challenge 1 co-lead Beth Holder co-developed the App and its contents. IMPRINT is mentioned on the blog news. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/blog/perc/2019/02/11/case-study-15-matimms-involve-women-in-research-addr... |
| Description | British Society for Immunology (BSI) Meeting, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Our IMPRINT network manager, Dr Claudia Schacht, together with our sister Network Managers from the VALIDATE Network (Vaccine development for complex intracellular neglected pathogens), IntVetVac (the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network), HIC-Vac (The Human Challenge Model Network) and BactiVac (the Bacterial Vaccines Network) joined forces during the British Society for Immunology (BSI) meeting in Brighton to introduce the networks, attracts new members and talk about the start or our first rounds of funding calls. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.immunology.org/events/bsi-congress |
| Description | Community engagement meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The community engagement meeting was organised by Mary Kyohere in Uganda as part of the IMPRINT public engagement project "Increasing maternal immunisation awareness by working with women influencers in Kawempe Division, Uganda." It aimed at sensitizing stakeholders on IMPRINT Community Engagement planned activities, evaluate the IMPRINT community engagement tools (film script and films) and discussing community engagement plans. Attendees were women influencers (VHTS, Local leaders, Religious leaders and Traditional birth attendants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Community sensitisation events |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | The community sensitisation events are regularly conducted to inform past, present and future participants in our research on the results of previous studies and upcoming new research studies and clinical trials. They serve as a link to the community decision makers and are well supported by community members and MRC researchers. Increased participation in clincial trials and ongoign research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| Description | Community sessions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the IMPRINT public engagement project "Improving maternal vaccination awareness in remote areas of the Kilimanjaro region in Tanzania," Dr. Agnes Msoka trained community leaders in Tanzania in topics around maternal vaccination. Trained community leaders were imparting knowledge to the community members within their usual community meetings using leaflets and posters under supervision of the trained HCWs. The session monitored by the study team as well. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Dissemination workshop titled "Understanding the influence of public, provider, policy and contextual factors on maternal vaccine acceptance" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Neisha Sundaram (IMPRINT Fellow) gave a workshop to share preliminary findings from IMPRINT fellowship research with policymakers, public health officials, doctors, nurses ASHA workers and other public health personnel, and academic researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Engagement with a community Trust called MOSAIC, primarily BAME participants |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | The MOSAIC community Trust is based in West London and we have engaged around the subject of vaccines in general, vaccine confidence, vaccination in pregnancy, COVID vaccines- I have been the to go to person for professional advice via Q&A sessions and workshops and have been asked to become a Trustee |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021 |
| Description | European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) meeting cum IMPRINT Research Session, Sweden |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | At the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases meeting in Malmö, Sweden, our network Co-PI Dr Chrissie Jones organized a research session for IMPRINT members and people interested in our network. We aimed to meet with IMPRINT network members attending the conference as well as attracting new members. In addition, Dr Chrissie Jones was also available at the "Meet the Professor" Session and present "a randomized controlled trial comparing two pertussis-containing vaccines in pregnancy and vaccine responses in UK mothers and their infants (Immunizing Mums Against Pertussis, IMAP2). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | IMPRINT Full Network Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We held our first full network meeting in Sept 2018 in Kingston upon Thames with a total of 87 participants. At that time, the network was running for 14 months and had a total of 200 members. Travel funds for young scientists, postdocs as well as grant holders were provided. 30% of the participants came from LMIC, 70% from HIC and from a total of 22 different countries. During the meeting, we not only had scientific talks by our pump priming and fellowship holders on their IMPRINT sponsored projects, but also from our GCRF sister network PIs and stakeholders from policy (Ghana Standards Authority and WHO), as well as the Group Strep B support group.. We also had an industry panel discussion with representatives from Pfizer, GSK and Sanofi Pasteur. We offered workshops on the topic of Patient and Public Involvement and grant writing as media training. A speed dating session for networking fostered the interaction between the participants. Additionally, we supported the career of our IMPRINT sponsored fellows by recording video interviews about their research and career which we will display at the IMPRINT website and provide to the fellows. We also recorded videos and interviews with our network members on our passion for research, our network of members, our innovational approach and impact. All videos can be seen on our website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.imprint-network.co.uk |
| Description | IMPRINT Session & Network Meeting at INMIS 2019 in Vancouver |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 17 September 2019, IMPRINT held a session and network meeting in conjunction with the 5th International Maternal and Neonatal Immunisation symposium (INMIS) in Vancouver, Canada. INMIS takes place bi-annually and is the world leading conference in the field of maternal and neonatal immunisation and as such the most important conference for IMPRINT to reach our main target audience, namely researchers, industry partners, funders and other stakeholders in our field. IMPRINT was one of the sponsors for INMIS contributing travel funds for IMPRINT members and the IMPRINT Steering Group. The session took place directly after INMIS and was advertised to all INMIS attendees as well as the whole IMPRINT network. In total, the session was attended by over 70 people. The session consisted of presentations by all IMPRINT funded Pump Priming projects and IMPRINT Fellows, as well a select presentations by one of our newly funded Public Engagement projects. In addition to the research and engagement projects, The Vaccine Confidence Project presented on its measures to monitore vaccine confidence across media & social media, utilizing machine learning, digital analytics and confidence mapping. The project is co-funded by IMPRINT. Impact: The session offered excellent networking opportunity for all IMPRINT awardees to form future research collaborations. Both industry representatives (e. g from GSK) and representatives from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation attended the meeting fostering dialogue about potential collaborations on network level as well as sustainability for the IMPRINT network. In addition, the session led to a spike in membership applications. Due to our presence at INMIS, approx. 20 new members joined the network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.inmis.org |
| Description | IMPRINT Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Beth Holder (IMPRINT Steering Group member) gave a presentation at an IMPRINT hosted webinar reviewing evidence for vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 across the placenta |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IMPRINT kickoff at INMIS 2017, Brussels |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | IMPRINT official kickoff meeting during 4th International Neonatal & Maternal Immunization Symposium in Brussels in Sept 2017. The network was introduced by the network PIs, Prof. Beate Kampmann, Dr Chrissie Jones, the network manager Dr Claudia Schacht. Presentations were also given by members of the IMPRINT Steering Committee (Heidi Larson, Clare Cutland, Sonali Kochhar). The meeting attracted the first round of membership applicants to our network. A Steering committee kickoff meeting was held with 8 out of 13 members. A stakeholder meeting with participants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, PATH, GSK, Minervax, NIAID, Pfizer and UNICEF was held. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.inmis.org/index.php?p=previousInmis |
| Description | INMIS media interveiw |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | as part of the International Symposium for neonatal and maternal immunisations hick I organised in The Gambia I gave a television interview to the national media which was broadcasted on the same day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Immunisation Reminder App - Dr Dan Kajungu |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Smart Phone Application to remind mothers and caretakers about scheduled immunisations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Impact Science Report 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | IMPRINT was featured in the latest Impact Science Report. Our network PIs Beate Kampmann and Chrissie Jones talked about the "value of vaccination in pregnancy". They discussed our innovative and game-changing network activities as well as the network´s long-term global impact. Our IMPRINT fellow Alansana Darboe is also featured and shares how the IMPRINT fellowship will foster his research career. The article aimed at increasing our visibility and attract new members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://impact.pub/December2018-2digitaledition/ |
| Description | Institute website / facebook post |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the IMPRINT priming project "IMPROVE - IMmunology of PRObiotics supplementation on Vaccine outcomes in Early life"; the study team posted TKI News and Events - posting on website and facebook to inform donors and the general public of our research aimed at improving the lives of young kids |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Intervention period (flag off ceremony, airing of short fims and drama at meetings, distribution of pamphlets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the IMPRINT public engagement project "Effect of information, education and communication interventions on awareness, risk perception and confidence in the uptake of maternal vaccination in Ebonyi State, Nigeria," Dr. Madubueze's team reached an estimated 10,000 women with the short film (separate entry on Researchfish) and an additional 1000 women with pamphlets/flyers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Introducing the importance of biomedical sciences in the development of The Gambian health sector - Dr Alansana Darboe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | On 6-9 January, IMPRINT Fellow Dr Alansana Darboe gave a workshop to Gambian University students titled "Introduction of biomedical scineces to The Gambia university students" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Introduction of IMPRINT at the Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sonali Kochhar, one of our network steering committee members presented on maternal immunization to the Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands on 5th Sept 2018 - it was attended by Public Health, Infectious Disease, Vaccine and clinical research experts at Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam. There was a lot of interest in the IMPRINT network as the attendees hadn´t heard of it. The aim was to increase our network and attract new members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Keynote at RIVM Vaccine Preventable Diseases research day - Dr Merryn Voysey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 6 February 2020, IMPRINT pump priming awardee Dr Merryn Voysey was invited to give a keynote speech at the RIVM Vaccine Preventable Diseases research day in the Netherlands. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience - Dr Sonali Kochhar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 7 February 2019, IMPRINT Steering Group member Dr Sonali Kochar gave a presentation at King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience titled: Maternal Immunization Clinical Research in Low and Middle Income Countries: Study Design, Regulatory, Ethical and Safety Considerations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/maternal-immunization-clinical-research-in-low-and-middle-income-countr... |
| Description | London Maternity and Midwifery Festival 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | IMPRINT was promoted at the first London Maternity & Midwifery Festival that took place on February 13th 2018 with over 1600 participants. This national professional festival, with leadership speakers and exhibitions, is to be held annually to highlight developments in maternity and midwifery across the South East of the United Kingdom. Our IMPRINT network member Beth Holder and a team from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine attended the event to promote MatImms, a free Smartphone App designed by leading experts of paediatric infectious diseases at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine that aims to improve vaccine information available to pregnant women, enabling them to make informed choices and encourages vaccination in pregnancy to protect newborn babies from preventable infections. MatImms collaborate with pregnant women alongside academic, clinical and policy partners such as Public Health England and antenatal services, in the UK and globally through the Centre for International Child Health. Matimms is led by Professor Beate Kampmann. We aimed to attract midwifes to our network and spark interest of the general public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/events/london-2018/ |
| Description | Mapping local radio stations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The activity was organised by Mary Kyohere as part of her IMPRINT project engagement project "Increasing maternal immunisation awareness by working with women influencers in Kawempe Division, Uganda." The activity was aimed at finding different local radio stations most listened to by the people in the ten parishes surrounding Kawempe National hospital. This would help us create awareness of maternal vaccine through radio spot messages. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with UNEPI, Ministry of Health - Dr Dan Kajungu |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | IMPRINT Fellow Dr Dan Kajungu met with the UNEPI team of the Ugandan Ministry of Health on 10 November 2019 to introduce the project activities of his fellowship to stakeholders |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Midwifery conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Open Day and midwifery conference at earls Court London, large exhibition of activities, promotion of our App for maternal immunisation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Neonatal sepsis and maternal vaccination videos |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The MRC/UVRI@LSHTM team (Kirsty Le Doare, IMPRINT Steering Group Member) have developed two films that are being shown in ANC in Uganda informing the public and in particular pregnant women and their families about neonatal sepsis and maternal vaccination |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Oral abstract presentation at FIS 2019: Federation of Infection Societies Conference - Dr Merryn Voysey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 11 November 2019, IMPRINT pump priming awardee Dr Merryn Voysey gave an oral abstract presentation on her research at the Federation of Infection Societies Conference 2019 in Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Orientation and Training of research assistants, interviewers, women leaders, actors and crew members |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | As part of the IMPRINT public engagement project "Effect of information, education and communication interventions on awareness, risk perception and confidence in the uptake of maternal vaccination in Ebonyi State, Nigeria," Dr Ugochukwu Madubueze trained 31 research assistants/ interviewers and 30 community celebrities/role models |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Orientation and Training of research assistants, interviewers, women leaders, actors and crew members; Public Engagement Project Ugochukwu Madubueze |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 26 October 2019, IMPRINT public engagement awardee Ugochukwu Madubueze held a workshop for her project, training 31 research assistants/ interviewers and 30 community celebrities/role models |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Partner: IMPRINT and the Vaccine Confidence Project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Heidi Larson, one of our network challenge leads also holds the position of the director of the Vaccine Confidence Project, based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The purpose of the project is to monitor public confidence in immunisation programmes by building an information surveillance system for early detection of public concerns around vaccines. IMPRINT is featured as the Vaccine Confidence Partner on their website. We plan to open a call in the near future about patient and public engagement in vaccination, and the Vaccine Confidence project display gives us more visibility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| URL | http://www.vaccineconfidence.org |
| Description | Play oureaches at community open spaces in Kenya |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Patience Kiyuka staged a plan in a local community in Kenya to build confidence in maternal vaccination in local communities as part of her project "Building confidence on maternal vaccination by addressing risk perceptions using magnet theatre in rural and informal settlements in Kenya." The play was staged in 3 select community open spaces to spur conversation on maternal vaccine while addressing fears, concerns and misinformation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Poster Presentation at INMIS 2019 - Alansana Darboe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Our IMPRINT Fellow Dr Alansana Darboe had a poster presentation at the International Neonatal and Maternal Immunization Symposia (INMIS) on 11 September 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. His presentation was titled: Understanding the interaction between maternal anitbodies & monocytes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Poster Presentation at INMIS 2019 - Merryn Voysey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Our IMPRINT pump priming awardee Dr Merryn Voysey gave a poster presentation at the International Neonatal and Maternal Immunization Symposia (INMIS) on 15 September 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Poster Presentation at INMIS 2019 - Shadia Khandaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 15 September 2019, IMPRINT pump priming awardee gave a poster presentation at INMIS 2019 titled: "Humanised FcRn mouse model: a novel tool for preclinical testing of vaccine induced immune correlates and maternofetal transfer of humoral immunity" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.inmis.org/ |
| Description | Poster Presentation at The annual meeting of the 'Centre for Global Vaccine Research', University of Liverpool 2019 - Shadia Khandaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 01 November 2018, IMPRINT Fellow Dr Shadia Khandaker gave a presentation at the the annual meeting of the 'Centre for Global Vaccine Research', University of Liverpool. The presentation was titled: Understanding GBS protective immunity in high- vs. low- GBS prevalence settings exploiting a novel humanised mouse model |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at The annual meeting of the 'Centre for Global Vaccine Research', University of Liverpool 2019 - Shadia Khandaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 24 October 2019, IMPRINT Fellow Dr Shadia Khandaker gave a presentation at the the annual meeting of the 'Centre for Global Vaccine Research', University of Liverpool. The presentation was titled: Towards the understanding of anti-Group B Streptococcus (GBS) protective immunity: characterisation of maternal sera in high- vs. low- GBS prevalence countries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation in Dar es salaam, Tanzania - Simon Kimuda |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 27-28 November 2019, IMPRINT pump priming awardee Simon Kimuda gave a presentation at priMe (A multi-centre phase III double-blind, randomised, controlled study evaluating the efficacy and safety of VPM1002 in comparison to BCG) investigators meeting in Dar es salaam, Tanzania describing recruitment and retention strategies learned from our IMPRINT funded study. The presentation was titled: "Recruitment and retention strategies: Lessons learned from a pilot study at UVRI" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.prime-vaccine.eu/news-press/?we_objectID=188 |
| Description | Presentation on Ethics Of Research In Pregnancy, In Relation To COVID-19 Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Sonali Kochar (IMPRINT Steering Group Member) gave a presentation at the PHEPREN and the Global Forum on Bioethics on Research (GFBR) Seminar on December 4, 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation on Maternal Tetanus Toxoid vaccination |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Agnes Msoka gave multiple presentations to the local community to improve maternal tetanus toxoid vaccination. This activity was done as part of her IMPRINT public engagement project "Improving maternal vaccination awareness in remote areas of the Kilimanjaro region in Tanzania." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | Presentation to COVAXX |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Beth Holder (IMPRINT Steering Group member) gave a presentation to COVAXX reviewing evidence for vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 across the placenta |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Presentation to Gates Foundation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Beth Holder (IMPRINT Steering Group member) gave a presentation to the Gates Foundation reviewing evidence for vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 across the placenta |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Project website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | With our website, we aim to build a sustainable network of stakeholders from basic science, immunology, vaccinology, social sciences, industry, public health and national and international policy makers, to tackle the challenges in the best use of vaccines in pregnancy and in newborns, and in the long term to improve maternal and newborn health. The website helps us to foster capacity for research and innovation within the UK and in developing countries and set up new collaborations. In February 2020, the released a complete redesign of the website, including a separate events page to announce and advertise IMPRINT network meetings and other events supported by IMPRINT. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020 |
| URL | http://www.imprint-network.co.uk |
| Description | RE:Action 2017, Magazin of the University of Southampton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chrissie Jones and IMPRINT were featured in the The RE:Action Magazine of the University of Southampton, Re:action is the University of Southampton's bi-annual Research and Enterprise newsletter offering insight into public policy related research conducted at the University as well as public engagement and business activities. the article aimed to increase our visibility and attract potential new members to the network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://e.issuu.com/anonymous-embed.html?u=university_of_southampton&d=web_version_reaction_magazine... |
| Description | Radio shows to create awareness on maternal vaccination |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Activity conducted by Patience Kiyuka as part of her IMPRINT public engagement project "Building confidence on maternal vaccination by addressing risk perceptions using magnet theatre in rural and informal settlements in Kenya." The goal was to engage listeners of a local radio station (Baraka FM) on the importance of maternal vaccination. Patience conducted 2 radio talk shows addressing concerns, fears on maternal vaccination |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Radio shows to disseminate results of an IMPRINT PE project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Patience Kiyuka produced a radio drama (a play that can be aired on radio) as part of her IMPRINT public engagement project "Building confidence on maternal vaccination by addressing risk perceptions using magnet theatre in rural and informal settlements in Kenya." She further held 6 talk shows on radio where the play was aired and invited listerns to give us their thoughts about the play and also discussed further the compex issues the play sought to bring out. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Regular IMPRINT newsletter for members |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We regularly send out an email newsletter to all IMPRINT members to keep them engaged with the network and informed about IMPRINT activities, such as new calls for proposals (e. g. in 2019/2020 our Public Engagement, Pump Priming and Industry Placement), travel bursaries (e. g. for members from LMIC to attend vaccinology courses), relevant publications, IMPRINT network meetings, etc. The newsletter is a central communication tool for the network and has helped us attract around 5-20 applications for each call we issue. As of 8 March 2020, we reach all our 281 members with the newsletter. We send out newsletters between 1-4 times per month. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020 |
| Description | Regular appearances on BBC, BBC World Service, BBC radio for vaccine related questions throughout the last 12 months |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I am a regular guest on various media channels, Victoria Derbyshire program, mainly BBC- there are too many to list individually. I have spoken about measles, HPV, corona virus and vaccine confidence, including in pregnant women. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47787908 |
| Description | Short film recording |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the IMPRINT public engagement project "Effect of information, education and communication interventions on awareness, risk perception and confidence in the uptake of maternal vaccination in Ebonyi State, Nigeria," Dr Madubueze's team recorded a short film to inform about maternal vaccinations. About 600 women of reproductive age at the monthly meetings of 3 communities and an estimate of 10,000 women in the state were reached by the short film. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Situation Analysis: Baseline data collection & Post intervention data collection (Quantitative and qualitative data) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the IMPRINT public engagement project "Effect of information, education and communication interventions on awareness, risk perception and confidence in the uptake of maternal vaccination in Ebonyi State, Nigeria ," Dr Ugochukwu Madubueze conducted a talk and questionnaire with 600 women of reproductive age in Nigeria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Stakeholders meeting on Maternal Interventions Vigilance: Safety Monitoring and Surveillance in Vaccine and other Research Settings, WHO Geneva |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Sonali Kochhar introduced IMPRINT during the stakeholder meeting on Maternal Interventions Vigilance at the WHO in Geneva. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s23416en/s23416en.pdf |
| Description | TB vaccine research at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) - Simon Kimuda |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | On 12 February 2020, IMPRINT pump priming awardee Simon Kimuda gave a presentation on TB vaccine research studies at UVRI. He presented updates from his IMPRINT funded study investigating factors influencing BCG-mediated in vitro growth inhibition in Ugandan infants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/muiiplus/status/1227217108901224448?s=21 |
| Description | Telephone interview with The Times |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Beth Holder (IMPRINT Steering Group Member) gave a telephone interview with The Times regarding attitudes to COVID vaccine in pregnancy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The Value of vacciens to soceities- a presentation in Valencia, Spain on invitation of the British Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On invitation of the British Council, I presented on the topic of Value of Vaccines in society- do we really appreciate them? the session was held in the museum of Sciences in Valencia, Spain and is available on youtube. This was part of a regular open forum for general public organsied by the British Council in Spain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBam59ErFg |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBam59ErFg |
| Description | Training of Healthcare workers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | As part of the IMPRINT public engagement project "Improving maternal vaccination awareness in remote areas of the Kilimanjaro region in Tanzania," Dr. Agnes Msoka conducted a two day training of healthcare workers from RCH clinics in order to refresh their knowledge and skills on maternal TT vaccination. Impact: Knowledge and skills were improved and transferred to community members as well as creation of the advocacy materials (posters/leaflets). The training included pre and post training questionnaires. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Training of community leaders |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of the IMPRINT public engagement project "Improving maternal vaccination awareness in remote areas of the Kilimanjaro region in Tanzania," Dr. Agnes Msoka trained community leaders in topics around maternal vaccination. Two day training of healthcare workers from RCH clinics in order to refresh their knowledge and skills on maternal TT vaccination. Impact: Knowledge and skills were improved and transferred to community members as well as creation of the advocacy materials (posters/leaflets). The training included pre- and post training questionnaires. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Twitter Account |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our Twitter account engages mainly scientists and the general public. We tweet about the topic of vaccination in general, retweet worldwide funding opportunities and engage with other GRCF funded networks on the topic of immunization. We also tweet about our own funding options. We attracted over 320 followers since Sept 2017 (up from 200 since the 2019 report). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/imprint_network |
| Description | Workshop cum Expert Review Meeting on Maternal Immunization, New Delhi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Beate Kampmann, our network PI, Beth Holder, our challenge 1 co-lead and Sonali Kochhar, our challenge 5 co-lead, introduced IMPRINT at the "Workshop cum Expert Review Meeting on Maternal Immunization" September 10th in New Delhi, organized by the PRERNA Platform, KEM Hospital Research Centre Pune, with support from WHO-TDR Fellowship in Clinical Research and Development and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The meeting was attended by global and Indian public health, infectious disease, vaccine and clinical experts. The objectives of the meeting were to: - foster discussion among national and global leaders in maternal immunization to identify and prioritise research areas in maternal immunization in India - initiate research proposals - development in maternal immunization in collaboration with national and international partners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.prernaindia.in/images/mi.pdf |
| Description | multiple media participation (radio, TV incl BBC World, BBC, ITV, Sky) newspapers) since start of the pandemic as expert in vaccinology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I have been asked for interviews in radio, TV incl BBC World, BBC, ITV, Sky and article contributions in newspapers on a weekly basis throughout the pandemic This also included reporting on vaccination in pregnancy and is of direct relevance to IMPRINT. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021 |