¶ Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group
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The Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group (VSRG) is a working group of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force.[1]
¶ Organization
VSRG reports to the Public Health Agency of Canada, and works in collaboration with the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN), the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), as well as federal, provincial and territorial governments. It is supported by the secretariat of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, which is hosted at the McGill School of Population and Global Health.[1:1]
¶ Members
Members of the VSRG are as follows:[1:2]
| Name | Position | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline Quach-Thanh | Co-chair | University of Montreal, National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) |
| Scott Halperin | Co-chair | IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) |
| Catherine Hankins | Member | McGill University |
| David Naylor | Member | University of Toronto |
| Timothy Evans | Member | McGill School of Population and Global Health |
| Mel Krajden | Member | University of British Columbia, BCCDC Public Health Laboratory |
| Shelley Deeks | Member | Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness, National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) |
| Evan Adams | Ex-officio member | Indigenous Services Canada |
| Kim Elmslie | Ex-officio member | Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) |
| Kelly Robinson | Ex-officio member | Marketed Health Products Directorate (MHPD)[2] |
| Karina Top | Ex-officio member; Chair of the Vaccine Safety Working Group | Dalhousie University, Canadian National Vaccine Safety Network (CANVAS), Brighton Collaboration |
| Jeff Kwong | Ex-officio member; Chair of the Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group | Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), University of Toronto, Public Health Ontario |
| Julie Bettinger | Vaccine Safety Working Group member | - |
| Deshayne Fell | Vaccine Safety Working Group member | - |
| James Kellner | Vaccine Safety Working Group member | - |
| Monika Naus | Vaccine Safety Working Group member | British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) |
| Sarah Wilson | Vaccine Safety Working Group member | - |
| Lisa Belzak | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member | - |
| Shelly Bolotin | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member | - |
| Nicholas Brousseau | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member | National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) |
| Julie Laroche | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member | - |
| Shelly McNeil | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member | - |
| Gina Ogilvie | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member | - |
| Elia Palladino | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member | - |
| Manish Sadarangani | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member | - |
| Danuta Skowronski | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member | - |
¶ External links
Vaccine surveillance Reference group (VSRG). COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. Retrieved April 28, 2021, from http://archive.today/2021.04.28-205527/https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/vaccine-surveillance-reference-group-vsrg/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Kelly Robinson. Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies. Retrieved July 4, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240704232913/https://www.cnodes.ca/member/kelly-robinson/ ↩︎