How Vaccines Work: The Immunology Underlying Commonly Used Vaccines

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CT Immunization Coalition coordinators
CTCoalition@lung.org

How Vaccines Work: The Immunology Underlying Commonly Used Vaccines

View the recording for the webinar, How Vaccines Work: The Immunology Underlying Commonly Used Vaccines presented by the Connecticut Immunization Coalition and American Lung Association. The webinar focusses on historical perspective, basic immune mechanisms involved in vaccination, commonly used vaccine platforms, and causes of rare but serious vaccine adverse effects.

Featured Presenter:
Samuel J. Vidal, MD, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School

Dr. Vidal is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. He also serves as an Associate Physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital Division of Infectious Diseases and as Staff Scientist at the Barouch Laboratory, Center for Virology and Vaccine Research.

This webinar was conducted live on February 28, 2025. If you have any questions, please contact event coordinators at CTCoalition@lung.org.

This educational campaign is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $95,000 with 100% funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of, not an endorsement, by CDC/HHS or the US Government.

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