Everything You Want to Know About Vaccines (But Were Afraid to Ask)
** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at new.livestream.com/lindahall ** June 20, 2019, in the Main Reading Room of the Linda Hall Library. The lecture: Dr. Barbara Pahud will discuss the issues of vaccinations locally, nationally, and globally. She will examine the truths and myths, and everything you need to know to stay up-to-date and be able to tell fake news from true science. Topics will include: What’s in a vaccine? Do we still need to immunize against polio if we don’t have cases in the U.S.? Why do we have so many measles lately? And was “X” caused by a vaccine and how can doctors tell? The speaker: Barbara Pahud, MD, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and Associate Director of NIH’s Vaccine Treatment and Evaluation Unit (VTEU) at Children’s Mercy Hospital. She is an active investigator for the CDC’s New Vaccine Surveillance Network (NVSN), and a principal investigator in multiple industry-sponsored clinical trials involving drugs and vaccines for children. Dr. Pahud’s research focuses on clinical trials, vaccine safety, immunization implementation, vaccine education, and promotion of research in underserved areas. She received her medical degree from Universidad La Salle School of Medicine and an MPH from Columbia University. Video produced by The VideoWorks of Roeland Park, Kansas.
