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SUMMARY:Nursing SIG Webinar: Safety and Effectiveness of Immunization Dur
 ing Pregnancy
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars for this Nursing Special Interest Group W
 ebinar: Safety and effectiveness of immunization during pregnancy! With 
 speakers Dr. Fell, Dr. Alton and Dr. Torok.\nDr. Deshayne Fell, an Assoc
 iate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the U
 niversity of Ottawa, a Scientist in the Children’s Hospital of Eastern
  Ontario Research Institute, and an Adjunct Scientist at ICES. Dr. Fell 
 is a perinatal researcher who works extensively with the provincial birt
 h registry (BORN Ontario) and with linked health administrative data at 
 ICES. Since the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, her primary research focus
  has been on infection and immunization during pregnancy. She has been a
  member of two WHO working groups related to immunization during pregnan
 cy and currently leads a province-wide project to evaluate COVID-19 vacc
 ination during pregnancy which is supported by the COVID-19 Immunity Tas
 k Force.\n\n \n\nDr. Gillian Alton, an epidemiologist with the Better O
 utcomes Registry and Network (BORN) Ontario. Gillian is a co-investigato
 r working on COVID-19 in pregnancy surveillance and research in Ontario,
  as well as, evaluating COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy research w
 hich is funded by the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. \n\n \n\nDr. Eszte
 r Török, a Research Coordinator at the Children’s Hospital of Easter
 n Ontario Research Institute. She holds a PhD in Public Health and Epide
 miology from the University of Copenhagen. Dr. Török moved to Canada i
 n early 2020 and she is currently coordinating a province-wide research 
 project on COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy which is supported by t
 he COVID-19 Immunity Task Force.\n\nAfter attending this webinar, you wi
 ll have learned:\n\n* Review history, rationale and recommendations for 
 immunization during pregnancy\n\n* Highlight evidence for safety and eff
 ectiveness of existing vaccines routinely recommended for pregnant indiv
 iduals\n\n* Discuss current evidence on COVID-19 vaccination during preg
 nancy.\n
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