Mission statement
Vaccines Today is an online platform for discussing vaccines and vaccination. The target audience is the general public and others in Europe with an interest in immunisation.
Vaccines continue to make headlines in Europe around the world and are of great interest to citizens and health professionals alike. The platform strives to provide an interactive forum for informed debate on issues around vaccination, as well as to serve as a source of reliable information, bringing the community of stakeholders together to share their views.
To facilitate an informed discussion that takes all views on vaccination into account, the content of Vaccines Today is produced through interviews with experts from academia, patient groups, and industry experts, along with reports based on scientific literature and conferences.
The information provided on Vaccines Today is designed to support, not to replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her physician.
Who we are
Vaccines Today is produced by an editor, in consultation with an independent editorial board composed of experts in the field of vaccination, including external medical doctors, patient and civil society representatives, and representatives from Vaccines Europe member companies.
Editorial board
The editorial board is responsible for the editorial policy of Vaccines Today. This involves planning, creating, and editing content, and setting the tone for publications. The members of the editorial board contribute on a voluntary basis.
Hugues Bogaerts
Hugues Bogaerts studied Medicine at the University of Ghent in Belgium.… Read more
Daphné Holt
Daphné Holt Holt is Chair of the Coalition on Life-Course Immunisation… Read more
David Salisbury
David Salisbury was director of immunisation at the Department of Health in the UK until the end of 2013. He was responsible for the national immunisation programme and led the introduction of many new vaccines.… Read more
Angus Thomson
Angus Thomson is Principal and Senior Social Scientist at Irimi.… Read more
Silvia Romeo
Silvia Romeo is a Policy Officer at the European Cancer Organisation, a Brussels-based not-for-profit federation.… Read more
Dirk Poelaert
Dirk Poelaert is an MD and is currently working as Head of Medical Affairs, Europe, at Novavax.… Read more
Alessandro Cossu
Alessandro Cossu is an experienced communications professional and freelance journalist, specialising in health… Read more
Gary Finnegan
Gary Finnegan is Editor of Vaccines Today.… Read more
Paolo Bonanni
Paolo Bonanni is a Full Professor of Hygiene in the Faculty of Medicine and the Director of the Specialization School for MDs in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine at the University of Florence, Italy.… Read more
Sponsorship Policy
Vaccines Today is solely funded by Vaccines Europe, a specialised group of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). See a list of Vaccines Europe’s members here.
External contributors are not paid. The credentials and affiliations of contributors are detailed on our Contributors page. Any potential conflict of interest which could conceivably be perceived as affecting their objectivity is stated.
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