November 22, 2024
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Four New Pasteur Courses to Boost Your Expertise
The Institut Pasteur is offering four new specialized courses for professionals and students eager to expand their knowledge in critical areas of health science. With urgent global challenges such as climate change, emerging infectious diseases, and maternal and child health, these courses provide the expertise needed to address today’s most pressing issues.
Explore key topics such as climate change and population health, vaccine epidemiology, maternal and child health, and clinical trial methodology—all taught by leading experts.
Registration is now open for limited spots—sign up to secure your place!
- Mother-Child Dyad: Current Evidence in a Global Perspective
Dates: March 10–14, 2025
Registration deadline: January 5, 2025
Language: English
Participant limit: 24
This intensive course offers professionals and researchers cutting-edge insights into maternal and child health through the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) field.
Highlights
• A session given by Yasmine Belkaid, entitled “Maternal Imprinting on Child Immune System Development”
• In-depth focus on prenatal and early childhood impacts, particularly during the first 1,000 days.
• Coverage of topics like pathophysiology, toxicology, and epidemiology, with case studies on HIV, malaria, and prematurity.
The course includes lectures, case studies, and a final written exam, offering a robust foundation for research in mother-child health.
- Climate Change & Population Health
Dates: April 14–18, 2025
Registration deadline: January 30, 2025
Language: French
Participant limit: 30
This course is aimed at Masters and PhD students who wish to understand the links between climate change and public health, and to familiarise themselves with the various tools that can be used to better characterise these relationships.
Highlights
• Insight into climate science, global governance (IPPC, COP), and frameworks linking global changes to population health.
• Hands-on methods to document health impacts related to climate exposure.
• Study adaptation and mitigation policies with health and equity benefits.
This interactive course concludes with a “flipped classroom” session, where students present on climate-health relationships, deepening their understanding through group collaboration.
- Vaccine Epidemiology
Dates: April 28–30, 2025
Registration deadline: January 25, 2025
Language: English
Participant limit: 20
This course targets Mastère, Master and PhD students who wish to consolidate their knowledge and skills in epidemiological methods applied to the control of infectious diseases and clinical prevention. It offers a focus on indirect protection induced by vaccination and vaccine evaluation amid emerging context.
Highlights
• Study various vaccine types and explore their unique epidemiological specificities.
• Analyze indirect vaccine protection, research biases, and study designs for vaccine adoption.
• Engage in interactive sessions applying these insights to real-world vaccine programs.
This course includes practical workshops for hands-on application, preparing participants to apply epidemiological knowledge in global vaccine programs.
- Clinical Trial Methodology
Dates: March 3–7, 2025
Registration deadline: January 3, 2025
Language: French
Participant Limit: 24
Aimed at healthcare professionals, students and researchers, this course covers the essentials of clinical trial design that meet international quality criteria based on the International Council on Harmonisation (ICH) guidelines.
Highlights
• Training on both traditional (superiority, non-inferiority) and pragmatic trial methodologies from design analysis to results.
• Practical skills in reading, interpreting, and critiquing clinical trial publications.
Secure your place in this course to gain essential skills in clinical trial methodology, crucial for designing and conducting high-quality research.