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Sign up for the new version of the Vaccinology MOOC
The digital education office is pleased to invite you to sign up for the sixth edition of the Vaccinology MOOC, extensively revised and starting May 5, 2026.
Vaccines are among the most effective public health interventions currently available. Most of the viral and bacterial infections that traditionally affected children have been drastically reduced thanks to national immunization programs. The recent COVID-19 pandemic and the development of mRNA vaccines raise questions about the future of vaccinology in a world where epidemics are multiplying. How has vaccinology evolved in recent years? What are the different steps in vaccine development? How vaccines can be made accessible to the population worldwide?These are some of the questions we will be tackling in this MOOC.
By the end of this course, you will be able to :
Summarize the basics of vaccinology
Define vaccine design and the clinicalstepsrequired to develop a vaccine
Describerecent vaccines that have been developped
Discuss how to improve the vaccine coverage
Explain the challenges learntfrom the COVID-19 pandemic
Additional information :
Opening on May 5, 2026
Directed by Chetan Chitnis, professor in the Department of Parasites and VectorInsects at the Institut Pasteur, whereheheads the Plasmodium Biology and Vaccines Unit, and Armelle Phalipon, a microbiologist and immunologist by training and researchdirector at the Institut Pasteur, in Paris.
Animated by Laurie Pinaud, clinicalresearchproject manager involved in pandemicpreparednessactivities at the Institut Pasteur.
As a Pasteurian, you can now access all the content of the 24 online courses created by the Institut Pasteur at any time and also benefit from the Institut Pasteur Digital Diploma in Infectious Diseases (DNM2IP) free of charge. This MOOC is one of 18 MOOCs accredited for the diploma launched in 2019, which already has more than 3,000 registrants across all continents.