Dr Jenny Royle (Immunisation Paediatrician) will be sharing information on a variety of topics, including:

• Understanding the timing of conjugate vaccines in the new childhood schedule (Hib, Pneumococcal, Meningococcal-ACWY)
• Optimising the prevention of Pertussis
• Immunisations in pregnancy
• Meningococcal B vaccine
• HPV 9 vaccine
• Varicella and zoster vaccines
• Influenza vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years

Recent cases for discussion:

• Anaphylaxis- immediate vaccine adverse event in a 2 year old at ‘NEST’ Family Clinic Elsternwick
• Meningococcal disease- the difficulty in making an early diagnosis

Dr Royle will be available from 5pm to answer individual questions before the session begins at 5:30pm.

Dr Jenny Royle is a Community Immunisation Paediatrician based in Melbourne at ‘NEST’ Family Clinic Elsternwick.

Dr. Royle is also currently continuing her research interests working within a multicentre NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Population Health Research. ‘Immunisation in Understudied and Special Risk Populations: closing the gap in knowledge through a multidisciplinary approach’. She is a member of the ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander vaccination needs’ stream of the CRE. Her contribution to the CRE research group is a project looking at the identification of culturally sensitive approaches to improve immunisation coverage and timeliness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families.

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