Speaker Series: Vaccine Nation with Raina McIntyre
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Speaker Series: Vaccine Nation with Raina McIntyre

Science, Rreason and the threat to 200 years of progress

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Date and time

Tue, 20 May 2025 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM AEST

Location

Marrickville Library and Pavilion

313 Marrickville Road Marrickville, NSW 2204 Australia

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

Join world-leading epidemiologist Raina McIntyre in conversation with Dr Laleen Jayamanne as she examines how vaccines transformed our public health landscape and examines how we might restore public trust in their safety and efficacy.

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RAINA MCINTYRE is professor of Global Biosecurity and NHMRC Research Fellow. She heads the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. She is part of the WHO COVID 19 Vaccine Composition Technical Advisory Group and the WHO SAGE Smallpox and mpox advisory group.

DR LALEEN JAYAMANNE received her BA from the University of Ceylon, her MA from New York University, and her PhD from the University of New South Wales. She was a recipient of an ARC Discovery grant, and her research focuses on cross-cultural film criticism, feminist film theory, and Deleuzean film theory. Some of Jayamanne’s published works include: Towards Cinema and its Double: Cross-cultural Mimesis (2001), Kiss Me Deadly: Feminism and Cinema for the Moment (1995), and The Filmmaker and the Prostitute: Dennis O’Rourke’s The Good Woman of Bangkok (1997).

ABOUT THE VENUE:

MARRICKVILLE PAVILION is accessible by lift from both the street and ground levels.

If you have any access or support requirements in order to participate fully, please let us know in the booking order form to ensure that we can arrange any reasonable adjustments. Please note: the venue is accessible for people using wheelchairs and other mobility aids.




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FreeMay 20 · 6:30 PM AEST