Off and running! A great opening session featuring @KristyCrooks and Kylie Taylor and Dr Cristyn Davies talking about engagement with consumers in #immunisation policy, programs and research! Huge thanks to NCIRS for supporting the session!

Great to get together with fellow @COSSI_vaccine people in vaccination social science today. Three years since seeing some of these close colleagues.

Great to see our new COSSI Chair A/Prof Katie Attwell presenting her CORONAVAX research from Western Australia on what parents think about #COVID19 vaccines #CDIC2022 PHAA is on Bluesky A/Prof Katie Attwell

Our new Deputy COSSI Chair Dr Jessica Kaufman presenting on an HPV vaccine engagement program in specialist school! Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) Jessica Kaufman #CDIC2022 PHAA is on Bluesky

Excellent presentation by ⁦@JaneFrawley⁩ about flu vaccine acceptance in parents of children aged under 5 years. We need to support parents’ information needs. #CDIC2022 ⁦Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation⁩ ⁦NCIRS⁩ ⁦UTS⁩ ⁦PHAA is on Bluesky⁩ ⁦PHAA Child and Youth Health⁩

Our Collaboration has been recognised tonight with the Public Health Association Presidents award. PHAA is on Bluesky

Such an honor to accept the PHAA is on Bluesky Presidents award tonight on behalf of Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation for the enormous contribution of so many colleagues for outstanding contribution to the betterment & protection of public health in Australia 👏 Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) UniMelb MDHS

Our new incoming COSSI chair Associate Professor Katie Attwell launching todays symposia focused on pandemic lessons learnt from the field- implantation, communication and policy learnings A/Prof Katie Attwell

On todays panel to discuss issues and learnings from Australia’s #Covid_19 response A/Prof Katie Attwell Christopher Blyth Jessica Kaufman

Reflections from the panel: Working with government- different experiences in partnering with state vs. federal, Issues with securing funding for social science #COVID19 research, lack of research in some states/territories/population groups

Watching from the sidelines…it was hard to see the communication vacuum in the pre- COVID19 vaccine delivery phase. Must capture lessons around when/how to communicate prior to the availability of the vaccine. Could we have done better to prime the public for what was coming!

Fantastic symposium by ⁦Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation⁩ on lessons learned from the field for a pandemic vaccine rollout. Researchers key in shaping risk comms with govt. Research informed policy and comms in real time. ⁦PHAA is on Bluesky⁩ ⁦PHAA Child and Youth Health⁩ ⁦NCIRS⁩ #CDIC2022

Critical to think about the phrasing and words used to describe the vaccine recommendations- the use of ‘preference’ caused challenges amongst those trying the recommended the #COVID19 vaccines .

Congratulations to the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation (Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation) on receiving a PHAA President's Award in recognition of their excellent contribution to #publichealth and #immunisation. #CDIC2022 Read more about COSSI here: ncirs.org.au/COSSI

Great presentation by Dr Maryke Steffens ⁦NCIRS⁩ about testing persuasive messages about booster COVID19 vaccine. Intervention framing non health benefits popular. ⁦Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation⁩ ⁦Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)⁩

Very proud to be following in the footsteps of immunisation social science champions and colleagues Julie Leask AO and Dr Cristyn Davies in being awarded the PHAA NSW Branch Public Health Impact Award tonight. Huge thanks to the NSW Branch! UNSW Medicine & Health Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation

Check out this new work undertaken in partnership with NCIRS and led by Joshua Karras as part of his PhD! Great timing given the ongoing challenges around #COVID19 but also relevant takeaways for other vaccines! Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation UNSW Medicine & Health

mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/1… Excited to share research conducted with @uwa staff and students re: whether the Uni should mandate COVID-19 vaccines. Also includes insights from hesitant/refusers about behaviour-change interventions. @VaxPolLab @JulieLinJi Leah Roberts Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation