CENTER for BIOETHICS: The Science, Ethics and Politics of Vaccine Mandates


CENTER for BIOETHICS
Sponsored by:
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The University of Pennsylvania Health System
The Society for Health Care Epidemiology of America
Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy
Presents

The Science, Ethics and Politics of
Vaccine Mandates

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
9:00am – 4:45pm

For more information http://www.bioethics.upenn.edu/

Location of Conference
University of Pennsylvania campus
Biomedical Research Building Auditorium
421 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Click for Directions)

There is no fee to attend but you MUST register for this conference at
Email: bioevmc@mail.med.upenn.edu
Or contact Janice Pringle or Matthew Isensberg, at
The Center for Bioethics, 215-898-7136

Sponsored by:
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The University of Pennsylvania Health System
The Society for Health Care Epidemiology of America
Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy

P R O G R A M

8:00am-9:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am-9:15am
– Welcome –
Arthur Caplan, PhD – Penn, Director, Center for Bioethics
Neil Fishman, MD – HUP Epidemiology & Infectious Disease
Sue Coffin, MD, MPH – CHOP Infectious Diseases
9:15am-10:00am
A Brief History of Vaccine Mandates
Jason Schwartz, MBE, AM
History and Sociology of Science and Center for Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania
10:00am-11:00am
Tom Talbot, MD, MPH, Vanderbilt
Mandates for Health Care Workers
11:00am-11:15am – Break –
11:15am -12:15pm
Panel on Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandates
Arthur Caplan, PhD – Moderator
Neil Fishman, MD – HUP Epidemiology & Infectious Disease
Chris Feudtner, MD – CHOP, Pediatrics
Amy Behrman, MD – HUP, Director, Occupational Medicine
Megan Lindley, MPH – Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Mavis Bechtle, RN – University Hospital Cincinnati
Eileen Avery, RN – NY State Nurses Association
12:15pm – 1:15pm – Lunch Break (on your own) –
1:15pm – 2:00pm
Vaccine Mandates – A Government Perspective
Moderator, David Curry, Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy
Donald Schwarz, M.D.
City of Philadelphia Health Commissioner (invited)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Vaccine mandates for children–a panel discussion
Paul Offit, MD – Moderator
CHOP – Chief, Section Infectious Diseases
Eddy Bresnitz, MD – Merck Vaccines
and former Deputy Commissioner of Health in New Jersey
Sue Coffin, MD, MPH – CHOP, Infectious Diseases
Dan Salmon, PhD – Dept. Health and Human Services – Vaccines Safety
Amy Wishner, MSN, RN – Pennsylvania Immunization Education Program
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Mandating HPV Vaccine
Isabelle Claxton – GlaxoSmithKline-
Public Policy & Advocacy-Vaccines Division
James Colgrove, PhD – Columbia University Public Health
Diane Harper, MD – Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Kristen Feemster, MD CHOP
4:00pm – 4:45pm
Summary and future directions
Arthur Caplan, PhD – Penn, Director, Center for Bioethics
Neil Fishman, MD – HUP, Epidemiology & Infectious Disease

Legend:
CHOP = Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
HUP = Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

There is no fee to attend but you MUST register for this conference at Email: bioevmc@mail.med.upenn.edu
Or contact Janice Pringle or Matthew Isensberg,
at The Center for Bioethics, 215-898-7136