HPV Research @ TRRU
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The aim of this Case Study 1 were two-fold. First, to examine, how the institutional regulations surrounding the HPV vaccine are enacted on the ground in the settings of actual clinical practice, with a special focus on the minors in the school-based program. The study examined the HPV vaccination drive in Nova Scotia, with a specific focus on the Halifax Regional Municipality. The Nova Scotia area was particularly of interest for multiple reasons. Nova Scotia has an excellent cancer registry system. However, the rates of invasive cervical cancer have been particularly high here. Thus the HPV vaccination program for females 9 through 26 years of age takes on particular significance here (Cancer CARE NS; Grimshaw 2007).
The second aim was to undertake participant observation in a vaccinology laboratory to gather data on processes of research and knowledge-formation towards the making of vaccines and related products. The purpose of the laboratory ethnography was to trace the patterns by which upstream research is effectively translated, or not so translated, and made available in an ethical and stringently regulated way to the end users downstream. This research has sought to illustrate how the work done at the laboratory bench connects to the requirements and strictures of systems of vaccine regulation in Canada.
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Peer-Reviewed
2011
Mishra, A. & Graham, J. Risk, choice and the ‘girl vaccine’: Unpacking HPV immunization. Health, Risk and Society [Accepted November 3, 2011]
2011
Graham, J. & Mishra, A. Global challenges of implementing human papillomavirus vaccines. International Journal for Equity in Health, 10:27. Available Here
2011
Mishra A. Implementing HPV Vaccines: Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and the Need for Education. International Quarterly for Community Health Education. 31(1):71-98.
2011
Mishra, A. The Administration of a Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine for Minors: Challenges and Implications in the Canadian Context. Available Here
Mishra, A. & Graham, J. Information, privacy and interest in HPV immunization: The informed consent form as a boundary object. [Targeted: Canadian Journal of Sociology]
January 6-April 7, 2011
Graduate course ‘BIOT 5000.03 Advanced Topics in Bioethics: Social Studies of Vaccines,’ Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University.
September 13, 2011 to date
Tutor, Undergraduate Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. (Course: Professional Comptencies I)
July 2009- October 2010
Convener of ‘Science Studies of Vaccines,’the scientific journal discussion club of TRRU and the Canadian Center for Vaccinology, IWK Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia. I gathered the readings, drafted summaries and discussion questions, organized the meetings, and guided the sessions.
December 8, 2011
Informed consent, privacy, and parental roles in HPV immunization: Challenges for public health nurses. Canadian Centre for Vaccinology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
March 19, 2011
From Innovation to Equity: Vaccines and Global Health. Mt Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada.
April 11, 2011
HPV Vaccines in Canada: Building on the legacy of HBV immunization.16th Annual Infectious Diseases Research Day & Canadian Center for Vaccinology 3rd Annual Symposium’ IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Canada.
June 3, 2010
The Administration of a Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine for Minors in Nova Scotia. Meeting of the Canadian Anthropology Society, CASCA 2010: Anthropological Connections, Montreal, Canada.
April 22, 2010
21st Century Vaccines (Poster presentation; F. Huzair, A. Mishra, J. Graham) at15th Annual Infectious Diseases Research Day & Canadian Center for Vaccinology 2nd Annual Symposium, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Canada.
