Aimm Research

Voting for #IHDCYHTalks is open. The Aimm team (@SE_MacDonald) and @MaskwacisHealth have collaborated on a video. Vaccines: A First Nations Childhood Immunization Video for Expectant Parents bit.ly/IHDCYH-Vote-ID… Follow the link and scroll to the bottom to vote on our video!

Voting for #IHDCYHTalks 2024 is open and the Aimm team submitted a video! Watch and support this collaboration of @SE_MacDonald and @MaskwacisHealth Vaccines: A First Nations Childhood Immunization Video for Expectant Parents youtube.com/watch?v=in-rS9… bit.ly/IHDCYH-Vote-ID…

Can Alberta hit Canada’s 2025 childhood vaccination targets? stalbertgazette.com/local-news/can…

Congratulations to Dr. Humble for successfully completing her PhD last week! @rhumbled

Happy New Year from the Aimm research team! May 2024 be a year of global well-being. Let's continue to protect our communities against infectious diseases together @SE_MacDonald @UAlbertaNursing

On December 18, we were inspired by colleague Higinio Fernandez-Sanchez to honour International Migrants Day and support migrants worldwide @SE_MacDonald #WeAreAllMigrants #YoSoyMigrante #TodosSomosMigrantes

The @aimm_research team is thrilled to be learning from and with Dr. Umar Yunusa, visiting scholar from Nigeria, who is researching strategies to increase vaccine uptake in one of the most undervaccinated corners of the world ualberta.ca/nursing/nursin…

I'm proud to share this very recent publication that reports findings from the First Nations Childhood Immunization (FINCH) project, a collaboration between @aimm_research and our community research partners. #Indigenous #Strength gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/…

New Maskwacis early learning centre honours educator, residential school survivor Theresa Wildcat | CBC News cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

We are grateful to @MaskwacisHealth for their expertise, partnership, and support in co-creating a vaccine decision-making video resource for expectant parents. We launched the video in community today, you can watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=NZPlSb…

Four years since the first malaria vaccination programme was piloted in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, over two million children are benefiting. Learn from the health workers who turned those vaccines into vaccinations: bit.ly/3t1jAn2

AHS issues measles exposure warning for Air Canada flight, Calgary airport, Alberta Children's Hospital calgaryherald.com/news/local-new… via @calgaryherald

Our new open access article with @rhumbled @DubeEve Dr. Joanne Olson & @echoKTresearch highlights everyday stress that prevented access to childhood vaccines during the pandemic. @SE_MacDonald @UAlbertaNursing authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S22…

Publication celebration!📜Check out our recent paper, "Effectiveness of hospital-based strategies for improving childhood immunization coverage: A systematic review" @SE_MacDonald @UAlbertaNursing doi.org/10.1016/j.vacc…

Congratulations to #UAlbertaNursing graduate student Emmanuel Marfo, who has received three awards: the Jannetta MacPhail Award, the Graduate Student International Research Mobility Award and the Dr. Shirley Stinson Scholarship in the History of Nursing! #NursingLeadersOfTomorrow

The ⁦@aimm_research⁩ team enjoyed a BBQ celebration for the end of the academic year and our recent graduates. Potluck suppers are one of many reasons that I ❤️ having a multicultural team! Yum!

The Special Immunization Network study on Immunological effects and safety of live #rotavirus #vaccination after antenatal exposure to immunomodulatory biologic agents has been published online. Congratulations to the team! bit.ly/46rqxN8

The Aimm team is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to focus on vaccine uptake and its determinants, with an emphasis on addressing system-level barriers and supports to achieving high immunization coverage, especially in under-served populations. careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/A1…

Our team is grateful for the land and the waters where we gathered for the Canadian Immunization Conference, the ancestral, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg. We have many learnings to integrate from this experience @SE_MacDonald @UAlbertaNursing

Collaboration with research partners @MaskwacisHealth allows for the exploration of novel approaches to increase vaccination uptake and satisfaction for both parents and nurses @SE_MacDonald tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…