VISION
People everywhere need life-saving vaccines and medicines. But those in developing countries need them even more – and they need them now.
But making this happen is not simple. It requires trained professionals to rollout effective national immunization plans, to generate local clinical data on vaccine safety and efficacy, to measure impact of immunization programs, and to share their public health expertise with others.
This means equipping local healthcare professionals with skills and competencies that are of the highest standards.
Through our Master Program in Vaccinology and Drug Development, every year we select and train the best and most passionate bachelors from developing countries, giving the scientific and practical know-how they need to lead the new generation of public health professionals, when back home. Our aim is on candidates from countries that are most in need of sustainable immunization programs and timely access to quality, cost-effective vaccines and medicines.
Graduates of our program return home with a better understanding of their countries’ epidemiology and public health needs, and a broad knowledge of vaccinology and immunization. Being trained theoretically and practically by the world’s most renowned experts in vaccinology and immunization, they bring back confidence and hope where it is needed most.
The Master Program of the University of Siena offers a hope for development.