Our mission at NCIRS

Mission

The purpose of NCIRS is to promote the optimum control of vaccine preventable diseases in Australia through research, surveillance and evaluation of scientific evidence.

Vision

• to be the pre-eminent source of evidence for immunisation policy and practice in Australia
• to identify and address gaps in the evidence base pro-actively through high-quality networks with relevant national and international groups
• to be the pre-eminent source of information for health professionals
• to maintain high levels of scientific independence and credibility
• in the Australian setting, to have programs of research and surveillance well aligned with national, state and territory and community needs
• in the international setting, to be recognised as among the leading organisations in research applicable to immunisation policy and practice.

Strategic objectives

Surveillance and policy support

Excellence in:

• analysis and interpretation of national surveillance data
  
  • national reports in an international context
    
  • translation of surveillance data to inform policy and practice
• critical appraisal of evidence for policy and practice in immunisation and vaccine preventable diseases
• research and evaluation relevant to control of vaccine preventable diseases
  
  • epidemiologic methods for routinely collected data
    
  • seroepidemiology
    
  • program evaluation
    
  • social and behavioural research to maximise vaccine coverage
    
  • relevance to Indigenous people
• modelling relevant to policy and practice in vaccine preventable diseases

Clinical and epidemiologic research

Excellence in:

• clinical research relevant to policy and practice in vaccine preventable diseases
  
  • vaccine and other interventional trials
    
    • in people of all ages
      
    • in community and hospital settings
  • social and economic research, especially relating to trial participants, contacts and carers
• other pertinent epidemiological studies such as case control, observational and sero-epidemiology

Common strategic objectives

Excellence in:

• identifying and maintaining relevant national and international collaborations
• resources for communication and education relevant to immunisation
• management and governance