National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance (NCIRS)

NCIRS aims to inform policy and planning for immunisation services in Australia and to support initiatives in the surveillance of vaccine preventable diseases, including disease surveillance, vaccine coverage and immunisation adverse events.

The Centre also conducts an extensive program of clinical trials and epidemiologic research funded by diverse sources. NCIRS brings together a group of experts and postgraduate students in public health, paediatrics, internal medicine, infectious diseases, epidemiology and laboratory and behavioural sciences.