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 ====== Canadian Immunization Research Network ====== ====== Canadian Immunization Research Network ======
  
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-CIRN is a self-described "network of networks" that provides data to inform public health decision-making about immunization programs. CIRN is involved in clinical research, surveillance and epidemiological research, and public health program evaluation. The group's focus is on late-stage vaccine evaluation of program implementation.((//About Us.// (2013, January 30). CIRN | Canadian Immunization Research Network. https://archive.ph/JOVmZ))+The **Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN)** is a self-described "network of networks" that provides data to inform public health decision-making about immunization programs. CIRN is involved in clinical research, surveillance and epidemiological research, and public health program evaluation. The group's focus is on late-stage vaccine evaluation of program implementation.((//About Us.// (2013, January 30). CIRN | Canadian Immunization Research Network. https://archive.ph/JOVmZ))
  
 The program operated as the PHAC/CIHR Influenza Research Network (PCIRN) from 2009-2014 then relaunched as CIRN from June 2014 – May 2017 with a three-year grant of $6.6 million from PHAC and CIHR. A directed CIRN renewal grant application was submitted in February 2017. In April 2017, the network was notified that it is fully funded for $10,083,334 over the next 55 months, 2017-2022. The program operated as the PHAC/CIHR Influenza Research Network (PCIRN) from 2009-2014 then relaunched as CIRN from June 2014 – May 2017 with a three-year grant of $6.6 million from PHAC and CIHR. A directed CIRN renewal grant application was submitted in February 2017. In April 2017, the network was notified that it is fully funded for $10,083,334 over the next 55 months, 2017-2022.
 ===== Funding ===== ===== Funding =====
  
-CIRN is partnered with and funded by [[pharmaceutical_companies:pfizer|Pfizer]], [[GSK|GlaxoSmithKline]], [[Sanofi]], [[Novartis]], and [[VBI Vaccines]], as well as the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR) and the [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC).((Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN). (2018, February 26). //Partners.// Retrieved November 25, 2021, from https://archive.ph/durb0)) ((Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN). //CIRN Annual Report 2019–2020.// Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=ar.2019-20.final_.pdf)) ((//Annual Report 2015.// Canadian Immunization Research Network. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://cirnetwork.ca/annual-reports/2015/mobile/index.html#p=24)) ((//Annual Report 2014.// Canadian Immunization Research Network. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://cirnetwork.ca/annual-reports/2014/mobile/index.html#p=1)) ((//2013 Annual Report.// PHAC/CIHR Influenza Research Network. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pcirn-annual-reportfinal-2013.pdf))+CIRN is partnered with and funded by [[pharmaceutical_companies:pfizer|Pfizer]], [[GSK|GlaxoSmithKline]], [[Sanofi]], [[Novartis]], and [[VBI Vaccines]], as well as the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR) and the [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] (PHAC).((Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN). (2018, February 26). //Partners.// Retrieved November 25, 2021, from https://archive.ph/durb0)) ((Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN). //CIRN Annual Report 2019–2020.// Retrieved March 28, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230328075033/https://cirnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AR.2019-20.Final_.pdf)) ((//Annual Report 2015.// Canadian Immunization Research Network. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://cirnetwork.ca/annual-reports/2015/mobile/index.html#p=24)) ((//Annual Report 2014.// Canadian Immunization Research Network. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://cirnetwork.ca/annual-reports/2014/mobile/index.html#p=1)) ((//2013 Annual Report.// PHAC/CIHR Influenza Research Network. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pcirn-annual-reportfinal-2013.pdf))
  
 ===== Studies ===== ===== Studies =====
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 === MOSAIC-2 === === MOSAIC-2 ===
  
-The second iteration of the study began in December 2021 to evaluate a third (3rd) dose of an authorized COVID-19 injection in adults. It is intended to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immune response of a third dose of a COVID-19 product authorized in Canada (either the [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]]-[[pharmaceutical_companies:BioNTech]] or [[pharmaceutical_companies:Moderna]] mRNA products) in people who had two doses of [[covid-19_vaccines:COVID-19 injections]] at least six months ago.+The second iteration of the study began in December 2021 to evaluate a third (3rd) dose of an authorized COVID-19 injection in adults. It is intended to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immune response of a third dose of a COVID-19 product authorized in Canada (either the [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]]-[[pharmaceutical_companies:BioNTech]] or [[pharmaceutical_companies:Moderna]] mRNA products) in people who had two doses of [[covid-19_vaccines|COVID-19 injections]] at least six months ago.
  
 The study is led by the Clinical Trials Network of the Canadian Immunization Network (CIRN) and funded by the [[COVID-19 Immunity Task Force]]. It is led by Dr. [[Joanne Langley]] and Dr. [[Manish Sadarangani]].((//MOSAIC.//  CIRN | Canadian Immunization Research Network. Retrieved December 23, 2021, from https://archive.ph/mvQMN)) The study is led by the Clinical Trials Network of the Canadian Immunization Network (CIRN) and funded by the [[COVID-19 Immunity Task Force]]. It is led by Dr. [[Joanne Langley]] and Dr. [[Manish Sadarangani]].((//MOSAIC.//  CIRN | Canadian Immunization Research Network. Retrieved December 23, 2021, from https://archive.ph/mvQMN))
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 Annual reports for these organizations are a gold mine. More to be unearthed from within and added to this page. Annual reports for these organizations are a gold mine. More to be unearthed from within and added to this page.
  
-  * 2019-2020: https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=ar.2019-20.final_.pdf+  * 2019-2020: https://web.archive.org/web/20230328075033/https://cirnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AR.2019-20.Final_.pdf
   * 2018-2019: https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=cirn-annual-report-2019-jan4.pdf   * 2018-2019: https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=cirn-annual-report-2019-jan4.pdf
   * 2017-2018: https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=cirn_annual_report_2017-18.pdf   * 2017-2018: https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=cirn_annual_report_2017-18.pdf
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   * 2014: https://cirnetwork.ca/annual-reports/2014/mobile/index.html   * 2014: https://cirnetwork.ca/annual-reports/2014/mobile/index.html
   * 2013: https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pcirn-annual-reportfinal-2013.pdf   * 2013: https://www.campfire.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pcirn-annual-reportfinal-2013.pdf
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 +===== External links =====
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 +  * [[http://covidtruthinitiative.ca/en/Organizations/Nova-Scotia-Health-Authority/IWK-Health-Centre/Canadian-Center-for-Vaccinology/Canadian-Immunization-Research-Network|COVID Truth Initiative]]
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