====== Ontario Immunization Advisory Committee ======

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The **Ontario Immunization Advisory Committee (OIAC)** is a Canadian advisory group operating under [[Public Health Ontario]]. 

OIAC "provides evidence-based advice to Public Health Ontario on [[vaccines]] and immunization matters including vaccine program implementation in Ontario, priority populations and clinical guidance." The focus of the Committee’s work is on publicly-funded vaccines and immunization programs in Ontario, including [[COVID-19 vaccines]], and those under consideration for new programming.((//Ontario Immunization Advisory Committee (OIAC).// (2021, November 10). Public Health Ontario. https://archive.ph/v0lpJ))

===== History =====

In August 2021, Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health [[Kieran Moore]] commissioned the creation of the OIAC.((Expositor Staff. (2021, October 13). //Doctor Maurianne Reade named member of new Ontario Immunization Advisory Committee.// The Manitoulin Expositor. https://www.manitoulin.com/doctor-maurianne-reade-named-member-of-new-ontario-immunization-advisory-committee/))

===== Affiliations =====

==== Membership ====

^ Name  ^ Position  ^ Affiliation(s)  ^ Notes  ^
| [[Jessica Hopkins]]  | Co-chair  | [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]], [[McMaster University]], [[Ontario Medical Association]], [[Public Health Agency of Canada]]  | Funding from [[World Health Organization]] and [[GAVI|Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance]]  |
| [[Jeffrey Pernica]]  | Co-chair  | [[McMaster University]]  | -  |
| [[Fairleigh Seaton]]  | Member  | [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Ontario:KFL&A Public Health]]  | -  |
| [[Juthaporn Cowan]]  | Member  | [[Ottawa Hospital Research Institute]], [[University of Ottawa]], [[The Ottawa Hospital]]  | Editorial board of the [[Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease]] journal  |
| [[Richard San Cartier]]  | Member  | [[N’Mninoeyaa Aboriginal Health Access Centre]], [[Algoma Public Health]]  | -  |
| [[Julie Emili]]  | Member  | [[McMaster University]], [[College of Family Physicians of Canada]], [[National Advisory Committee on Immunization]]  | -  |
| [[Allison McGeer]]  | Member  | [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]], [[Sinai Health System]], [[National Advisory Committee on Immunization]], [[Canadian Advisory Group on Antimicrobial Resistance]], [[COVID-19 Expert Panel]], [[National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases]], [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]]  | Funding from [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Merck]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Medicago]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Moderna]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Janssen]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:GlaxoSmithKline]], and [[pharmaceutical_companies:AstraZeneca]]  |
| [[Justin Presseau]]  | Member  | [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]], [[British Journal of Health Psychology]], [[CAN-Change Network]], [[Implementation Science]], [[Newcastle University]], [[Ottawa Hospital Research Institute]], [[University of Ottawa]]  | -  |
| [[Maurianne Reade]]  | Member  | [[Northern Ontario School of Medicine]], [[Physician Clinical Teachers’ Association]], [[Sudbury District Public Health]]  | -  |
| [[Mariam Hanna]]  | Member  | [[Ontario Medical Association]], [[McMaster University]]  | -  |
| [[Wendy Whittle]]  | Member  | [[Mount Sinai Hospital]], [[Sinai Health System]], [[Greater Toronto Area Obstetrical Network]], [[Ontario Ministry of Health]], [[Ontario Provincial Council of Maternal and Child Health]], [[CanCOV-Preg]]  | -  |
| [[Susie Jin]]  | Member  | [[Wounds Canada]]  | -  |