PHN Webinar: Primary Care Management of Myocarditis and Pericarditis After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

The PHN will be hosting a webinar for GPs on Tuesday 28 September featuring a panel of expert speakers including MVEC’s  A/Prof Nigel Crawford, Dr. Scott Parsons GP Clinical Editor, HealthPathways Melbourne and Dr. Bryn Jones Deputy Director of Cardiology, Royal Children’s Hospital. The topic for the webinar is Primary Care Management of Myocarditis and Pericarditis After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines and will cover:

  • Identification and assessment of myocarditis and pericarditis following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination
  • Understanding management and referral guidelines

Further information and details on registration can be found via the link below:

PHN webinar: Primary Care Management of Myocarditis and Pericarditis After mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines


New resource: The MVEC Conversation: myocarditis/pericarditis following mRNA vaccines​

Following on from our CVU mini virtual event: Matters of the heart: myocarditis and pericarditis associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccination, The Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre is excited to announce our latest resource The MVEC Conversation: myocarditis/pericarditis following mRNA vaccines​. 

This vodcast takes a deeper look into this adverse event of special interest (AESI) and features special guest Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, the deputy director of the Immunization Safety Office at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, in conversation with Dr Daryl Cheng and Associate Professor Nigel Crawford.

To find out more about this resource, please visit our MVEC Events page.


A recording of the 30th August CVU mini is now available

Thank you to all who attended our recent CVU miniseries event Matters of the heart: Myocarditis and pericarditis associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccination on 30th August 2021.

This interactive webinar took an in-depth look at an important vaccine safety signal associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna).

A recording of this event is now available via our education portal.

To access this recording please follow the link below:

CVU mini - 30th August 2021


CVU mini event 30th August 2021 - Reminder to register

A reminder to register for our next Clinical Vaccinology Update (CVU) mini event: Matters of the heart: Myocarditis and pericarditis associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccination on Monday 30th August 2021, at 7pm AEST.

To view the full program and to register for this event, please visit our Events page.

A recording of Matters of the heart: Myocarditis and pericarditis associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccination will be available on our Education Portal following the event.


Registrations now open for the August CVU mini event

The next Clinical Vaccinology Update (CVU) miniseries event, Matters of the heart: Myocarditis and pericarditis associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccination, will be held virtually on Monday 30th August 2021.

We are excited to welcome our panel who will take an in-depth look at an important vaccine safety signal associated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna), myocarditis and pericarditis. The session will also include a live Q&A panel with experts from the medical, consumer (Heart Foundation) and vaccine safety domains.

Further details can be found via our Events page and the link below:

CVU mini: August 30th 2021


A recording of the 26th April CVU mini is now available

Thank you to all who attended our recent CVU miniseries event COVID-19 vaccine: reporting and management in Victoria on 26th April 2021.

This interactive webinar looked at the latest vaccine safety questions around COVID-19 vaccines, guidelines for referring patients for evaluation prior to vaccination (VicSIS), and reporting safety events related to COVID-19 vaccines.

A recording of this event is now available via our education portal.

To access this recording please follow the link below:

CVU mini - 26th April 2021


VACSIG Webinar Events: Register to attend

The Vaccination Special Interest Group (VACSIG) will be hosting a webinar on Wednesday 5 May featuring a panel of expert speakers including MVEC's Professor Jim Buttery and A/Prof Nigel Crawford. The topic for the webinar is COVID-19 vaccines and rare side effects - now blood clots/bleeding, what’s next?. This event is open to both ASID members and non-members. Further information and details on registration can be found via the link below:

VACSIG Webinar Wednesday 5 May


CVU mini event 26th April 2021 - Reminder to register

Our next Clinical Vaccinology Update (CVU) mini event: COVID-19 vaccine: reporting and management in Victoria will be held virtually on Monday 26th April 2021, at 7pm AEST.

To view the full program and to register for this event, please visit our Events page.

A recording of COVID-19 vaccine: reporting and management in Victoria will be available on our Education Portal following the event.


Registrations now open for two MVEC webinars in April

The Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre are excited to announce two new webinar events in April.

Join us for a special clinical feature event on Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) & COVID-19 AstraZeneca on Tuesday 20th April 2021. Our expert panel will be giving background on what this new syndrome is and exploring its association with the vaccine. We will also discuss the risk-versus-benefit assessment and how this new recommendation will impact confidence in the vaccine rollout.
The panel will be answering your questions in our live Q&A format on the night. We encourage you to submit questions ahead of the event via our events page.

The next Clinical Vaccinology Update (CVU) mini COVID-19 Vaccines: Shots, clots and reports will be held virtually on Monday 26th April 2021. This session will provide an interactive update on the latest vaccine safety questions around COVID-19 vaccines, as well as a discussion of key guidelines for reporting safety concerns and incidents related to COVID-19 vaccines.

To read more about our upcoming webinar events and to register, please visit our events page.


A recording of the 12th April CVU mini is now available

Thank you to all who attended our recent CVU miniseries event Hot topics in vaccine science on 12th April 2021.

Presentation topics included Influenza vaccines for 2021, COVID-19 vaccine: vaccine allergy and rollout, as well as an update of the Novavax NVX-CoV2373. In addition to these topics, there was also an update on vaccine safety concerns around clotting syndromes associated with the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine.

A recording of this event is now available via our education portal.

To access this recording please follow the link below:

CVU mini - 12th April 2021