This past webinar was on the topic of pneumococcal vaccination, in light of changes to the childhood pneumococcal vaccine schedule from 1 September 2025.
The webinar featured leading experts Prof Nigel Crawford, Ms Rachael McGuire and Dr Linny Kimly Phuong, finishing with a brief Q&A session.
Date: Tuesday 16 September 2025
Time: 6:00–7:00 pm AEST
Location: online
Registration fee: free event (after the webinar, a recording will be exclusively available to Education Portal users with a paid membership)
Registration no longer available.
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Presenters

Prof Nigel Crawford
Director, MVEC, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Nigel is a consultant general paediatrician and Head of the Immunisation service at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. He completed a Masters of Public Health at Cardiff University (2006) and vaccinology PhD at the University of Melbourne (2011). He is also Director of SAEFVIC, the Victorian vaccine safety service, based at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and helped establish the Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC). Nigel is a Professor at the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne and his research interests include vaccine safety, immunisation of special risk groups and emerging infections, particularly those that may soon be vaccine preventable. He has been a member of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) since 2014 and became Chair in 2021.

Dr Ingrid Laemmle-Ruff
Immunisation Consultant, SAEFVIC, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Dr Ingrid Laemmle-Ruff is a general paediatrician and public health physician. She works in vaccine safety at SAEFVIC and in community paediatrics. She has interests in immunisation, immigrant health and child public health.

Ms Rachael McGuire
Education Nurse Coordinator, MVEC, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Rachael is an accredited Nurse Immuniser and experienced paediatric Registered Nurse. She has a strong interest in the immunisation of special risk groups, including those with immunosuppression, as well as vaccine safety. She is passionate about immunisation education and has recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education.
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