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Media invitation | Wits VIDA 30th Anniversary Academic Day

When: Tuesday, 22 September 2026 - Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Where:
Wits Biohub, Houghton Estate
Start time:9:00
Enquiries:

Leanne Harwood: 061 505 7480
RSVP:

https://shorturl.at/tRN5c 

Media are warmly invited to attend, engage with researchers, and arrange interviews around the latest developments in vaccine research and development.

The event marks 30 years of vaccine research, innovation and public health impact, while looking ahead to the future of vaccine development in Africa.

The programme brings together some of South Africa’s leading vaccine researchers and health experts, with discussions spanning vaccine equity, respiratory pathogens, One Health, HIV and TB vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, mRNA vaccine development, CMV, and vaccines against Klebsiella pneumoniae and GBS. 

Highlights include:

  • Professor Shabir Madhi reflecting on three decades of Wits VIDA and its contribution to vaccine research. VIDA 30th Academic 
  • Professor Helen Rees on progress in vaccine equity.
  • Professor Glenda Gray on HIV vaccination.
  • Professor Bavesh Kana on TB vaccines.
  • Professor Patrick Arbuthnot on mRNA vaccine development and green lipids.
  • A session showcasing emerging researchers and the next generation of vaccine scientists. VIDA 30th Academic 

Media are warmly invited to attend, engage with researchers and experts, and arrange interviews around the latest developments in vaccine research and development.

22 September 2026
Wits Biohub, 36 Boundary Road, Houghton Estate
09:00–17:00 | Registration from 08:00

Please rsvp here:  https://shorturl.at/tRN5c or if you’d like to arrange interviews, contact Leanne Harwood: 061 505 7480

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