VaxNSW Connect

• facilitate collaboration and leverage available resources across various academic, industry and government sectors involved in vaccine development in NSW
• support the rapid development and deployment of effective vaccines
• provide networking opportunities to its members, and
• establish a dialogue between NSW-based vaccine researchers to facilitate sharing of ideas and opportunities.

Collaboration

Encourage collaboration across the sector to accelerate the development and use of innovative and effective vaccines, including with other states and territories. Integrate outputs into a coordinated pipeline for vaccine research and development.

Research

Coordinate and share resources and expertise to optimise vaccine knowledge and translation outputs. Facilitate competitive research grant applications.

Regulatory

Form a vaccine regulatory working group in partnership with relevant regulatory agencies.
Address the need for regulatory guidelines for new vaccine technologies and their implementation.

VaxNSW was formed in 2024 as a collaborative initiative between universities and research institutes in NSW and ACT.

These include:

University of Newcastle

Hunter Medical Research Institute

University of New South Wales

University of Sydney

Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network

Westmead Institute for Medical Research

Key contacts

Prof Jamie Triccas, University of Sydney

Prof Jake Baum, UNSW

Prof Tony Cunningham, Westmead Institute for Medical Research

Dr Deborah Burnett, UNSW

Prof Nicholas Wood, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network

Dr Alexandra Spencer, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute