
Professors and invited scholars

They will also have the opportunity to learn from other experts in the field of vaccinology from members and non-members of associated partners.

Scholars lecturers will be invited to give one or several conferences for particular teaching units. They can either come from other academia, from private companies or from public health institutions, and provide in-depth knowledge to students about the different particularities of the vaccinology environment.
Our invited scholars already involved
In the teaching unit “Functional anatomy of the immune system” you will be taught by:
Dr. Eduardo Martínez Naves, Professor of Immunology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Dr. Elena Aguado, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Virgen del Rocí
In the teaching unit “Antigen recognition” you will be taught by:
Dr. Yaqoub Ashhab, Associate Professor of Biotechnology, Director Biotechnology Research Center, Palestine Polytechnic University.
In the teaching unit “Receptor signalling” you will be taught by:
Dr. Enric Esplugues, Senior Group Leader, Centro de Investigación Principe Felipe, Valencia.
Dr. Joan Manils, The Francis Crick Institute, London.
In the teaching unit “Mechanisms of immunopathology” you will be taught by:
Dr. Ian Todd, Reader in Immunology, Nottingham Medical School, UK
Dr. Manel Juan, Head, Division of Immunology Hospital Clinic Barcelona
In the teaching unit “Immunodeficiencies” you will be taught by:
Dra. Silvia Sanchéz Ramón Associate Prof of Immunology, Universitat Complutense de Madrid and Consultant, Immunology Division, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid
Dr. Montserrat Plana, Senior Researcher, HIV Immunopathology and Cellular Immunology, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
In the teaching unit “Immune system in early life, pregnant women and elderly” you will be taught by:
Prof Arnaud Marchant, MD, PhD, Université Libre Bruxelles
Dr. Fabienne Willems, MD, PhD, Université Libre de Bruxelles
In the teaching unit “Clinical drug research” you will be taught by:
Dr. Sereina Herzog, PhD, Associate Prof. Medical University of Graz, Austria
Dr. Vanessa Vankerckhoven, PhD, CEO Novosanis
In the teaching unit “Novel technologies, vaccine administration routes & adjuvants” and “vaccine manufacturing & quality control, regulatory approval processes” you will be trained by:
A large variety of employees of the big pharmaceutical company GSK on the site of Wavre. This teaching unit is entirely taught by GSK.
During the “Summer school on vaccinology
Students will have access to famous speaker. As the programme changes every year, more information can be found on the website of the Summer school on vaccinology.
In the teaching unit “Communicating on vaccines and public health” you will be taught by:
Dr. Anne Marie Moulin, MD, CNRS, Paris
Pr. Alain Fisher, MD, professor of immunology, Université Paris
Dr. Angus Thomson, Senior Social Scientist, UNICEF, Lyon
In the teaching unit “Epidemiology” you will be taught by:
Dr. Anne Perrocheau, MD, Senior Epidemiologist, Emergency program, WHO, Geneva
Dr. Daniel Lévy Bruhl, Santé Publique France, Paris
In the teaching unit “Vaccine formulation” you will be taught by:
Dr. Mustafa Diken, Vice President Vaccines & Immunology at BioNTech SE Deputy Director -Immunotherapy Development, Germany
Dr. Roland Zahn, Senior Scientific Director-Preclinical Immunology-Viral Vaccines at Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of J&J, Netherlands
The experts of the Vaccine Formulation Institute in Lausanne during a 3-day workshop.
The experts of Boehringer Ingelheim on their site of Lyon during a 2-day workshop including a visit of their factory.
In the teaching unit “Vaccine specific applications” you will be taught by:
Dr. Heinz-Josef Schmitt, Senior Director Vaccines Europe, Pfizer, New York City
Dr. Sushant Sahastrabuddhe, Director of Enteric Fever programme at the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, South Korea
Dr. Jacqueline Miller, Senior Vice President, Therapeutic Area Head Infectious Diseases, Moderna, USA
The experts of Sanofi Pasteur on their site of Lyon during a 2 days workshop including a visit of their factory
In the teaching unit “Project management” you will be taught by:
Dr. Luciana Leite, Scientific Researcher, Instituto Butantan, Brazil
In the teaching unit “Vaccine clinical development” you will be taught by:
Dr. Sonali Kochhar, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Global Health, University of Washington, USA
Dr. Rosybel Drury, Global Director Medical Affairs, MSD, Lyon
Famous speakers who have previously given conferences to the students:
Dr. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Prize 2008 for HIV discovery, Pasteur Institute, Paris
Pr. Stanley Plotkins, Emeritus Professor of the University of Pennsylvania and Adjunct Professor of the John Hopkins University, USA

Why apply to the LIVE programme as a scholar/guest lecturer?
The Leading International Vaccinology Education Master is a cutting edge programme covering all aspects of vaccinology. In order to provide state-of-the-art information about vaccines, the LIVE consortium is constantly seeking to offer up-to-date courses to students with the leading specialists in the field.
Becoming a guest lecturer in LIVE is an incredible opportunity
- to share knowledge with tomorrow’s leaders in vaccinology;
- to meet and benefit from the various partners of the program;
- to create connection with a very dense network of professionals.
Guest lecturers from different backgrounds and working in different positions are welcome to apply. Professionals from academia, private industry, big pharmaceutical companies, start-ups, public health institutions and others are all welcome to apply.

Pr. Alain Fisher, MD, professor of ommunology, Université Paris

Dr. Françoise Barré-Sonoussi, Nobel prize 2008 for HIV discovery, Pasteur Institute Paris

Different hosting institutions possibilities
- Barcelona, Spain (UAB, UB)
- Antwerpen, Belgium (UA)
- Lyon, France (UCBL, UJM)
Before applying we advise guest lecturers to check the list of courses on the “Programme structure” page in order to make sure they can give a talk about a topic taught during one of the three semesters. You are also free to suggest a specific topic you want to share during your stay at the host institution.

Scholars can be asked
- to give a lecture to students on a topic for a specific timeslot (upon agreement) and corresponding to the scholar's field of expertise and availability
- to assist in the preparation, development and/or implementation of a practical seminar or case study or MOOC development organised with the LIVE students and other national students from the national Master involved in the LIVE Master at the hosting university
- to explore potential collaboration between the LIVE consortium and the home institution of the scholar.

Dr. Angus Thomson, Senior Social Scientist, UNICEF, Lyon

Dr. Rosybel Drury, Global Director Medical Affairs, MSD, Lyon

Requirements
The lecturers / scholars can apply to the LIVE consortium on their own initiative or can be invited by the LIVE consortium to do so.
The applicants must:
- hold a PhD (or be near completion of one) OR a substantial track-record in the industry
- be able to demonstrate their ability to teach at a high level.
- demonstrate their motivation to participate in the LIVE program,
- have a good level of English (language of instruction of the LIVE program)
The consortium is an equal opportunity employer. Minority individuals, persons with disabilities, and women are encouraged to apply. The consortium offers support to women who face difficult circumstances or barriers to their full participation in the programme.

Funding and grants
Each year, the consortium offers guest lecturers funding opportunities with competitive remuneration. Travel and accommodation costs of the visiting scholar are funded by the LIVE consortium. The LIVE course offers 3 to 8 positions per year for a maximum duration of three months to leading academics and practitioners preferentially, but not exclusively, from outside the European Union to contribute to the teaching programme. The scholar will be integrated in the department organising the LIVE Master at the hosting university.

Prof. Pierre Vandamme, MD, PhD, founder and director of the center for the evaluation of vaccination, University Antwerpen, Belgium

Dr Luciana Leite, Director at Laboratório Especial de Desenvolvimento de Vacinas at Instituto Butantan, BRAZIL

Results
A selection committee is convened each year in March. Applicants will be informed on selection results at the end of March by email. Please note that the Academic and Management Board may suggest modification of course contents should your proposal be accepted.
To apply, please send all the documents requirement in “.pdf” format to mylive@univ-lyon1.fr.
How to Apply as Future Invited Scholars
The application should include:
A CV, including
- full contact information;
- a short professional profile;
- current employment status;
- academic and professional background (positions and projects);
- teaching track-record and professional references.
– A short (no more than 600 words) cover letter laying out what added-value your course proposal could bring to the programme, and notably with respect to student-centred teaching/lecturing, research activities and academic/professional networking;
A course proposal, including:
- Master programme name;
- course title;
- learning outcomes (prerequisites, learning objectives and how these objectives fit into the sequence of the LIVE programme);
- short course syllabus (course duration, themes covered by the courses, course sequence, cases-studies, learning materials, modes of learning, suggested readings…);
- desired teaching campus (Spain, Belgium, France) and suggested teaching dates. We will consider online course proposals as well.
– Your LinkedIn page if you have one in the cover email.
– Applications should be sent to mylive@univ-lyon1.fr with the subject line: “LIVE_Guest_Lecturer_Application_SURNAME_NAME.pdf”.
– Handwritten applications will not be considered.