UK & France COVID-19 vaccines symposium

The Academy has launched its report following a joint project with the French Académie Nationale de Médecine exploring the experiences and responses of each nation to the COVID-19 pandemic with leading scientists.

In December 2021, the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and the French Académie Nationale de Médecine jointly convened a workshop to consider responses to the pandemic in the two countries, with a particular focus on vaccination strategies and the role of science in influencing policymaking. You can download the full report here or from the side of this page.

The meeting was chaired by Professor Maria Zambon FMedSci, Director, Reference Microbiology Services, Deputy Director National Infection Service, UK Health Security Agency (formerly Public Health England), and Head, UK WHO National Influenza Centre, and by Professor Patrice Debré, Chair of the International Relationship Committee at the Académie Nationale de Médecine.

Welcome addresses were delivered by Professor Frances Brodsky FMedSci, Interim Vice-President International of the Academy of Medical Sciences, and Professor Bernard Charpentier, President of the Académie Nationale de Médecine.