The Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research provides a valuable resource for understanding the increasingly complex issues of vaccination. It draws upon the expertise of specialists who combine expanded knowledge of approved vaccines with in-depth understanding of infectious diseases, primary care and adolescent medicine.

And we are working toward better solutions for tomorrow. The center's physicians receive funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other nonprofit organizations to study delivery and effectiveness of vaccines. Many of these studies will serve as national models for vaccine delivery.

The Center is one of only two programs in the United States currently conducting National Institutes of Health-funded research on vaccines for pregnant women.

The Center’s website addresses all vaccines recommended for infants, adolescents and adults, but for information on travel-related vaccines, visit these websites:

Texas Children’s Travel Medicine Clinic

Traveler’s Health -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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The Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research's mission is to improve the health of mothers and children from infancy through adolescence by promoting and optimizing vaccine delivery by research and by educating health care providers and families.

Goals of the Vaccine Center

• To optimize effective delivery of vaccinations through research, education and advocacy

• To conduct vaccine research from initial feasibility studies through implementation

• To serve as a multi-disciplinary resource to improve and advance the field of immunization

• To develop models to advance public health through infant, child and adolescent immunization

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