Vaccines at a Crossroads: Global Challenges, Local Realities, and the Future of Immunization

President’s Lecture Series Spring 2026

Co-sponsored with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a Point32Health company

Vaccines save lives-but access gaps, misinformation, and policy failures are putting global and local communities at risk.

Join this timely panel to examine vaccine challenges across global, national, and international levels and learn how nurses and health professionals can lead change. This is a call to action for those ready to protect the public's health, restore trust, and shape the future of immunization.

Panelists include:

• Stewart Landers, JD: Board member of the Massachusetts Public Health Association (MPHA), and former senior consultant at John Snow Incorporated.
  Topic: Global Vaccine Trends and Equity Challenges
• Gillian K. SteelFisher, PhD, MSC, Principal Research Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Director, Harvard Opinion Research Program.
  Topic: Building Trust: From Hesitancy to Confidence: Understanding Public Views on Vaccine Safety, Effectiveness, and Policy
• Angela G. Fowler, MD, MPH, Associate Medical Director for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
  Topic: Massachusetts Comprehensive Approach to Vaccine Compliance

Resource Lists for Vaccine Information and Communication Toolkits

• Nursing Resources for Vaccine Panel
• General Resources for Vaccine Panel

Contact Hours: 1.5
Fee: None

Registration Information: You must preregister by 3 p.m. on April 15, 2026.

PowerPoint presentations will be available on the Monday prior on this page.

This activity has been submitted to American Nurses Association Massachusetts for approval to award contact hours. American Nurses Association Massachusetts is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. For more information regarding contact hours, please email presidents.lectureseries@regiscollege.edu.