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# Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/vaccine-surveillance-reference-group/
- Published: 1999-01-03T02:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-03T00:58:27.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

The **Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group (VSRG)** is a working group of the [COVID-19 Immunity Task Force](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-Immunity-Task-Force).[\[1\]](#fn1)

## Organization

VSRG reports to the [Public Health Agency of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Public-Health-Agency-of-Canada), and works in collaboration with the [Canadian Immunization Research Network](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Immunization-Research-Network) (CIRN), the [National Advisory Committee on Immunization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Advisory-Committee-on-Immunization) (NACI), as well as federal, provincial and territorial governments. It is supported by the secretariat of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, which is hosted at the McGill School of Population and Global Health.[\[1:1\]](#fn1)

### Members

Members of the VSRG are as follows:[\[1:2\]](#fn1)

| Name                                                                               | Position                                                            | Affiliation                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Caroline Quach-Thanh](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Caroline-Quach-Thanh) | Co-chair                                                            | University of Montreal, [National Advisory Committee on Immunization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Advisory-Committee-on-Immunization) (NACI)                                                                     |
| Scott Halperin                                                                     | Co-chair                                                            | IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, [Canadian Immunization Research Network](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Immunization-Research-Network) (CIRN)                                                              |
| Catherine Hankins                                                                  | Member                                                              | McGill University                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| David Naylor                                                                       | Member                                                              | University of Toronto                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| [Timothy Evans](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Timothy-Evans)               | Member                                                              | McGill School of Population and Global Health                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Mel Krajden                                                                        | Member                                                              | University of British Columbia, BCCDC Public Health Laboratory                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Shelley Deeks                                                                      | Member                                                              | Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness, [National Advisory Committee on Immunization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Advisory-Committee-on-Immunization) (NACI)                                              |
| Evan Adams                                                                         | Ex-officio member                                                   | Indigenous Services Canada                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Kim Elmslie                                                                        | Ex-officio member                                                   | [Public Health Agency of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Public-Health-Agency-of-Canada) (PHAC)                                                                                                                       |
| Kelly Robinson                                                                     | Ex-officio member                                                   | [Marketed Health Products Directorate](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Marketed-Health-Products-Directorate) (MHPD)[\[2\]](#fn2)                                                                                              |
| Karina Top                                                                         | Ex-officio member; Chair of the Vaccine Safety Working Group        | Dalhousie University, Canadian National Vaccine Safety Network (CANVAS), [Brighton Collaboration](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Brighton-Collaboration)                                                                     |
| Jeff Kwong                                                                         | Ex-officio member; Chair of the Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group | [Dalla Lana School of Public Health](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Dalla-Lana-School-of-Public-Health) (DLSPH), University of Toronto, [Public Health Ontario](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Public-Health-Ontario) |
| Julie Bettinger                                                                    | Vaccine Safety Working Group member                                 | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| [Deshayne Fell](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Deshayne-Fell)               | Vaccine Safety Working Group member                                 | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| James Kellner                                                                      | Vaccine Safety Working Group member                                 | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| [Monika Naus](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Monika-Naus)                   | Vaccine Safety Working Group member                                 | [British Columbia Centre for Disease Control](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/British-Columbia-Centre-for-Disease-Control) (BCCDC)                                                                                            |
| Sarah Wilson                                                                       | Vaccine Safety Working Group member                                 | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Lisa Belzak                                                                        | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member                          | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Shelly Bolotin                                                                     | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member                          | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Nicholas Brousseau                                                                 | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member                          | [National Advisory Committee on Immunization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Advisory-Committee-on-Immunization) (NACI)                                                                                             |
| Julie Laroche                                                                      | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member                          | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Shelly McNeil                                                                      | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member                          | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Gina Ogilvie                                                                       | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member                          | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Elia Palladino                                                                     | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member                          | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Manish Sadarangani                                                                 | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member                          | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Danuta Skowronski                                                                  | Vaccine Effectiveness Working Group member                          | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=vaccine%5Fsurveillance%5Freference%5Fgroup)

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1. *Vaccine surveillance Reference group (VSRG).* COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. Retrieved April 28, 2021, from <http://archive.today/2021.04.28-205527/https://www.covid19immunitytaskforce.ca/vaccine-surveillance-reference-group-vsrg/> [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1) [↩︎](#fnref1:2)
2. *Kelly Robinson.* Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies. Retrieved July 4, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20240704232913/https://www.cnodes.ca/member/kelly-robinson/> [↩︎](#fnref2)