How to participate in Drive
1. Share currently collected IVE data
DRIVE is calling for European public health institutes and other organizations working on influenza vaccine impact evaluation to join to on the project as Associate Partners.
Collaboration includes contributions to methodological and scientific discussions and the sharing of currently collected IVE data for the common analyses. DRIVE provides technical and financial support to facilitate the sharing of the data.
The benefits of this type of participation include:
2. Help build new IVE capacity
DRIVE is also seeking to develop new capacity for IVE assessment in Europe, so public health institutes and other research organizations with less established IVE study systems may also be eligible to become Associate Partners. In these cases, DRIVE will provide operational, technical, methodological and financial support for developing new systems or improving the existing ones.
The benefits of this type of participation include:
3. Address Data Gaps through Innovative Approaches
In order to fulfill the goal of comprehensive and brand-specific IVE estimates, DRIVE will evaluate gaps in the data on a yearly basis. Based on the identified need, a public call for Research Collaborators will then be launched, starting from the season 2018/19.
DRIVE will ask potential Research Collaborators to share relevant data with DRIVE (based on the request for proposals) and to contribute to their integration into the pooled analysis.
The benefits to Research Collaborators include:
Partnership Inquiries:
For organisations interested in participating in DRIVE please contact Professor Javier Díez-Domingo, Spanish Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO).