When the next pandemic hits, the world will demand speed and reassurance.

Vaccine development will accelerate, governments will push for rapid rollout, and communities will ask a critical question: is it safe? Long before that moment arrives, independent experts are already working behind the scenes to help ensure the answer is yes. @taskforceforglobalhealth's Brighton Collaboration, with support from the Safety Platform for Emergency vACcines (SPEAC), is training a new generation of leaders for Data and Safety Monitoring Boards, or DSMBs. These independent groups oversee vaccine trials, helping ensure they remain safe, ethical, and scientifically sound. As data emerges, they review it carefully and provide independent recommendations on whether a trial should continue, pause, or stop. Read more about how these groups are ensuring that when vaccines reach the public, they are safe, ethical, and worthy of trust at the link in our bio.