In an effort to keep your CastleBranch account up to date, we are asking students who have already received a COVID-19 booster to contact UW Health Sciences Immunization Program (HSIP) at myshots@uw.edu and request a COVID-19 renewal action be populated so you can upload your COVID-19 booster dose. When emailing HSIP, please include the following information:
- Student name
- Student ID#
- That you are requesting a COVID-19 renewal be populated in your CastleBranch account to upload your COVID-19 booster dose
If you have not received a COVID-19 booster vaccine, we strongly encourage you to do so. Below is a chart indicating eligibility details, and see the CDC COVID vaccine and booster website for more information.
| Previous COVID-19 Vaccination | Recommended Booster | CDC Spacing Guidelines |
| Pfizer | mRNA booster of either Pfizer or Moderna | Booster dose 5 months after 2nd Pfizer dose |
| Moderna | mRNA booster of either Moderna or Pfizer | Booster dose 5 months after 2nd Moderna dose |
| Johnson & Johnson | mRNA booster of either Pfizer or Moderna recommended
OR If an mRNA vaccine is contraindicated a J&J booster is then recommended |
mRNA booster dose 2 months after J&J vaccination
OR A second J&J vaccine dose 2 months after the first dose |
If COVID-19 booster vaccines become an HSIP requirement in the future, students in HSIP-participating schools/programs will be notified. At that time, anyone who has not already submitted a COVID-19 booster dose to their CastleBranch account would be required to do so.
Please contact HSIP at myshots@uw.edu for any additional questions.