SPR Sessions at PAS 2024

PAS 2024

May 2 – 6

Please note all times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (ET)

Thursday, May 2

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM - APS, SPR & Leaders dinner (invitation only)

APS, SPR & Leaders dinner (invitation only)

Thursday, May 2, 2024
7:00-9:00 pm ET

Friday, May 3

7:00 AM – 12:00 PM - APS SPR Journeys- Mini-Gordon Conference & Lunch (Invitation only)

APS SPR Journeys- Mini-Gordon Conference & Lunch – By Invitation Only

Friday, May 3, 2024
7:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Location: TBD

Description:Β The Power of Grit, Passion, Resilience, and Perseverance in Researcher Success.

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM ET - SPR Presidential Plenary: Innovative Discoveries to Transform Child Health Across the Translational Spectrum

SPR Presidential Plenary: Innovative Discoveries to Transform Child Health Across the Translational Spectrum

Friday, May 3, 2024
3:45 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Chair:

Cristina Alvira, MD (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California, United States

Description:Β 

The session will highlight the power of discovery to tackle important questions and induce impactful change in child health. The introduction will focus on the role of pediatric physician scientists in driving discovery, current challenges and obstacles, and novel strategies to protect and promote the mission of discovery. This will be followed by three examples of innovative discoveries occurring at the bench, from the bench to the bedside, and at the population level that have produced dramatic change in our understanding of disease and our ability to care for children.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand how novel technologies can help us delineate the molecular mechanisms underlying immune dysregulation and autoimmunity.
  • Describe how a deep understanding of the structure and function of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator led to the development of life saving therapies.
  • Describe how multidisciplinary approaches allow for the creation and implementation of novel strategies to address major public health and safety problems.

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM ET - Workshop: Collaborative Development of Shared Curricula for Pediatrician-Scientist Development

Workshop: Collaborative Development of Shared Curricula for Pediatrician-Scientist Development

Friday, May 3, 2024
3:45 PM – 5:15 PM ET

Leader(s)
Daniel Moore, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Tennessee, United States

Co-Leader(s)
Audrea Burns, PhD
Associate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Andrew Nowalk, MD PhD (he/him/his)
Associate Professor and Program Director
UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Debra Boyer, Md, MHPE (she/her/hers)
Chief Medical Education Officer/DIO
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Colum, Ohio, United States

Misty Good, MD, MS (she/her/hers)
Division Chief, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Emma Mohr, MD, PhD (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
MADISON, Wisconsin, United States


Description:Β 

This workshop will build on the experience of the NPSCW (National Pediatrician Scientist Collaborative Workgroup), a group of over 30 pediatric physician-scientist training programs, to develop new concepts and approaches for physician-scientist curricula during residency training. The workshop will bring together PSTP directors; trainees, recent graduates, and candidates; division directors, fellowship directors, and chairs; representatives of NIH/foundation funding; and representatives of APS and SPR. Success in physician-scientist development demands a focus not only on immediate needs of trainees to succeed as scientists and physicians today but also a perspective on training that will meet future needs that are anticipated to arise as trainees transition to fellowship, faculty, and leadership. In 2022 and 2023, NPSCW hosted both a PAS Lab and workshop focused on understanding the futures that the pediatrician-scientist will face, which highlighted critical challenges such as developing leadership skills in team science, navigating academic promotion, integrating large data and other analysis methods, and responding to the emergence of AI. This year’s workshop will build on this understanding to identify critical current curricular needs, to increase awareness of present and future challenges, and to create collaboration among stakeholders to create a vision of a common curriculum that will provide a focus for delivery of key resources to benefit pediatric trainees broadly.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify key skills needed for present and future success as a pediatrician-scientist
  • Identify common and individual gaps in skills and training that a common curricula must address
  • Mobilize resources that can address these needs both at individual program and national level and devise key elements of a common curriculum for future development

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM - SPR & JPS Officers Dinner - (Invitation Only)

SPR & JPS Officers Dinner – (Invitation Only)

Friday, May 3, 2024
Β 7:30 PM – 9:30 PMΒ ET

Saturday, May 4

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET - SPR Advocacy Committee Meeting (Invitation Only)

SPR Advocacy Committee Meeting (Invitation Only)

Saturday, May 4, 2024
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET - SESSION CANCELLED: Regional & National SPR Research Cohorts Meeting

SESSION CANCELLED: Regional & National SPR Research Cohorts Meeting

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET - Society for Pediatric Research Clinical Research Assembly

Society for Pediatric Research Clinical Research Assembly

Saturday, May 4, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Chair:

Todd Florin, MD, MSCE (he/him/his)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Description: This session will bring together four featured platform speakers (selected from high-scoring abstracts submitted to PAS 2024) with one invited speaker. This session will have two major goals. First, to break down silos and make important multidisciplinary connections between research projects that would normally be delegated to different PAS sessions. Second, to feature high-impact/high-quality research projects by SPR members that complement an invited speaker presentation.

Learning Objectives:
Identify approaches and barriers to conducting clinical trials in pediatrics
Understand how collaboration and information exchange across specialties could result in larger discoveries
Describe cutting-edge research methodology used to study large populations in pediatrics

Presentations:
8:00 AM – 8:05 AM ET Welcome and Introduction
Speaker: Todd A. Florin, MD, MSCE (he/him/his) – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

8:05 AM – 8:15 AM ET Associations Between Health Insurance Coverage Changes and Quality of Care for U.S. Children in 2021
Presenting Author: Alon Peltz, MD, MBA, MHS (he/him/his) – Harvard Medical School

8:15 AM – 8:25 AM ET Hospital Financial Health and Provision of Obstetric and NICU Services in the US
Presenting Author: Elizabeth Salazar, MD (she/her/hers) – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

8:25 AM – 8:45 AM ET Investigating Wearable Device Data to Improve Children’s Health: Insights and Challenges
Presenting Author: Juan Espinoza Salomon

8:45 AM – 8:55 AM ET Optimizing HFNC Weaning for Patients with Bronchiolitis
Presenting Author: Alla Smith, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children’s Hospital

8:55 AM – 9:05 AM ET Oseltamivir and Risk of Serious Neuropsychiatric Events in Children and Adolescents
Presenting Author: James W. Antoon, MD, PhD, MPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

9:05 AM – 9:30 AM ETQ & A
Chair: Todd A. Florin, MD, MSCE (he/him/his) – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET - Confound It! Understanding and Addressing Confounding Bias in Pediatric Clinical Research

Confound It! Understanding and Addressing Confounding Bias in Pediatric Clinical Research

Saturday, May 4, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Leader(s)
Michael Monuteaux, ScD
Senior Epidemiologist and Biostatistician
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Co-Leader(s)
Mark Neuman, MD, MPH (he/him/his)
Emergency Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Lois Lee, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor
Emergency Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Lise Nigrovic, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

Florence Bourgeois, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Description: Confounding is a ubiquitous concern in observational research that can bias and even invalidate a study’s results. This hands-on workshop will provide practical skills that participants can use in their own research to better understand and address confounding. Upon completion, participants will be able to:
1. Explain the counter-factual conceptual model of confounding.
2. Identify the necessary characteristics of a confounder.
3. Select the optimal approach to address confounding, given the study design and research question.
Mixing brief didactic presentations with interactive exercises, workshop leaders (all with extensive experience in clinical research, including an epidemiologist) will engage participants to demonstrate the counter-factual model of confounding, essential characteristics of potential confounders, predict the direction of confounding bias, and elucidate the relative merits of various approaches to address confounding, informed by examples and input from participants. Then, facilitated by the workshop leaders, participants will form small working subgroups. Each subgroup will be provided with a research vignette (ie, a summary of a published study taken from the pediatric literature). Drawing from their own experiences and expertise, subgroups will complete a worksheet to evaluate their vignette, where they will describe the clinical question, research hypothesis, potential confounders, the optimal approach to account for confounding, and the likely limitations of the results. Next, each subgroup will present their vignette and worksheet responses with the rest of the participants, allowing for further discussion and input from the full group. We will conclude with a debriefing and review of take-home points facilitated by the workshop leaders.

Learning Objectives:
Explain the counter-factual conceptual model of confounding.
Identify the necessary characteristics of a confounder.
Select the optimal approach to address confounding, given the study design and research question.

9:30 AM – 10:50 AM ET - PAS Enhancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Reception

PAS Enhancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Reception

Saturday, May 4, 2024
9:30 AM – 10:50 AM ET

Co-sponsored by all four PAS Partner societies – the AAP, APA, APS and SPR – and hosted by the President of the PAS Board of Directors the PAS Enhancing Diversity Equity and Inclusion Reception is designed to highlight key DEI initiatives and leaders of the PAS and the Partner Societies and to provide attendees time to network and share DEI-related insights, concerns, experiences and encouragement.

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET - SPR Regional Research Showcase Reception

SPR Regional Research Showcase Reception

Saturday, May 4, 2024
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET

Description: Showcase of emerging talent from each of the four SPR regional societies presenting brief “lightening-round” research talks. Session also includes time for networking. All attendees welcome.

Sponsored by:

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET - Society for Pediatric Research Basic/Translational Research Assembly: Delineating pathways regulating development and disease at molecular and cellular resolution

Society for Pediatric Research Basic/Translational Research Assembly: Delineating pathways regulating development and disease at molecular and cellular resolution

Saturday, May 4, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Chair:

Cristina Alvira, MD (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California, United States

Description: This session will bring together four featured platform speakers (selected from high-scoring abstracts submitted to PAS 2024) with one invited speaker. This session will have two major goals. First, to make important connections between research projects that would normally be delegated to different PAS sessions. Second, to feature high-impact/high-quality research projects that complement an invited speaker presentation.

Learning Objectives:
Identify approaches being used to identify new mechanisms of disease
Understand how collaboration and information exchange across specialties could result in larger discoveries
Describe situations where identification of cellular mechanisms has been or could be impactful for the health care of children

Presentations:
2:00 PM – 2:05 PM ET Welcome and Introduction
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine

2:05 PM – 2:15 PM ET Human amniotic fluid stem cell extracellular vesicles rescue features of lung development in human hypoplastic fetal lungs
Presenting Author: Kasra Khalaj, PhD, MSc – The Hospital for Sick Children

2:15 PM – 2:25 PM ET The accumulation of a squamous-like epithelial cell population within the nasal mucosa of children with severe RSV
Presenting Author: Charles A. Coomer, MD/PhD (he/him/his) – Boston Children’s Hospital

2:25 PM – 2:45 PM ET Invited Speaker TBD
2:45 PM – 2:55 PM ET The impacts of oligohydramnios and impaired type 1 alveolar cell spreading on lung development and pulmonary hypoplasia
Presenting Author: Danielle Callaway, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

2:55 PM – 3:05 PM ET Clinical Application of Convolutional Neural Network Modelling to Accurately Predict How Mutations Resulting in Congenital Heart Disease Disrupt Chromatin Folding
Presenting Author: Jingshing Wu, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco

3:05 PM – 3:30 PM ETQ & A
Chair: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET - SPR Junior Section Networking Event & Reception

SPR Junior Section Networking Event & Reception

Saturday, May 4, 2024
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM ET

Description: Time for networking, socialization and to learn more about the SPR Junior Section. All trainees are welcome to attend.

Sunday, May 5

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET - SPR & European SPR Officers Meeting - (By Invitation Only)

SPR & European SPR Officers Meeting – (By Invitation Only)

Sunday, May 5, 2024
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET - SPR Presidential Plenary: Best of SPR Featured Science

SPR Presidential Plenary: Best of SPR Featured Science

Sunday, May 5, 2024
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Chair(s)
Cristina Alvira, MD (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine

Brenda Poindexter, MD, MS (she/her/hers)
Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Division of Neonatology
Pediatric and Newborn Medicine
Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Description: This session features award winning science selected by the SPR including work in hematology/oncology, gene editing and gene therapy, gastroenterology, and brain development

Learning Objectives:
Describe how genome editing can further our understanding of blood cell development and be used to develop innovative therapies to treat blood diseases.
Define advances in the engineering of novel biomaterials and nanoparticles to facilitate gene targeting to improve child health.
Describe the role of intestinal epithelial cells in modulating host inflammatory and metabolic diseases.

Presentations:
11:00 AM – 11:04 AM ET Introduction of Session
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine

11:04 AM – 11:05 AM ET Introduction, SPR 2023 Bridging to Success Award
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine

11:05 AM – 11:15 AM ET SPR 2023 Bridging to Success Award: GABA-editing spectroscopy for understanding the developing brain in preterm infants.
Speaker: Sudeepta K. Basu, MD (he/him/his) – Children’s National Health System

11:15 AM – 11:20 AM ET Q&A
Speaker: Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

11:20 AM – 11:23 AM ET Introduction, SPR Award in honor of E Mead Johnson
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine

11:23 AM – 11:38 AM ET SPR Award in Honor of E Mead Johnson: Therapeutic genome editing for inherited blood disorders
Speaker: Daniel E. Bauer, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Harvard Medical School

11:38 AM – 11:43 AM ET Q&A
Speaker: Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

11:43 AM – 11:44 AM ET Introduction, SPR Young Investigator Award
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine

11:44 AM – 11:54 AM ET SPR Young Investigator Award: Developing Nanotechnologies for Precision Pediatrics
Speaker: Steven J. Jonas, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

11:54 AM – 11:59 AM ET Q&A
Speaker: Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

11:59 AM – 12:00 PM ET Introduction, SPR New Member Outstanding Science Award
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine

12:00 PM – 12:10 PM ET SPR New Member Outstanding Science Award: Molecular Drivers of Gut Pain and Anxiety
Speaker: James Bayrer, MD PhD (he/him/his) – University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

12:10 PM – 12:15 PM ET Q&A
Speaker: Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

12:15 PM – 12:30 PM ET Announcement of SPR Prosper Awardees & Closing
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET - Eat. Greet. Celebrate: SPR Awards & New Members Reception

Eat. Greet. Celebrate: SPR Awards & New Members Reception

Sunday, May 5, 2024
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET

Description: Celebrate the achievement of the SPR Awards recipients and welcome the SPR New Members.

Sponsored by:

Monday, May 6

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET - SPR Mid-Career Research Coaching Program

SPR Mid-Career Research Coaching Program

Monday, May 6, 2024
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET

Description: Learn more about this new SPR program focused on coaching/mentoring for Mid-Career Research

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET - SPR Grant Writing 101 Program - (Invitation Only)

SPR Grant Writing 101 Program – (Invitation Only)

Monday, May 6, 2024
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET

Description: Acknowledgement of the 2023 participants and kick-off of the 2024 program.

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET - The Changing Face of Neonatal Clinical Trials

The Changing Face of Neonatal Clinical Trials

Monday, May 6, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Chair(s)
Carl Backes, Jr., MD (he/him/his)
Professor of Pediatrics, Divisions of Neonatology and Cardiology
Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Susan Hintz, MD, MS (she/her/hers)
Professor
Pediatrics/ Neonatology
Stanford University School of Medicine

Description: Clinical trials are the best vehicle for turning medical information that we think is true into evidence that we know, within reasonable limits, to be true. The session herein will explore challenges and opportunities in the performance of contemporary neonatal clinical trials. Insights will be provided from trialists, using real-world examples, to optimize trial efficiency and conduct. To accelerate progress, the symposium will highlight new and innovative strategies to optimize recruitment and overcome barriers (issues with equipoise, strong patient preferences) to trial conduct. To synergize the efforts of many partners, the symposium will outline the value of partnerships with families and nurses in study design and execution. The symposium will emphasize the value of inclusive, diverse, and multidisciplinary approaches to neonatal clinical trials.

Learning Objectives:
Understand innovative approaches to neonatal trial recruitment and retention, prioritize endpoints meaningful to families, and recognize the utility of telemedicine for longitudinal outcomes assessment.
Understand a “team science” approach leveraging a multidisciplinary health care team and families, including a review of strategies to increase trial participation among underrepresented minorities.
Understand the value of formal economic evaluations alongside clinical trials to support the practice of effective and efficient health care.

Presentations:
8:00 AM – 8:05 AM ET Welcome and Introduction
Speaker: Carl H. Backes, Jr., MD (he/him/his) – Nationwide Children’s Hospital

8:05 AM – 8:15 AM ET QuinteT Recruitment Intervention (QRI) increases enrollment in adult trials; why have we not accepted QRI in neonatology?
Speaker: Louise Davies, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Dartmouth College

8:15 AM – 8:25 AM ET Increasing trial participation among underrepresented minorities.
Speaker: Andrea F. Duncan, MD. MSCR (she/her/hers) – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/Upenn

8:25 AM – 8:35 AM ET Best practices regarding consent processes: avoiding the β€œone size fits all” approach.
Speaker: Elizabeth Foglia, MD, MSCE (she/her/hers) – Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

8:35 AM – 8:45 AM ET Choosing outcomes meaningful to families: the parental perspective.
Speaker: Annie Janvier, MD, PhD (Annie) – UniversitΓ© de MontrΓ©al, CHU Sainte-Justine

9:15 AM – 9:25 AM ETA path forward: Re-imagining neonatal clinic trials + Question and Answer Session
Speaker: Susan R. Hintz, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET - Bots for Tots: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Pediatric Care and Research

Bots for Tots: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Pediatric Care and Research

Monday, May 6, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET

Description: Acknowledgement of the 2023 participants and kick-off of the 2024 program.

Chair(s)
Judith Dexheimer, PhD, MBA (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor
Emergency Medicine, Biomedical Informatics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Description: Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) permeate modern life. There is minimal work in pediatrics, which presents a unique environment. At this critical point in informatics research, pediatricians must develop a conceptual model of machine learning techniques, identify acceptable use of AI methods in medicine, and provide examples of state-of-the-art projects being done to help provide the best possible care for their patients.

Dr. Dufendach is a neonatologist and assistant professor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). He will provide a primer on ML and AI from the pediatrics perspective, leveraging the clinician’s conceptual model of brain development to help explain how a neural network works.

Dr. Dexheimer is a biomedical informaticist focusing on machine learning, and associate professor at CCHMC. She will discuss the role and impact of AI and ML in research with the EHR, explore unique aspects of conducting work in pediatrics with biomedical informatics, and discuss the integration of ML into clinical care.

Dr. Grundmeier is a pediatrician and the Director of Clinical Informatics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is a national expert in the repurposing of clinical data for secondary use in clinical and genomics research. He will provide a review of the pediatric-related machine-learning literature and put it into context for the pediatric provider.

Dr. Mendoça is a pediatric intensivist and the Director of the Division of Biomedical Informatics at CCHMC. She will discuss ethics and regulations in ML and natural language processing research using electronic health record data

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion , attendees will be able to describe machine learning in common terms and provide examples of applying machine learning to pediatric care.
By the end of the session, attendees will understand the challenges and ethical considerations of using machine learning for research and child health.
Upon completion, participants will understand state of the art research being performed with clinical data and examine potential impact of new models.
Presentations:
1:00 PM – 1:22 PM ET Big Data for Tiny Patients: Applications and Integration of Machine Learning
Speaker: Judith Dexheimer, PhD, MBA (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

1:22 PM – 1:45 PM ET Peeking into Machine Learning’s Black Box: Essentials for the Clinician
Speaker: Kevin R. Dufendach, MD, MS, FAAP (he/him/his) – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

1:45 PM – 2:07 PM ET The Promises and Challenges of Using Machine Learning to Improve Child Health
Speaker: Robert W. Grundmeier, MD (he/him/his) – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

2:07 PM – 2:30 PM ET The Ethics of Machine Learning Research in Pediatrics
Speaker: Eneida Mendonca, MD., PhD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Other Noteworthy Events

Friday, May 3

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET - PAS Opening General Session, Debbie Anagnostelis Keynote Speaker, and Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award

PAS Opening General Session, Debbie Anagnostelis Keynote Speaker, and Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award

Friday, May 3, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Presentations:
2:00 PM – 2:05 PM ET Welcome & Reading of PAS Land Acknowledgement
Speaker: Judy S. Shaw, EdD, MPH, RN (she/her/hers) – Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

2:15 PM – 2:20 PM ET Introduction of Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award
Speaker: Judy S. Shaw, EdD, MPH, RN (she/her/hers) – Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

2:20 PM – 2:25 PM ET Introduction of Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Awardee
2:25 PM – 2:45 PM ET Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award Recipient
Speaker: Benard Dreyer, MD (he/him/his) – NYU Grossman School of Medicine

2:45 PM – 2:50 PM ET Introduction of Debbie Anagnostelis Keynote Speaker
2:50 PM – 3:20 PM ET Debbie Anagnostelis Keynote Speaker: β€œOptimizing Newborn Health & Survival Globally: Bridging the Science to Policy Gap”
Speaker: Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, MB,BS, PhD – The Hospital for Sick Children

3:20 PM – 3:30 PM ET Closing Remarks
Speaker: Judy S. Shaw, EdD, MPH, RN (she/her/hers) – Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

Saturday, May 4

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET - Adolescent Medicine 1 & SPR Douglas K Richardson Award for Perinatal and Pediatric Health Care Research: "Human Papillomavirus and the intersection of epidemiology, mucosal immune and microbial environments and public health policy

Adolescent Medicine 1 & SPR Douglas K Richardson Award for Perinatal and Pediatric Health Care Research: “Human Papillomavirus and the intersection of epidemiology, mucosal immune and microbial environments and public health policy”

Saturday, May 4, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Moderator(s)
Kirsten Hawkins, MD, MPH, FAAP, FSAHM (she/her/hers)
Program Director, Pediatric Residency, Chief, Adolescent Medicine
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Georgetown School of Medicine

Raymond Cattaneo, MD, MPH (he/him/his)
Clinical Assistant Professor
Adolescent and Pediatric Medicine
Jefferson Einstein Hospital

Disclosure(s):
Kirsten B. Hawkins, MD, MPH, FAAP, FSAHM: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Presentations:
8:00 AM – 8:02 AM ET Introduction of Douglas K. Richardson Award
Speaker: Sherin U. Devaskar, MD (she/her/hers) – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

8:02 AM – 8:10 AM ET Douglas K. Richardson Award for Prenatal and Pediatric Health Care Research: “Human Papillomavirus and the Intersection of Epidemiology, Mucosal Immune and Microbial Environments and Public Health Policy”
Presenting Author: Anna-Barbara Moscicki, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

8:10 AM – 8:15 AM ETQ & A
Presenting Author: Anna-Barbara Moscicki, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

8:15 AM – 8:30 AM ET Association of Naloxone Access Laws and Youth Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths
Presenting Author: Michael S. Toce, MD MS (he/him/his) – Boston Children’s Hospital

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM ET Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences, Mental Health Symptoms, and Access to Care Due to Cost and the COVID-19 Pandemic among U.S. Adolescents
Presenting Author: Rohan Khazanchi, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Harvard Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Boston Medical Center

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM ET Prevalent ACEs among Transition Age Youth (TAY) Returning Home from Jail: The Need for Trauma-Informed Reentry Services
Presenting Author: Elizabeth Barnert, MD, MPH, MS – University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM ETImmune-mediated Gastrointestinal Diseases are Associated with Increased Risk of Eating Disorders in Children: An Ontario Health Administrative Database Study
Presenting Author: Lakshmi Subramanian, MD (she/her/hers) – Queen’s University

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM ET Adolescent Eating Disorders and Mortality Risk: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Presenting Author: Alene Toulany, MD, MSc, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET - APS Plenary: Embracing the Diversity of our Mission & the 2024 Norman J. Siegel, Mary Ellen Avery, & David G. Nichols Awards

APS Plenary: Embracing the Diversity of our Mission & the 2024 Norman J. Siegel, Mary Ellen Avery, & David G. Nichols Awards

Saturday, May 4, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Chair(s)
Michael DeBaun, MD (he/him/his)
Professor
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Description: Presentation of the 2024 Norman J. Siegel New Member Outstanding Science Award to APS new member Dr. Rachel Katzenellenbogen for her considerable contribution to pediatric science. Presentation of the 2024 Mary Ellen Avery Award to Dr. Donna Ferriero for her research contributions to neonatal health. Presentation of the 2024 David G. Nichols Health Equity Award to Dr. Glenn Flores for his demonstrated excellence in advancing child and adolescent health, well-being and equity. Includes awardee lectures.

Presentations:
8:00 AM – 8:05 AM ET Welcome
Speaker: Michael DeBaun, MD (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

8:05 AM – 8:10 AM ET Introduction, 2024 Norman J. Siegel New Member Outstanding Science Award Recipient
Speaker: Clifford Bogue, MD (he/him/his) – Yale School of Medicine

8:10 AM – 8:30 AM ET 2024 Norman J. Siegel Award Recipient Presentation: The Patchwork Quilt of Academic Pediatrics
Speaker: Rachel Katzenellenbogen, MD (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Medicine

8:30 AM – 8:35 AM ET APS SPR Mary Ellen Avery Award Overview
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine

8:35 AM – 8:40 AM ET Introduction, 2024 Mary Ellen Avery Award Recipient
Speaker: Steven P. Miller, MDCM FRCPC (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia

8:40 AM – 8:55 AM ET 2024 Mary Ellen Avery Award Recipient Presentation: Brain Focused Care: advances from the development of a neuro NICU
Speaker: Donna M. Ferriero, MD MS (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

8:55 AM – 9:00 AM ET Introduction of David G. Nichols
Speaker: Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama at Birmingham

Speaker: Joseph Wright, MD MPH (he/him/his) – University of Maryland School of Public Health

9:05 AM – 9:10 AM ET Introduction, 2024 David G. Nichols Health Equity Award Recipient
Speaker: David G. Nichols, MD, MBA – American Board of Pediatrics

9:10 AM – 9:25 AM ET 2024 David G. Nichols Award Recipient Presentation: The Pediatrician’s Imperative: the relentless pursuit of equity
Speaker: Glenn Flores, MD (he/him/his) – University of Miami School of Medicine

9:25 AM – 9:30 AM ET Closing Remarks with APS President, Michael DeBaun
Speaker: Michael DeBaun, MD (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Monday, May 6

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET - Pediatric Policy Council Legislative Breakfast: A Canadian Perspective on Child Health Policymaking

Pediatric Policy Council Legislative Breakfast: A Canadian Perspective on Child Health Policymaking

Monday, May 6, 2024
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET

Chair(s)
Shetal Shah, MD FAAP (he/him/his)
Professor of Pediatrics
New York Medical College
Syosset, New York, United States

Description: Developing and implementing strong child health policies calls for a regular infusion of new ideas. Join the Pediatric Policy Council to hear from a Canadian child health decisionmaker to learn more about policy successes for youth in Canada and how they compare with US approaches. Mark Del Monte, JD, chief executive officer and executive vice president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Shetal Shah, MD, chair of the Pediatric Policy Council will help facilitate a discussion regarding learning opportunities for child health advocates, including those that may help inform health policy agenda items ahead of the 2024 US election.

Learning Objectives:
Learn about child health policy in Canada
Engage in discussion with a Canadian child health policymaker
Identify learning opportunities for child health advocates to capitalize on child health policy successes in Canada

Presentations:
7:00 AM – 7:05 AM ET Welcome
Speaker: Shetal Shah, MD FAAP (he/him/his) – New York Medical College

7:05 AM – 8:00 AM ET Advocacy Overview
Speaker: Mark Del Monte, JD (he/him/his) – American Academy of Pediatrics