Children’s National Hospital – NIAID Symposium 2023

THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2023 | Environmental Challenges to Child Health

• Welcome: H. Clifford Lane, MD
• 12 - 12:30 p.m.: Keynote Presentation – "Tropical Medicine Vaccine Sciences to Catalyze Global Child Health" – Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, FASTMH
• 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.: Session 1: Environmental Factors and Impact on Allergy – Moderator Hemant Sharma, MD
• 12:30 - 12:55 p.m.: “Evaluating Air Pollution as a Driver of Atopic Dermatitis" –Ian A. Myles, MD, MPH
• 12:55 - 1:20 p.m.: "Environmental Factors Contributing to the Food Allergy Epidemic" –Ruchi S. Gupta, MD, MPH
• 1:20 - 1:45 p.m.: "Childhood Asthma and Urban Environmental Exposures: Challenges and Possible Solutions" –Will Sheehan, MD
• 1:45 - 2:10 p.m.: Roundtable Q&A – With Erin Malawer from Allergy Strong
• 2:10 - 2:20 p.m.: Abstract Presentation: "ROSAH: A New Dominantly Inherited Disease Causing Autoinflammation and Progressive Blindness" –Christina Kozycki, MD, MPH (NHGRI/NIH)
• 2:20 - 2:30 p.m.: Abstract Presentation: "The Intersection Between Asthma Morbidity and Healthy Housing" Creation of an Interactive Health Housing Map for the District of Columbia" – Shilpa Patel, MD, MPH (Children's National Hospital)
• 2:30 - 3 p.m.: Break
• 3 - 5 p.m.: Session 2: Environmental Impact on Infectious Diseases Moderator: – Roberta L. DeBiasi, MD, MS
• 3 - 3:35 p.m.: “Using a One Health Approach to Address the Planet’s Most Wicked Problems – Linked Health Risks Resulting From the Climate Crisis and Emerging Infectious Diseases” – Jonna Mazet, DVM, MPVM, PhD Q&A
• 3:35 - 4:10 p.m.: "Syndemic Perspective on Prevention and Response: How the National Mpox Response Activated Close Friends and New Partners" – Demetre C. Daskalakis, MD, MPH Q&A
• 4:10 - 4:40 p.m.: "Flooding in Pakistan, Disease Outbreaks, and Climate Justice" – Eugene Richardson, MD, PhD Q&A
• 4:40 - 4:50 p.m.: Abstract Presentation: "SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination Induces B cell Immunity in the Tonsils and Adenoids of Children" – Kalpana Manthiram, MD, MSCI (NIAID)
• 4:50 - 5 p.m.: Abstract Presentation: "Temporal Trends of Blood Glucose in Children with Cerebral Malaria" – Meredith Sherman (Children's National Hospital)
• 5 p.m.: Reception

FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023 | Pandemic Preparedness

• Welcome: Larry K. Kociolek, MD, MSCI, FSHEA, FPIDS
• 9 - 9:30 a.m.: Keynote Presentation – "Pediatric Pandemics, Public Health Emergencies and Disasters: A Need for Capacity, Coordination and Science Across the Disaster Continuum" – Cinnamon Dixon, DO, MPH
• 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Session 1: Pandemic Policy – Moderator: Charles Macias, MD, MPH
• 9:30 - 9:35 a.m.: "Overview of the History of Developing the Pediatric Pandemic Network" – Mark L. Batshaw, MD Q&A
• 9:35 - 10 a.m.: "The HRSA Pediatric Pandemic Network: Preparing for the Next Disaster" – Joelle Simpson, MD Q&A
• 10 - 10:30 a.m.: "Pediatric Pandemic Network Preparedness and Responsiveness with a Community Engagement and a Health Equity Lens" – Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH, and Ariann Nassel, MA Q&A
• 10:30 - 11 a.m.: "Looking Forward: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in Children and Adolescents" – Lee S. Beers, MD Q&A
• 11 - 11:30 a.m.: “Lessons Learned From the 2022 Pediatric Viral Respiratory Surge: The Intersections of Infectious Disease and Pediatric Emergency Management” – Christopher Newton, MD, FACS, FAAP Q&A
• 11:30 am - 12 p.m.: Panel Discussion: Building Pediatric Capacity Solutions – Charles Macias, Joelle Simpson, Tamera Coyne-Beasley, Lee S. Beers, Christopher Newton, and journalist Sheryl Gay Stolberg, BA, of New York Times
• Closing: Larry K. Kociolek, MD, MSCI, FSHEA, FPIDS

• Scott Call
  Social Needs Screening in Critically-Ill Pediatric Patients with Asthma
• Ilana Kahn
  Initial Disease Severity Predicts Executive Functioning in Children with Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis (NMDARE)
• Alexandra B. Kornbluh
  Cerebrospinal Fluid Eosinophils in Pediatric Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease (MOGAD)
• Olufunke Y. Martin
  The Evolution of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pediatric Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: From Alpha to Omicron
• Chase D. McCann
  Phenotypic and Functional Impacts of Successive Antigen Stimulation on T cells: Implications for Clinical Manufacturing of TAA-T cell Products
• Maryam A. Pasdar
  Utilizing mRNA as a Source of Antigens for the Expansion of Virus-Specific T cells
• Shilpa J. Patel
  
  • Implementation of a Social Needs Screening Tool Across Multiple Settings for Children with Asthma
    
  • Automated Wheeze Detection in Children Using Data-Efficient Deep Learning Models
    
  • Spatial Analysis of Housing Problems and Asthma Control Among Children with Asthma in an Urban Environment
• Kazuhiro Sabet
  Increased Proliferation and Specificity of Tumor Associated Antigen Specific T-cells Using Checkpoint Inhibitor During Stimulation
• Jillian P. Smith
  Immune Activation by Antigen-specific T Cells Elicited in Patients Receiving Standard Therapy for Pediatric Solid Tumors
• Lani Tran
  Zika Infection Dysregulates Autophagy in Neural Stem Cells
• Meagan E. Williams
  United States Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Zika Virus-Exposed Preschoolers