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PAS is almost upon us! Don't miss your chance to relax in Boston with food, drinks and your peds ID colleagues at the PIDS Reception at PAS. Let us know you're coming 🥂 pediatricinfectiousdiseasessociety.growthzoneapp.com/ap/Events/Re...
We're excited 🤗 to open the meetID application for this year's 15th anniversary IDWeek! Our program offers premed/med students and residents an overview of peds ID and more. Apply by May 15 to experience this incredible opportunity at the largest ID gathering. pidsfoundation.org/awards/meeti...
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👀 Your chance to showcase your pediatric ID research to more than 8k international infectious diseases professionals is running out! IDWeek abstract submissions are due by 11:59pm ET on April 30.
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Dr. Sallie Permar wearing a yellow top and multicolor pearls.
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Join our distinguished panel of Dr. Stanley Plotkin, Dr. Sallie Permar, and Dr. Brenda "IJ" Anosike for a special screening and discussion of our documentary short, The Legacy of Vaccines. Contact us for the link to register for tomorrow's (4/16) webinar at 1pm ET.
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We have a busy PAS schedule waiting for everyone heading to Boston! Be sure to check our Meetings & Events page for more, and use this link to let us know you'll be joining the fun at our PIDS Reception at PAS. 🥂 pediatricinfectiousdiseasessociety.growthzoneapp.com/ap/Events/Re...
We're thrilled to bring you a special screening and panel discussion of our documentary short, The Legacy of Vaccines, this Thursday (4/16) at 1pm ET. Drs. Stanley Plotkin, Sallie Permar, and IJ Anosike will discuss and conduct a Q&A! Contact us for the registration 🔗
PIDS has released a statement on the revised ACIP charter and its attempt to upend US vaccine policy by shifting away from public health and toward misinformation and litigation. Read the full statement at pids.org/2026/04/10/p...
Are you a fellow, resident, or student ready to present your science on the international ID stage? The call for IDWeek cases is open now. Submissions are due by 11:59pm ET on April 30. www.idweek.org/Cases
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We invite you to join us for the PIDS Reception at PAS at the Omni Boston Hotel at The Seaport (April 25, 6:00-7:30pm ET). Registering in advance ensures we have plenty of food and refreshment. The reception is open to all PIDS members, PAS attendees and guests. pids.org/event/pas-20...
Do you have science you're eager to share with the world's largest scientific gathering of ID professionals? The IDWeek call for abstracts is now open. Submissions due by 11:59pm ET on April 30. Visit idweek.org/abstracts for more!
Today (4/6) is the final opportunity for fellows or young IMGs to apply for one of our PIDS Fellowship and Career Development Awards for 2026! Help us spread the word on the funding available to young pediatric ID scientists.
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1 of our 2025 SUMMERS Scholars, Dakota Musgrave (Vanderbilt Univ undergrad), spent this past summer researching pertussis. Hear about her experience and if you know an undergrad/grad/med student interested in SUMMERS, the deadline to apply is Friday! pidsfoundation.org/summer-resea...
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The PIDS Foundation created the International Medical Graduate (IMG) Early Career Development Award to provide bridge financial support to IMGs as they transition from fellow to faculty. The deadline to apply for this year's award is Monday, April 6. pidsfoundation.org/internationa...
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'The Legacy of Vaccines' is our PIDS Foundation's timely documentary short, which features Dr. Sallie Permar and one of the Society's founders, Dr. Stanley Plotkin. We're pleased to make it available to you now. "This is what science can do." - Dr. Plotkin
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Our SUMMERS 😎 program is for scientifically adventuresome students – ranging from grad/med school to undergrad – who are ready to pursue their pediatric ID interests through a funded research project. Application deadline is April 3. pidsfoundation.org/summer-resea...
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Our March member spotlight is Grant Stimes, PharmD. He is clinical pharmacy specialist for ASP and ID at Texas Children's Hospital where he is also co-pharmacy director of ASP and serves as residency program director for ID Pharmacy Residency. Read the full spotlight
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Join us at PAS in Boston! We have a special (paid) meetID workshop for students, trainees & residents, a free networking session for that group and our PIDS Reception (open to PIDS members, PAS attendees, special guests). Register: pediatricinfectiousdiseasessociety.growthzoneapp.com/ap/Events/Re...
SUMMERS has enabled 75 grad/med/undergrad students to benefit from conducting funded research & receive exposure to careers in pediatric ID. The amazing science these scholars are producing increasingly appear at conferences & meetings. Apply by April 3. #IDSky pidsfoundation.org/summer-resea...
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PIDS applauds today’s momentous federal court finding that the dismissal and reconstitution of the ACIP and anomalous changes made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the childhood immunization schedule were likely unlawful. Statement: pids.org/2026/03/16/p...
The 2026 St. Jude-PIDS Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Conference marked 25 years of advancing pediatric infectious diseases research through collaboration, training and scientific discovery.
We cordially invite 💌 you to join us for the PIDS Reception at PAS 2026 in Boston. RSVP requested (so we know how much food and drink to have ready!). And don't put off planning any longer, early registration for the meeting closes March 16! pids.org/event/pas-20...
Erskine Lecture Nucleoside-Modified mRNA-LNP Therapeutics conclusions for each section of Dr. Weissman's lecture #stjudepids2026
Erskine Lecture Nucleoside-Modified mRNA-LNP Therapeutics covering T cells targeting in vivo CAR-T, uridine nucleoside modification to RNA immunogenicity, purification and nucleoside modification in transcribed mRNA #stjudepids2026
Erskine Lecture Nucleoside-Modified mRNA-LNP Therapeutics covering mammalian sensors, T cells and therapeutic options #stjudepids2026
The 2026 John H. Erskine Lecture in Infectious Diseases is 'Nucleoside Modified mRNA-LNP Therapeutics' presented by Drew Weissman, MD, PhD (Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania) #stjudepids2026
The #stjudepids2026 Top Abstract - Research is Defining Mechanisms of Neurodevelopment Injury in Congenital Zika Virus Infection presented by Dhyana Magesh (University of Washington), who is also a PIDS SUMMERS and meetID scholar! 🎉
State of the Art - CNS lecture 3: Dr. Julie Huynh (Oxford University Clinical Research Unit) presented Closing the Gap: Improving Outcomes in Paediatric TB Meningitis, incl. case characteristics, cascade of TBM care and summary for closing the gap. #stjudepids2026
State of the Art - CNS lecture 2: Dr. Charles Chiu (University of California, San Francisco) presented Advances in Sequencing-based Infectious Disease Diagnostics in Children and Immunocompromised Hosts, incl. advantages of host response testing, diagnostic yield and test comparison. #stjudepids2026
State of the Art - CNS lecture 1: Dr. Emma Mohr (University of Wisconsin - Madison) presented From Outbreak to Answers: Congenital Zika Infection CNS Pathogenesis, incl maternal Zika infection outcomes, antenatal exposure neurodev't, and exposed immature social-emotional skills. #stjudepids2026
