2026 Preliminary Agenda - AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
APSA Business Meeting
 
 
 
9:00 AM - 9:55 AM
APSA Speaker

Speaker Lucy Shapiro

 
 
10:00 AM - 10:55 AM
APSA Speaker

Joshua Gordon

 
 
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Scientific Showcase (4 minute oral abstract presentations)
 
 
 
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
APSA Presidential Address
 
 
 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mentorship Lunch
 
 
 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Plenary Session I: The relationship between academia-federal government-industry: current trends and future directions

Moderators: TBD

1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
Scott Gottlieb, MD
American Enterprise Institute

1:20 PM - 1:40 PM
Robert Califf, MD
Duke University

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD
National Institutes of Health

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Discussion with Q&A

 
 
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
APSA Trainee Oral Abstract Presentation
 
 
 
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
AAP Ranney Award
 
 
 
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Break
 
 
 
3:30 PM - 5:35 PM
Plenary Session II: ASCI Awards

Moderators: TBD

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM    
The ASCI/Harrington Prize Lecture 

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM    
ASCI Presidential Address  

4:10 PM - 4:25 PM    
The ASCI / Seldin~Smith Award Lecture  

4:25 PM - 4:40 PM    
The ASCI / Ropes Award Lecture  

4:40 PM - 4:55 PM    
The ASCI / Sullivan Award Lecture  

4:55 PM - 5:20 PM    
The ASCI / Korsmeyer Award Lecture  

5:20 PM - 5:35 PM    
The ASCI / Scharschmidt~Crawford  Distinguished Lectureship 
 

 
 
5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
APSA Session
 
 
 
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
ASCI President's Reception
 
 
 
7:00 PM - 9:45 PM
AAP Past President’s Reception/Dinner

By Invitation Only

 
 
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
APSA Welcome Reception

Offsite Event at Spin Chicago

 
 
7:30 PM - 9:45 PM
ASCI Dinner and New Member Induction Ceremony
 
 
 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
APSA Board Meeting
 
 
 
AAP Council Meeting
 
 
 
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Plenary Session III: Long COVID – Fireside Chat


Michael Peluso, MD, MHS
University of California, San Francisco

Ezra Spier 
Patient Advocate

 
 
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
APSA RFJF Oral Abstract Presentation
 
 
 
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
APSA~Lasker Laureate Lecture
 
 
 
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
FNIH Trailblazer Prize Lecture (2026 recipient)

Matthew Greenblatt, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell 

 
 
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
 
 
 
10:15 AM - 11:20 PM
Poster Session A
 
 
 
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
Lunch and Mentor Lunch
 
 
 
12:20 PM - 1:25 PM
Poster Session B
 
 
 
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Plenary Session IV: Alternative Funding

Moderators: TBD

Alonzo Plough, PhD, MPH, President for Research Evaluation and Learning and Chief Science Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Jonathan S. Stamler, MD
Harrington Discovery Institute
 
 
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
AAP Presidential Address

Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD

 
 
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
Break
 
 
 
3:20 PM - 4:20 PM
Plenary Session V: AI and Medicine Fireside Chat

Nigam Shah MBBS, PhD
Stanford University

Grace Cordovano, PhD, BCPA    
Enlightening Results

Michael Matheny, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 
 
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM
Kober Medal Presentation

Recipient: Victor Dzau
Presenter:  Ravi Thadhani

 
 
4:50 PM - 5:30 PM
AAP Business Meeting
 
 
 
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
APSA Session
 
 
 
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
ASCI Food and Science Evening
 
 
 
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
AAP New Member Induction Ceremony Dinner

Ticketed event and black tie attire.

Rebuilding Public Trust in Science
Featured Speaker: Marcia K. McNutt, President, National Academy of Science

 
 
7:15 PM - 8:45 PM
APSA Founder's Award Presentation (Dessert Reception)
 
 
 
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
ASCI/AAIM/BWF Physician-Scientist Pathways Annual Workshop
 
 
 
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Registration
 
 
 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Specialty Interest Breakfast
 
 
 
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Society Leadership Wrap Up Meeting
 
 
 
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
APSA Speaker

Speaker TBD

 
 
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
APSA Sessions

Speakers TBD

 
 
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
APSA Panel: PSTP Directors
 
 
 
APSA Panel: MD/DO-PhD Admissions
 
 
 
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
APSA Panel:

Advocacy from the Inside-Out (of the Institution)
Florence Chiang

 
 
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Residency Luncheon