2026 Agenda: 2026 AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

APSA Business Meeting

Jessica Ding, APSA President Elect

9:00 AM - 9:55 AM

Interviewing an Icon: Paul Negulescu

Speaker Paul Negulescu

10:00 AM - 10:55 AM

Speaker Joshua Gordon

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

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

Trainee Oral Abstract Presentation

Myeloid IL-1 signaling drives the precancer-to-cancer evolution of human pulmonary nodules

Matthew D. Park
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

AAP Ranney Award

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

AAP Meet & Greet the Speakers and a Taste of Chicago

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

Near-Peer Mentorship

Moderators:

Emily Kounlavong

Kayla Schwartz

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

AAP Council Meeting

APSA Board Meeting

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Plenary Session III: Long COVID – Fireside Chat/Gene Editing State of the Art

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Michael Peluso, MD, MHS
University of California, San Francisco

Ezra Spier
Patient Advocate

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Gene Editing State of the Art

David R. Liu PhD
Broad Institute

Rebecca Ahrens Nicklas, MD, PhD
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

Dr. Alonzo Plough, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Ezra Spier

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

Resident - Fellow Oral Abstract Presentation

Spatial Human Kidney Map Highlights B cell driven Kidney Disease Subgroup

Bernhard Dumoulin
University of Pennsylvania

9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

Lasker Laureate Lecture

Quarraisha Abdool Karim

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

FNIH Trailblazer Prize Lecture - A new stem cell basis for skeletal pathology

A new stem cell basis for skeletal pathology

Matthew Greenblatt, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell

Matthew Greenblatt, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College

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: The Rapidly Changing Landscape of Philanthropic Funding of Health

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

Accelerating Discovery

Jonathan S. Stamler, MD
Harrington Discovery Institute

Johnathan Stamler, 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

Michael Matheny, MD, MS, MPH, Vanderbilt University

4:20 PM - 4:50 PM

Kober Medal Presentation

Recipient: Victor Dzau
Presenter: Ravi Thadhani

4:50 PM - 5:30 PM

AAP Business Meeting

6:00 PM - 9:30 PM

ASCI Food and Science Evening

6:15 PM - 6:55 PM

APSA Advocacy Event

Moderator Brad Ryva

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

The workshop gathers those engaged in training physician-scientists at the pre- and post- graduate levels, including faculty, junior faculty, postdoctoral trainees, and staff, to share best practices, network, and explore the theme: How to navigate, mentor, and support physician-scientists in an evolving federal and academic environment.

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7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Registration

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Society Leadership Wrap Up Meeting

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Specialty Interest Breakfast

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

APSA Resident Fellow Session

Moderators: Deborah Marzieh and Deborah Rupert

Social Sciences and Humanities Session

Moderator Zoe Boudart

Speakers:

Scott Stonington

Seth Holmes

Niranjan Karnik

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Advocacy From the Inside Out

Speaker Florence Chiang

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Residency Luncheon