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  • Friday, September 27, 2024
  • 6:00 AM – 6:45 AM ET
    Bodyweight Bootcamp
  • 6:00 AM – 6:30 PM ET
    Registration Open
  • 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    DIGEST Faculty & Trainee Breakfast
  • 7:15 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    Breakfast
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    Adult Fellows
    Chair: Joseph M. Pilewski – University of Pittsburgh
    Chair: Natalie E. West, MD, MHS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Facilitator: Thaddeus R. Cybulski, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    Pediatric Fellows
    Chair: Felix Ratjen, MD (he/him/his) – University of Toronto
    Chair: Marie E. Egan, MD – Yale University School of Medicine
    Facilitator: Saharon Less Elazari, MD – Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    W15--Microbial Ecology of CF Airway Infection
    Chair: Sage J. B. Dunham, PhD – UC Irvine
    Chair: Ajai Dandekar – University of Washington
    IMI
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    W16--From the Gene Editor's Desk: Rewriting Mutant CFTR Using CRISPR & Other Technologies
    Chair: Sriram Vaidyanathan – Nationwide Children’s Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43215
    Chair: Greg Newby – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    PTAC/CFTR
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    W17--Financial Toxicity in CF Care
    Chair: Gregory S. Sawicki, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Boston Children's Hospital
    Chair: Jamie Wooldridge, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester Medical Center
    HEAC
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    DG11--Bad Bugs, Bad Bugs, What Are You Going to do!?- Rx Management of Infections
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    DG12--Diet Deceptions & Influencer Illusions: Unmasking Nutritional Nonsense in the Age of Social Media, Exposing the Dark Side of Social Media on Body Image
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    DG13--Back to Basics
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    DG14--Cost Implications - Not Just Financial
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    DG15--Emerging Topics in CF Genetics & Genetic Counseling
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    DG16--Seeing More than CF, 2.0
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    DG17--Primary Care Providers - Everyone Needs One!
  • 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    DG18--Explaining Research to New Populations
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Registry Data Update
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Exhibit & Poster Hall Open
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM ET
    RFPT07--Lung Image Analysis to Measure CF Lung Disease
    Chair: Zackary I. Cleveland, PhD (he/him/his) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Chair: Daan Caudri, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital
    APPTTCLIN
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Next Generation Registry (NGR)
  • 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Coffee Break
  • 9:10 AM – 9:40 AM ET
    Full Body Restorative Stretch & Relaxation
  • 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Registry Classroom Open Q/A Session
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM ET
    TPS04--Advances in Anti-Infectives & Anti-Inflammatories
    Chair: Elizabeth B. Burgener, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Los Angeles - Pulmonology
    Chair: Christina S. Thornton, MD PhD – University of Calgary
    IMI
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W18--Novel Interventions
    Chair: Natacha D. Emerson, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
    Chair: Rebecca Headley, LCSW (she/her/hers) – St. Luke's Cystic Fibrosis Center of Idaho
    SW/PSYCH
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W19--Remote Monitoring
    Chair: Jordana Hoppe, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado
    Chair: Jaclyn Davis, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital
    CLIN
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W20--Model Systems to Study Non-pulmonary Manifestations of CF
    Chair: Ben Ross
    Chair: Kyu Shik Mun, PhD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    EPPIMIPTAC/CFTR
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W21--Airway Inflammation in CF: Molecules & Mechanisms
    Chair: Kristin Hudock, MD, MSTR – University of Cincinnati & Cincinnati Children's
    APPTT
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W22--Lungs & Beyond
    Chair: Allison Love, MD, FRCPC – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Sid G. Kapnadak, MD (he/him/his) – University of Washington School of Medicine
    CLIN
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W23--Out with the Old & In with the New: Clinical Guideline Updates
    Chair: Darci Pfeil, APP – UW Health Kids CF Center
    Chair: Christi Dodd, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC – Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center of Central Texas
    NRS
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W24--Novel Topics in Nutrition & GI
    Chair: Judith Fulton, MPH, RD – Children's Hospital Colorado
    Chair: Rachel Kofsky, MA RD CSP CDN LDN CLC (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    NTR
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W25--Cutting-Edge Research: What's New?
    Chair: Gina Hong, M.D., M.H.S. – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Chair: Don B. Sanders, MD, MS – Indiana University School of Medicine
    CLIN
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W26--I Have a Gut Feeling
    Chair: Dhiren Patel, MD (he/him/his) – Saint Louis University
    Chair: Jay Freeman, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – Nationwide Children's Hospital
    EPPCLIN
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W27--PT & RT Research: Updates in Care
    Chair: John Lowman, PT, PhD, CCS – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Chair: Eleni Moulis, Doctor of Physical Therapy – Boston Children's Hospital
    PT&RT
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W28--Innovations in CF Pharmacotherapy
    Chair: Kalen Manasco, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS (she/her/hers) – University of Florida College of Pharmacy and UF Health Shands
    Chair: Joshua W. Fleming, PharmD, BCACP – University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy
    PHARM
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W29--The Power of Data to Impact Patients, Policy, & Population.
    Chair: Edward McKone – School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland
    Chair: Anna V. Faino, MSc (she/her/hers) – Seattle Children's Research Institute
    CLIN
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    W29--The Power of Data to Impact Patients, Policy, & Population
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM ET
    Poster Session: All Odd Numbered Posters
  • 12:15 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Lunch Time
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    Full Body Restorative Stretch & Relaxation
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM ET
    FSC05--Fireside Chat with Bob Kuhn
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM ET
    FSC06--Fireside Chat with Suzanne Michel
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    Junior Investigators Best Abstract in Basic Science
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    Junior Investigators Best Abstract in Clinical Research
  • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Adult Program Directors' Meeting
  • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Pediatric Program Directors' Meeting
  • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    US Program Coordinators' Meeting
  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM ET
    CF Global Data and Research Collaboration
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM ET
    Poster Session: All Even Numbered Posters
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Full Body Restorative Stretch & Relaxation
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    FSC07--Fireside Chat with Dr. Kristin Riekert
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    FSC08--Fireside Chat with Cynthia Brady
  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    Advanced Lung Disease (ALD)
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    TPS05--Nutrition Innovations
    Chair: Jessica B. Leonard, RD, LDN, CSP, CCTD, CACFD (she/her/hers) – Dept of Clinical Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital
    Chair: Ryan Juel, MS, RD, LD – WVU Medicine Children's
    NTR
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    S13--Hepatology Implementation of the New Liver Guidelines
    Chair: David N. Assis, MD – Yale School of Medicine
    Chair: Amanda C. Fifi, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Miami
    CLIN
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    S14--Alphabet Soup: PFT-GLI-MBW-LCI
    Chair: Kenny Harker, RRT RPFT – Corewell Health
    PT&RT
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    S15--Challenges to Efficient, Effective, & Durable CFTR Rescue
    Chair: Martin Mense – CFFT Lab, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    Chair: Marianne Carlon – KU Leuven
    PTAC/CFTR
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    S16--Year(s) in Review
    Chair: Pierre-Régis Burgel, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris and Université de Paris
    Chair: Ranjani Somayaji, MD, MPH, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – University of Calgary
    CLIN
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    S17--Like Fine Wine - Better with Age
    Chair: Heather Brosius, RN, CPN – Geisinger Medical Center
    Chair: Mary Hendry, RN, MS – Jefferson Adult CF Center
    NRS
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    S18--Enhancing Care for All: Paving the Path to Equity
    Chair: Terri A. Laguna, MD MSCS ATSF (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Chair: Georgene E. Hergenroeder, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
    Community Speaker: Raquel Garcia
    HEAC
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    S19--Demystifying CF Bone Disease: From Pathophysiology to Treatment
    Chair: Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD – Emory University School of Medicine
    Chair: Malinda Wu, MD, MSCR (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    CLIN
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    S20--ETI & Mental Health: Current Lay of the Land & New Horizons
    Chair: Freda F. Liu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Seattle Children's Hospital
    Chair: David Fedele, PhD, ABPP (he/him/his) – Nemours Children's Health
    SW/PSYCH
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    S21--Metabolic Cross-Talk Between Pathogens & Host in Cystic Fibrosis
    Chair: Sebastian Riquelme – Columbia University
    Chair: Hazel Ozuna, PhD (she/her/hers) – Emory University
    IMI
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    S22--Finding an “Optimal” Dose in Drug Development: The Importance of Exposure/Response Relationships for Advancing Chronic CF Therapies
    Chair: Donald R. VanDevanter, PhD – Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
    Chair: Nicole Mayer Hamblett, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    APPTTCLINPHARMPTAC/CFTR
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    S23--Updates in CFTR Genetics
    Chair: Johanna Rommens, PhD – SickKids Research Institute
    Chair: Samantha Afonso, MS, CGC, CCGC (she/her/hers) – Adult CF Clinic, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
    CLIN
  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    S24--Bridging the Gaps: Extrapulmonary Complications Not Addressed by HEMT.
    Chair: Kim McBennett, MD, PhD – Case Western Reserve University
    Chair: Leah Reznikov, PhD – University of Florida
    EPP
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Registry Tools (PortCF and CFSmartReports)
  • 4:05 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    Foot Reflexology
  • 4:20 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Foot Reflexology
  • 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM ET
    PL2--The Tipping Point: The Journey to Understand & Advance Research in CFRD
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET
    Right to Breathe Update
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET
    Tri-Service Military CF Affiliate Center annual meeting
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET
    AGN01--LGBTQIA+ Professionals in CF Affinity Group
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET
    AGN02--Black Professionals in CF
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET
    AGN03--Hispanic Professionals in CF Affinity Group
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM ET
    New Program Directors' Reception
  • 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
    RC Reception
  • 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET
    Speakers Reception
  • 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM ET
    Emily's Entourage Reception