71 - New Approaches to Pertussis Vaccination

Thursday, October 12, 2023

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM US ET

Location: 160 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Lisa Jackson, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Senior Investigator
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Seattle, WA, United States
Catherine Mary Healy, MD, FIDSA (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, United States

Faculty(s)

Tod Merkel, PhD (he/him/his)

Senior Scientist
FDA
Silver Spring, MD, United States

Slides
C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH

Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, United States

Slides
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Marcela Pasetti, PhD

Professor
Pediatrics
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD, United States

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Disclosure(s):

Lisa Jackson, MD, MPH: Pfizer, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Catherine Mary Healy, MD, FIDSA: Dexcom Inc: Stocks/Bonds (Ongoing); Emmes Corporation: SMC member (Terminated); Intuitive Surgical Inc: Stocks/Bonds (Ongoing); Quidel Corporation: Stocks/Bonds (Ongoing); Vapotherm: Stocks/Bonds (Ongoing)

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-23-002-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

explain the role of non-human primate models of pertussis disease, including differentiation of infection and disease;
discribe how biomarkers of protective immunity against pertussis may provide important insights into key immunologic events after vaccination;
explain new approaches, including live attenuated pertussis vaccines

Presentations:

1:45 PM – 2:10 PM US ET

A Non-Human Primate Model of Pertussis Infection and Vaccination
Speaker: Tod Merkel, PhD (he/him/his) – FDA
2:10 PM – 2:35 PM US ET

The Future of Live Attenuated Pertussis Vaccines
Speaker: C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2:35 PM – 3:00 PM US ET

Biomarkers of Protective Immunity Against Pertussis
Speaker: Marcela Pasetti, PhD – University of Maryland