271 - Maternal Immunizations to Reduce Infant Mortality: Where Are We Now?

Saturday, October 14, 2023

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

Location: 253 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Craig Weaver Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, United States
C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH

Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, United States
Emmanouil (Manolis) Galanakis, MD PhD (he/him/his)

Professor of Pediatrics
University of Crete, School of Medicine
Heraklion, Greece

Faculty(s)

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Alisa Kachikis, MD, MSc (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Obstetrics and Genecology
University of Washington Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Seattle, WA, United States

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Flor Munoz, MD, MSc

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

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Vana Papaevangelou, MD, PhD (she/her/hers)

Chairman of Paediatrics
University of Athens, School of Medicine
Athens, Greece

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Azucena Bardají, MD, PhD

Associate Research Professor
ISGlobal, Hospital Clinic - University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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Disclosure(s):

Natasha B. Halasa, MD, MPH: Merck and Company, Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH: Cowen Investments: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); GSK: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Moderna Vaccines: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing); Pfizer, Inc.: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing)

Emmanouil (Manolis) Galanakis, MD PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Co-organized by European Society For Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)

Learning Objectives:

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

explain potential maternal RSV maternal vaccination;
describe issues surrounding GBS maternal vaccination;
recognize implications for potential CMV vaccination;
describe maternal malaria vaccination

Presentations:

3:15 PM – 3:37 PM US ET

Maternal RSV Vaccines
Speaker: Alisa B. Kachikis, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Washington Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
3:37 PM – 3:55 PM US ET

Maternal GBS Vaccines
Speaker: Flor M. Munoz, MD, MSc – Baylor College of Medicine
3:55 PM – 4:12 PM US ET

Maternal CMV Vaccines
Speaker: Vana Papaevangelou, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Athens, School of Medicine
4:12 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

Vaccines for Prevention of Malaria in Pregnancy
Speaker: Azucena Bardají, MD, PhD – ISGlobal, Hospital Clinic - University of Barcelona