SPR Presidential Plenary: Innovating in Pediatrics – Moving Academia & Research Forward to Meet the Needs of the Future

Monday, May 1, 2023

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET

Location: Convention Center: 207 A

CE: Live CME: 1.50

Chair(s)

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Kate Ackerman, MD, MBA (she/her/hers)

CEO
Hamlet Northwest Consulting
Mendon, New York, United States
Todd Florin, MD, MSCE (he/him/his)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Lila Nolan, MD (she/her/hers)

Instructor
Pediatrics
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Disclosure(s):

Kate Ackerman, MD, MBA: ONY Biotech (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Consultant)

Todd Florin, MD, MSCE: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Lila Nolan, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Session

Description: This session brings together speakers who will focus on innovations to consider or implement to match the challenge of training and maintaining the physician scientist career in a time of turbulent challenges to our medical systems.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the major threats to maintaining our current training methods for physician scientists
Identify ways that academic centers might innovate in advising or supporting career development of academic pediatricians and researchers
Describe various resources for support from the National Institutes of Health

Presentations:

1:00 PM – 1:05 PM ET

Introduction
Chair: Kate Ackerman, MD, MBA (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
1:05 PM – 1:20 PM ET

SPR Presidential Address: Moving Forward to Meet the Needs of the Future
Speaker: Kate Ackerman, MD, MBA (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
1:20 PM – 1:30 PM ET

Pathways to research funding success: Surprising data from NICHD
Speaker: Diana W. Bianchi, MD (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
1:30 PM – 1:40 PM ET

Perspectives from industry- it's not all dark over here
Speaker: Mark Sorrentino, MD, MS (he/him/his) – ICON Plc.
1:40 PM – 1:50 PM ET

Opportunities for training and career development at and academic collaboration with the NIH Intramural Research Program
Speaker: Nina F. Schor, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – NIH
1:50 PM – 2:00 PM ET

Future-Proofing the Physician-Scientist Workforce
Speaker: Satid Thammasitboon, MD, MHPE (he/him/his) – Baylor College of Medicine
2:00 PM – 2:10 PM ET

How physicians and researchers can leverage digital tools to communicate messages
Speaker: Sara Winn Dong, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital
2:10 PM – 2:30 PM ET

Q & A
Chair: Kate Ackerman, MD, MBA (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Speaker: Diana W. Bianchi, MD (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Speaker: Mark Sorrentino, MD, MS (he/him/his) – ICON Plc.
Speaker: Nina F. Schor, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – NIH
Speaker: Satid Thammasitboon, MD, MHPE (he/him/his) – Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: Sara Winn Dong, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital