SPR Presidential Plenary: Best of SPR Featured Science

Sunday, May 5, 2024

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 718 B

CE: Live CME: 1.5

Chair(s)

Cristina Alvira, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California, United States
Brenda Poindexter, MD, MS (she/her/hers)

Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Division of Neonatology
Pediatric and Newborn Medicine
Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Disclosure(s):

Cristina M. Alvira, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, MS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Session

Description: This session features award winning science selected by the SPR including work in hematology/oncology, gene editing and gene therapy, gastroenterology, and brain development

Learning Objectives:

Describe how genome editing can further our understanding of blood cell development and be used to develop innovative therapies to treat blood diseases.
Define advances in the engineering of novel biomaterials and nanoparticles to facilitate gene targeting to improve child health.
Describe the role of intestinal epithelial cells in modulating host inflammatory and metabolic diseases.

Presentations:

11:00 AM – 11:04 AM ET

Introduction of Session
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
11:04 AM – 11:05 AM ET

Introduction, SPR 2023 Bridging to Success Award
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
11:05 AM – 11:15 AM ET

SPR 2023 Bridging to Success Award: GABA-editing spectroscopy for understanding the developing brain in preterm infants.
Speaker: Sudeepta K. Basu, MD (he/him/his) – Children's National Health System
11:15 AM – 11:20 AM ET

Q&A
Speaker: Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
11:20 AM – 11:23 AM ET

Introduction, SPR Award in honor of E Mead Johnson
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
11:23 AM – 11:38 AM ET

SPR Award in Honor of E Mead Johnson: Therapeutic genome editing for inherited blood disorders
Speaker: Daniel E. Bauer, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Harvard Medical School
11:38 AM – 11:43 AM ET

Q&A
Speaker: Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
11:43 AM – 11:44 AM ET

Introduction, SPR Young Investigator Award
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
11:44 AM – 11:54 AM ET

SPR Young Investigator Award: Developing Nanotechnologies for Precision Pediatrics
Speaker: Steven J. Jonas, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
11:54 AM – 11:59 AM ET

Q&A
Speaker: Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
11:59 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Introduction, SPR New Member Outstanding Science Award
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
12:00 PM – 12:10 PM ET

SPR New Member Outstanding Science Award: Molecular Drivers of Gut Pain and Anxiety
Speaker: James Bayrer, MDPhD (he/him/his) – University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
12:10 PM – 12:15 PM ET

Q&A
Speaker: Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM ET

Announcement of SPR Prosper Awardees & Closing
Speaker: Cristina M. Alvira, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine