A look back at IDWeek 2025
IDWeek 2025 was held earlier this month in Atlanta, GA from October 19-22. More than 11,000 infectious disease health professionals from various institutions and backgrounds worldwide gathered to collaborate, connect, and learn from each other’s expertise in patient care, research, and public health.
"The conference provided a perfect venue to connect with Peds and Adult ID colleagues and to hear updates on cutting-edge research advances in ID. At the same time, it was a sobering reminder of the many challenges that absent colleagues from the U.S. CDC and military continue to face in doing their work. While we celebrated achievements and successes, we acknowledged the obstacles that we must overcome together to achieve all that we can for public health." — Matthew B. Laurens, MD, MPH, University of Maryland
The IDCRC was well represented, with 42 presentations delivered by our members. We are proud to highlight a few of these individuals below.
- IDCRC mentoring cohort members Paulina Sudnik, MD, and Cristina Tomatis Souverbielle, MD, each delivered a poster presentation.
- Anna Wald, MD, University of Washington VTEU principal investigator (PI), presented on mRNA-1608, an mRNA-Based therapeutic genital herpes vaccine candidate.
- Robert Frenck, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center VTEU PI, presented on efficacy and immunogenicity of WRSs2, a live attenuated shigella sonnei vaccine candidate.
- Christina A. Rostad, MD, director of the Emory Children’s Center Vaccine Research Clinic, shared the interim analysis from the DMID 24-0003 PROMISE study in her presentation titled "The Immunology and Safety of Maternal RSV Vaccination, Infant Nirsevimab Immunization, or Both Products- Interim Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial."
- Zanthia Wiley, MD, MCDC KFC co-chair, served as a panelist for a symposium on factors and strategies that contribute to long-term career satisfaction for women in the infectious diseases profession.
- Robert Frenck, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center VTEU PI, Christina A. Rostad, MD, director of the Emory Children’s Center Vaccine Research Clinic, and Jennifer Whitaker, MD, Baylor VTEU investigator, served as panelists in an interactive session titled “Challenging Vaccine Issues: Beyond the Guidelines,” moderated by C. Mary Healy, MD, COU co-director and Flor Munoz, MD, Baylor VTEU investigator.
Congratulations again to our VTEU partners and IDCRC members on being selected for these opportunities! To see the full list of presenters, click the button below.