80 - Caroline B. Hall Lecture

Monday, October 20, 2025

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

Location: Ballroom (Hall B1)

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: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

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Latania Logan, MD, MSPH

Marcus Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, United States
William Steinbach, MD

Robert H. Fiser, Jr., MD Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Chair, Department of Pediatrics Associate Dean for Child Health College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Pediatrician-in-Chief, Arkansas Children’s
Arkansas Children's, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR, United States
Gail Demmler-Harrison, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor
Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Bellaire, TX, United States

Slides

Faculty(s)

Asuncion Mejias, MD, PhD, MsCS (she/her/hers)

Member, St Jude Faculty
Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN, United States

Disclosure(s):

Latania K. Logan, MD, MSPH: No financial relationships to disclose.

William Steinbach, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, MD: Elsevier, Inc: Book Royalties; Microgen: Advisor/Consultant, Grant/Research Support; Moderna, Inc.: Advisor/Consultant, Grant/Research Support; UpToDate - WoltersKluwer: Royalties for Writing Topics on CMV and HSV; WEBMD Medscape: Advisor/Consultant, Honoraria, Travel to present CME certified presentations to medical personnel

Asuncion Mejias, MD, PhD, MsCS: No financial relationships to disclose.

The lectureship is dedicated to and honors Caroline B. Hall, MD, a worldrenowned
pediatrician, teacher, researcher and founding member of the
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Dr. Hall held the position of professor
of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine
for more than 40 years. She was a legend in pediatric infectious diseases for
her groundbreaking and prolific research on respiratory syncytial virus, human
herpesvirus 6 and other respiratory viral pathogens and authored more than
500 peer-reviewed publications. Her contributions significantly enhanced
our understanding of diverse respiratory viral infections and resulted in the
development of diagnostic and management guidelines for infections that
continue to be important clinical references. Dr. Hall served as the fifth president
of PIDS and was the society’s historian. She was a member of the Institute of
Medicine and the Royal College of Physicians and received numerous honors,
including the Distinguished Physician and Distinguished Service awards from
PIDS, the IDSA John F. Enders Lectureship, the Pan American Society for
Virology Award and the Robert M. Chanock Lifetime Achievement Award.

Learning Objectives:

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

describe the burden of RSV infection in infants and young children;
identify host and pathogen factors associated with RSV disease severity and pathogenesis;
discuss the need for passive RSV prevention in young children.

Presentations:

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM US ET

Clinically Innovative Research Paper Award Presentation
Presenter: Carlos R. Oliveira, MD, PHD (he/him/his) – Yale University
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM US ET

Awards Presentation
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

Mechanistic Insights into RSV Infection: A roadmap for Universal Prevention
Speaker: Asuncion Mejias, MD, PhD, MsCS (she/her/hers) – St Jude Children's Research Hospital

80 - Caroline B. Hall Lecture​

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Faculty(s)

Learning Objectives:

Presentations:

80 - Caroline B. Hall Lecture