CMV Conference

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Monday, September 8, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM	Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits/Poster Presentations
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM	'Exhibit Hours' [Johnson Great Room]
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration Open
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	'Welcome and Minnesota Experience Becoming the First US State to Offer Universal CMV Screening' Mark R. Schleiss, Jakub Tolar, Senator Karin Housley, Kirsten Coverstone [Memorial Hall]
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	'Minnesota Families Share Their Experience with Universal Newborn Screening for Congenital CMV' Gail Demmler-Harrison, Mark R. Schleiss, Abby Stahowiak, Zak Hagstrom, Sarah Gorzek, Ashley Shearen, Brooke Harrison, Tami Hoffman [Memorial Hall]
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	Break
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	'Global Vaccines and Immunizations: The Science vs The antiscience' Peter Hotez [Memorial Hall]
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM	Break
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	*Why Didn't You Tell Me About cCMV? What CMV Parents Want Their Healthcare Providers to Know* Eliana Castillo Maria Castrellon Pardo Monica Surti Medea Myers-Stewart Marcia Bruce Laija Beaulieu Lisa Robinson [Thomas H. Swain]	*Update on cCMV Surveillance in Minnesota* Gina Liverseed Tory Kaye Jenna Hullerman Umar Lexie Barber [University Hall]	*Prevalence of HCMV DNA and of infectious virus detected in saliva samples of young children in childcare centers* Lori Panther John Diaz-Decaro Karen Del'Olio Elizabeth Orvek Sandeep Basnet John Holik Anne Mirza Olesea Cojohari Stephen Lammi Iliana Leony Lasso Juli Gulpinar Timothy Kowalik Laura Gibson [Memorial Hall]
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Ski-U-Mah *Optimizing Language Access for Children with Congenital CMV: The Role of American Sign Language* Kelsi Gagne Leah Geer Megan Pesch [11:30 AM - 12:30 PM]
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	*cCMV and professional identity formation: reflections from medical students* Kinza Naeem Shivam Nipanikar Jonathan Lo Ellen Peng Serene Puri Kathleen Muldoon [Thomas H. Swain]	*The parent experience: Facilitators and challenges to follow-up after identification with cCMV by universal newborn screening in Minnesota* Jenna Hullerman Umar Jenna Soukup Katherine Kass Melissa Raspa Sara M. Andrews Emily Cheves Lexie Barber Bridget Walde Gina Liverseed [University Hall]	*Personal Experience of A CMV "Kid" and advice going forward* Kathleen Smith [Memorial Hall]
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	*How Minnesota Moms Passed CMV Legislation* Steph Steidl [Thomas H. Swain]	*Beyond the Diagnosis: Opportunities for Early Interventionists to Support Children with cCMV and their Families* Jess Moen [University Hall]	*Universal newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus: A one-year pilot study in New York State* Denise Kay Virginia Sack Michele Caggana Norma Tavakoli [Memorial Hall]
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Ski-U-Mah *Understanding cost-effectiveness analysis and how it can inform CMV clinical care guidelines* Andrea Ciaranello Elif Coskun Aaron Wu Malavika Prabhu Anne Neilan Caitlin Dugdale John Giardina Fatima Kakkar Megan Nix Megan Pesch Clare Flanagan [2:00 PM - 3:00 PM]
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	*The Colorado cCMV Work Group: An Advocacy Journey* Ted Maynard [Thomas H. Swain]	*Early Intervention Referral and Enrollment among Utah’s cCMV Cases* Jacinda Merrill Stephanie Browning McVicar Max Sidesinger [University Hall]	*PROACTIVE NYS: Preliminary Results and Lessons Learned from a Longitudinal Study of Children with Congenital CMV in New York State* Sunil Sood Norma Tavakoli Andrew Handel Sharon Nachman Christine Salvatore Julia Piwoz Minnie John Sheila Nolan Stephanie Ungar Danielle Daniels Michael Quinn Mark Hicar Gillian Taormina Patricia DeLaMora Leonard Weiner Jennifer Nayak Geoffrey Weinberg Gitanjali Rebello Jency Daniel Saul Hymes [Memorial Hall]
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Break
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Ski-U-Mah *Expanded Targeted vs Universal- What our Experience Suggests* Albert Park [3:15 PM - 3:45 PM]		University Hall *Spot the difference: Minnesota’s experience with spot-to-spot variability in the detection of Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) in dried blood spots using real-time PCR* Trenna Lapacinski-Ludens Suzanne Skoog [3:15 PM - 3:45 PM]	Memorial Hall *Retrospective Analysis of Archived Newborn Dried Blood Spots Tested for CMV DNA: Experience and Perspective of a CLIA-Approved Laboratory* Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado Mark R. Schleiss Mark Blackstad Claudia Fernandez-Alarcon [3:15 PM - 3:45 PM]
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM	Break
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM	'Rapid Fire Sessions' [Memorial Hall]
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	Parent Social Hosted by Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain

Full Conference Agenda

Monday, September 8, 2025