CMV Conference

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits/Poster Presentations Parent Breakfast Session [Thomas H. Swain]
7:00 AM - 1:00 PM	'Exhibit Hours' [Johnson Great Room]
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM	'North American perspectives on CMV prevention, identification, and clinical management in pregnancy' Stephen Contag, Eliana Castillo [Memorial Hall]
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM	Break
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM	'Rapid Fire Sessions (Students/New Researchers)' [Memorial Hall]
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM	Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Ski-U-Mah *“Creating financial security for a loved one with special needs”* HILARY HOFF [11:00 AM - 11:30 AM]	Thomas H. Swain *Early Access to Spoken Languages using Cued Speech* Polly Earl [11:00 AM - 11:30 AM]	University Hall *Frontal cortex white matter connections are altered and associated with neurodevelopment in infants with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection* Rene Labounek Amy Paulson Bryon Mueller Christophe Lenglet Monica Bondy Lauren Haisley Meghan Swanson Jed Elison Erin Osterholm Mark R. Schleiss Igor Nestrasil [11:00 AM - 11:30 AM]	Memorial Hall *Cytomegalovirus reinfections in seropositive pregnant women* Karen Fowler Suresh Boppana Shannon Ross [11:00 AM - 11:30 AM]
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	'Poster Presentations' [Johnson Great Room]
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Lunch (Will be Provided)
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM	'Jamie McNew Memorial Lecture in Congenital CMV Research "The Conquest of Rubella: A Prelude to Vaccination against CMV?"' Mark R. Schleiss, Stanley Plotkin [Memorial Hall]
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM	*Wisconsin CMV Family Focus Survey* Pamela Hollar Julie Kessel Elizabeth Goetz [Thomas H. Swain]	*Lessons derived from >2 years congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) screening program: Support for widespread implementation of pooled-saliva testing for universal cCMV screening* Esther Oiknine-Djian Noa Ofek Shlomai Tal Sido Oren Gordon Colin Kunzweiler Adva Gadoth Laura Hendrix John Diaz-Decaro Yosefa Hefter Moran Yassour Smadar Eventov Friedman Dana Wolf [University Hall]	*cCMV screening towards implementation: Parental and staff perspectives* Alanna N. Gillespie Emma Webb Jan Hodgson Zeffie Poulakis Gary Rance Cheryl A. Jones Valerie Sung [Memorial Hall]
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Ski-U-Mah *Beyond the Blueprint: Virginia’s Steps Toward Expanding CMV Screening, Enhancing Surveillance, and Strengthening Family-Centered Support* Deepali Sanghani Jana Pushkin Lisa Eickel [1:00 PM - 2:00 PM]
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM	*Navigating Your Role as a CMV Parent/Caregiver: Two Mothers' Unique Journeys in Advocating for Their Children* Laija Beaulieu Caroline Leroux [Thomas H. Swain]	*Piloting a Novel Approach to Congenital CMV (cCMV) Screening using Dried Saliva Samples – Preliminary Results from a Quality Improvement Initiative in Ontario to Improve cCMV Diagnosis* Jessica Dunn Kristin Kernohan Melanie Lacaria Ari Bitnun Ed Yeh Alan Mears Danielle Durie Soren Gantt Zeinab Moazin Jason Brophy Pranesh Chakraborty Emily Reuvers Neal Sondheimer [University Hall]	*Congenital CMV Knowledge, Practices and Beliefs Among Maternal Child Nursing* Michelle Zappas Ruth Foreman [Memorial Hall]
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Break
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM	*Coordinating a Country: How Canada Is Advancing CMV Advocacy, Research, and Policy* Rob Tetrault [Ski-U-Mah]	*Evaluating the Impact of Universal Newborn cCMV Screening on Newborn Hearing Screening and Follow-up* Sara Lammert Amanda Pavan Melanie Wege Kirsten Coverstone Gina Liverseed Lexie Barber Annikka Strong Darcia Dierking [Thomas H. Swain]	*The Australasian Congenital CMV Register (ACMVR): outcomes and antiviral therapy use* Valerie Sung Emma Waight Asha Bowen Pamela Palasanthiran Philip N Britton Julia Clark Sonia Dougherty Jordann Davis Rebecca Burrell Alanna N. Gillespie Preethi Chandrasekaran Nicole Kerly Hayley Smithers-Sheedy Cheryl A. Jones [University Hall]	*Making Noise for a Silent Virus: Public Outreach for Congenital CMV* Karmen Dippmann Haley Bice [Memorial Hall]
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM	*Voices of Experience: Parents' Insights on Congenital CMV* Lisa Eickel Megan Becker [Ski-U-Mah]	*Ophthalmic Findings in Newborns with cCMV since institution of Universal Newborn Screening in Minnesota* Sasha Strul Erick Bothun [Thomas H. Swain]	*Management of infants with clinically inapparent congenital CMV identified through a universal newborn screening program in a Level I nursery* Shannon Ross Swetha Pinninti DeeAnne Jackson Karen Fowler [University Hall]	*Awareness and Prevention of Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV): A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Knowledge and Communication Strategies for People of Childbearing Age* Madison Berg Kinza Naeem Tanisha Trivedi Kathleen Muldoon [Memorial Hall]
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Break
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Hot Topics in cCMV [Memorial Hall]