INTERDISCIPLINARY
SEPSIS & COVID-19
SYMPOSIUM

A virtual meeting on September 28 – 29, 2020

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Symposium Video Recordings

The 2020 Sepsis & COVID-19 Symposium is now available for viewing in its entirety.  Click on the agenda headings to view that session. The networking breakout session recordings are at the end of each Track’s video.

Monday, September 28, 2020

8:00 - 8:30 amWelcome Remarks
Rashid Bashir, Dean, The Grainger College of Engineering
King Li, Dean, Carle llinois, College of Medicine
8:30 - 9:15 amKeynote Speaker: Derek Angus, University of Pittsburgh
“Overview and broad needs in sepsis research”
Introduction by Rashid Bashir
9:15 - 10:15 amTrack 1: Big data/machine learning for improving sepsis care
(3 speakers, 10 mins each + panel discussion)
Moderator: Greg Martin

  • Matthew Churpek, University of Wisconsin

  • Aldo Faisal, Imperial College, London

  • Gari Clifford, Emory University
10:15 - 11:15 amTrack 2: Sepsis Endotyping
(3 speakers, 10 mins each + panel discussion)
Moderator: Derek Angus

  • Chris Seymour, University of Pittsburgh

  • Hector Wong, University of Cincinnati

  • Nuala Meyer, University of Pennsylvania
11:20 - 11:50 amNetworking Breakout Session #1 (2 rooms – Speakers from Track 1&2)
Or 45 minute break
12:00 - 12:45 pmKeynote Speaker: Mark Williams, Indiana University School of Medicine
“Personalized Therapy for Septic Shock”
Introduction by King Li
12:45 - 1:45 pmTrack 3: Novel Devices for Sepsis
(3 speakers, 10 mins each + panel discussion)
Moderator: Rashid Bashir

  • Tim Sweeney, Inflammatix

  • Tim Blauwkamp, Karius Dx

  • Keith McCrea, Exthera Medical
1:45 - 3:15 pmTrack 4: Government Funding for Sepsis Research
View Track 4 recording with closed captions
(5 speakers, 10 or 20 mins each + panel discussion)
Moderator: Bobby Reddy, Jr.

  • Denise Cardo (CDC), 10 minutes

  • Kim Sciarretta (HHS/ASPR/BARDA), 20 minutes

  • Kristian Roth (FDA/CDRH), 10 minutes

  • Reena Duseja (CMS) 10 minutes

  • Sarah Dunsmore (NIGMS), 20 minutes
3:20 – 3:50 pmNetworking Breakout Session #2 (2 rooms – Speakers from Tracks 3&4)
Or 45 minute break
4:00 - 5:00 pmTrack 5: Sepsis Outside the Hospital
(3 speakers, 10 mins each + panel discussion)
Moderator: Matt Churpek

  • Vincent Liu, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

  • Hallie Prescott, University of Michigan

  • Wes Ely, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
5:10 - 5:40 pmNetworking Breakout Session #3 (1 room – Speakers from Track 5)
Or end of Day 1 session

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

8:00 - 8:45 amKeynote Speaker: Tim Buchman, Emory University
“Teams of Rivals: Learning about sepsis from ensemble papers, models and trials”
Introduction by Ephraim Tsalik, Duke University
8:45 - 9:45 amTrack 6: Sepsis Epidemiology & Industry Diagnostics Panel
(3 speakers, 10 mins each + panel discussion)
Moderator: Ephraim Tsalik

  • Chanu Rhee, Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

  • Victor Jeger, Roche Diagnostics International Ltd.

  • David Persing, CEPHEID
    9:45 - 10:45 amTrack 7: Clinical Trials
    (3 speakers, 10 mins each + panel discussion)
    Moderator: Matthew Churpek

    • Greg Martin, Emory University

    • Ivor Douglas, Denver Health Medical Center

    • Gordon Bernard, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    10:50 - 11:20 amNetworking Breakout Session #4 (2 rooms - Speakers from Tracks 6&7)
    Or 45 minute break
    11:30 am - 12:15 pmClosing Speaker: Anne Louise Kjølbye, Livag
    “What Pharma Needs to See to Try Again with Sepsis”
    Introduction by Greg Martin
    12:15 - 12:30 pmClosing Remarks – King Li and Rashid Bashir