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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INJURY PROTECTION

12:00pm-3:00pm
Mini Course
4104 The New Pediatrics in the Genomic Era
Chair: Isaac Kohane, Lyle Palmer and Scott Pomeroy, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
The sequencing of the human genome and the availability of large-scale genomic measurement technologies will change the manner in which clinical care and pediatric research is conducted. We will address how these genomic technologies, bioinformatics and genetic epidemiology can be applied in these endeavors.

12:00pm-3:00pm
Mini Course
4105 Update on Injury Control
Chair: Gary A. Smith, Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
The field of injury control continues to evolve. Over the past decade new sources of injuries have arisen, new information on old or overlooked causes has been obtained, and new techniques for preventing and minimizing the impact of certain injuries have been developed and evaluated. This session will review these advances and outline pertinent next steps for health policy, research and clinical care.

3:15pm-5:15pm
Topic Symposium
4200 Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells
Chair: Judith Hall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
There is enormous public interest in cloning and embryonic stem cells. This symposium will update the pediatric community on recent developments and raises a variety of policy and ethical issues.

3:15pm-5:15pm
Topic Symposium
4202 Stroke in Childhood
Chair: Donna Ferriero, University of California, San Francisco, CA
This session will update physicians on epidemiology and risk factors for perinatal and childhood stroke. Emphasis will be placed on identifying risk factors, increasing recognition, and providing possibilities for treatment.

5:15pm-7:15pm
Poster Session I (Author Attended)
and Opening Reception
– Endocrinology
– Epidemiology

11:45am – 1:45pm
Poster Session II (Author Attended)
– General Pediatrics and Preventive Pediatrics

1:45pm-2:30pm
State of the Art Plenary
5590 Children as Victims of Bioterrorism: Protecting the Fragile Host
Chairs: Phyllis Dennery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA and Tina Lee Cheng, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
With the recent world events and new threats of biowarfare, what should pediatricians know? Due to their size and physiology, children are at higher risk of injury from bioterrorism. This session will address the biology, clinical manifestations, and possible preventive strategies for likely biowarfare agents. The unique vulnerability of the child will be addressed.

2:00pm-4:00pm
State of the Art Plenary
5701 Children as Research Subjects: Ethical and Regulatory Issues
Chair: Myron Genel, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
A number of highly publicized adverse events, including the death of two volunteers participating in non-therapeutic research, and the federal shutdown of research at many well-recognized academic institutions because of inadequate compliance with regulatory requirements have intensified scrutiny of the protection afforded to human subjects participating in research, including children. Furthermore a Maryland court has recently decreed that children cannot participate in research without the potential for direct benefit. As a consequence there has been increasing media attention and Congressional concern regarding the adequacy of institutional oversight and investigator attentiveness to established standards and regulations. In addition, new regulations issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of l996(HIPAA) threaten the capacity to conduct health services and outcomes research. These issues will be addressed in the 9th annual Public Policy Plenary Symposium in an interactive format intended to stimulate dialogue among the members of the panel and with the audience.

2:30pm-4:00pm
State of the Art Plenary
5704 Pediatric Research and the Human DNA Sequence: Approaching Defects of Host Defenses in the Genomic Era
Chairs: Jennifer M. Puck, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD and Stephen J. Chanock, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
This session will provide a framework for understanding how genetics and genomics can accelerate progress in understanding defects in immunity and host defenses. Host defenses are used to demonstrate the general power of these technologies to elucidate pathogenetic mechanisms and predict disease susceptibility. This program will address classical and novel approaches to discovering genes underlying primary immunodeficiencies as well as characterization of modifier genes. A brief overview of the human genome, its structure, contents and relationship to genomes of other species will be presented in order to discuss current and future potential for understanding pediatric diseases and treatments. Emphasis will be placed on the continued prime importance of careful clinical observation, as well as the ethical and practical issues that genome science presents to society.

4:15pm-6:15pm
Platform Session
5901 Brain Imaging
Chair: William D. Gaillard

4:15pm-6:15pm
Poster Symposium
5906 Neonatal Epidemiology and Follow-Up
Chairs: Mark A. Klebanoff and Saroj Saigal

8:00am – 10:00am
Platform Session
6056 Injury
Chairs: Katherine Kaufer Christoffel and Alan D. Woolf

1:30pm-5:30pm
APA Presidential Plenary
6450 APA Presidential Plenary and Armstrong Lecture
Chair: Steve Ludwig
The George Armstrong Lecture
Steven A. Schroeder
Ray E. Helfer Award for Innovation in Pediatric Education: Measuring Medical Knowledge Competencies Using Web-Enhanced Instruction During a Pediatric Resident Ambulatory Block Month
Carl E. Johnson
Larry C. Hurtubise
International Health Award: Clinical Presentation, Immediate Outcome and Prognostic Factors of Cerebral Malaria in Children Admitted to Mulago Hospital
Richard Idro
Distinguished Career Award
Barbara Starfield

2:45pm-4:45pm
Poster Symposium
6560 Perinatal Lung Growth and Function
Chairs: Lucky Jain and A. Keith Tanswell

2:45pm-4:45pm
Platform Session
6561 The Lula O. Lubchenco Symposium on Neonatal Epidemiology and Follow-Up
Chairs: Virginia Delaney-Black and T. Michael O'Shea
FEATURED SPEAKER:
Virginia Delaney-Black

8:00am – 10:00am
Platform Session
7057 Injury: Motor Vehicle
Chair: Flaura Koplin Winston

8:00am-10:00am
Poster Symposium
7058 Modeling To Detect Bioterrorism and Other Threats to Public Health
Chairs: Stephen M. Downs and Sarah S. Long

1:45pm-3:45pm
Hot Topic
7702 Disaster Preparedness: Beyond 9/11
Chairs: Tina L. Cheng, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Danielle Laraque, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; and Benard Dreyer, New York, NY
The impact of 9/11 and the public health aftermath have affected us personally and professionally. This session will address what the child health professional needs to know regarding disaster planning and preparedness. Speakers will review and provide updates on national and regional systems for emergency management and how those systems interact with local public health agencies, the pediatrician's role in the community's preparedness including what the school system, the pediatric office and the patient should be doing to prepare and respond, recognition and management of chemical and biologic agents of terrorism, and the psychological reactions to disaster and stress.

1:45pm-3:45pm
Platform Session
7803 Health Services Research
Chairs: Denise M. Dougherty and Thomas B. Newman