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Childhood Suicide*

Chair: David DeMaso
Children's Hospital, Boston

Discussion of antecedents of suicide in children and adolescents, clinical presentations, and outcome. The role of the pediatrican will be emphasized.

• David Brent, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic
  Adolescent Suicide: Epidemiology and Risk Factors
• Anthony Spirito, Brown University School of Medicine
  Follow-Up Outcome of Adolescent Suicide Attempts Treated in General Hospitals
• David DeMaso, Children's Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School
  Acute Evaluation of the Suicidal Patient

Childhood Vaccines: Issues & Controversies*

Chair: Gail J. Demmler
Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children's Hospital

Sponsored by an educational grant from Ross Laboratories

The speakers and the audience will discuss current issues and controversies in the area of childhood vaccines. Topics to be covered include new perspectives on old vaccines, such as inactivated polio virus and pertussis vaccines, and new developments in vaccine research, such as the nasally administered influenza virus vaccine and the prospect for a vaccine against congenital CMV disease.

• Samuel L. Katz, Duke University Medical Center
  IPV-OPV, IPV, OPV or No PV
• Kathryn M. Edwards, Vanderbilt University Hospital Medical Center
  Should Adolescents Routinely Receive Acellular Pertussis Vaccine?
• Pedro A. Piedra, Baylor College of Medicine
  Will AFlu Drops@ Replace AFlu Shots@?
• Robert F. Pass, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Should There Be a Vaccine Against Congenital CMV Disease?

New Therapies For Diseases of the Newborn Infant**

Chairs:
F. Sessions Cole, Washington University
William J. Keenan, St. Louis University

Passive Immunization for the Prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in High Risk Infants

• Wayne M. Sullender, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Kenneth McIntosh, Harvard Medical School
  Novel Therapeutic Targets for Modulation Lung Disease in Infancy
• Jeffrey A. Whitsett, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
• Peter A. Ward, University of Michigan Medical School
  New Nutritional Strategies for Newborn Infants
• P.J.J. Sauer, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Paul B. Pencharz, Hospital for Sick Children

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* Sponsored jointly by the Pediatric Academic Societies
** Sponsored jointly by the Pediatric Academic Societies and American Academy of Pediatrics