2022 Annual Meeting Program
Friday, August 12 to Monday, August 15, 2022
This meeting will be held in-person in Salt Lake City Utah.
The Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program.
Friday, August 13, 2021
Friday, August 12, 2022
7:00-8:15
Breakfast Seminar hosted by Binding Site
“How Cystatin C Measurement Contributes to Health Care Equity”
Gabriella Lakos, M.D., Ph.D., D(ABMLI), The Binding Site
7:30
Continental Breakfast
Committee Meetings
8:30
Welcome, Eric Weimer, Ph.D., AMLI President
PLENARY SESSION 1
Current Challenges in Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
Chairs: Lisa K. Peterson, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), John Mills, Ph.D.
8:35
Case Study: Autoantibody Testing: What is in a Name?
Lisa K. Peterson, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), University of Utah School of Medicine
and ARUP Laboratories
9:15
Harmonization and Standardization of Serologic Tests for Autoimmune Diseases
Xavier Bossuyt, M.D., Ph.D., University Hospital Leuven
Virtual Presentation
10:00
Break
10:30
Regulation of Laboratory Tests: Quality, Innovation,
and Regulatory Reform Efforts
Jonathan R. Genzen, M.D., Ph.D., University of Utah School of Medicine
and ARUP Laboratories
11:15
The Best Kept Secret No Longer. Moving Clinical Laboratory Immunology
into the Professional and Public Eyes
Thomas S. Alexander, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), FlowMetric Diagnostics and Summit Pathology
12:00-1:30
Luncheon Seminar Hosted by Bio-Rad Laboratories
“State of HIV Diagnostic Testing,” Thomas Alexander, Ph.D. D(AMBLI), Lab Director, FlowMetric Diagnostics
“Longitudinal Specificity in a US Public Health Laboratory,” Alfredo Villareal, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
“Does COVID-19 Affect HIV Assays?” Payu Raval, Northshore University HealthSystem
PLENARY SESSION 2
Pediatric Rheumatology: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
Chairs: Anu Maharjan, Ph.D., DABCC, NRCC, Sara Nandiwada, Ph.D., D(ABMLI),
Stanley Naides, M.D., FAP, FACR, Lusia Sepiashvili, Ph.D., DABCC, FCACB
2:00
Pediatric Rheumatology Review: Common Clinical and Laboratory Findings
Aimee Hersh, M.D., MS, Primary Children’s Hospital and The University of Utah School of Medicine
2:45
Case Study: Laboratory Evaluation of Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases:
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
Deborah M. Levy, M.D., MS, FRCPC, The Hospital for Sick Children
and The University of Toronto
3:30
Emerging Biomarkers in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Grant Schulert, M.D., Ph.D., Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Virtual Presentation
4:15
Prevalence and Significance of Serum 14-3-3ɳ (eta) in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Iris Reyhan, M.D., Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Virtual Presentation
5:00-7:00
Meet the Exhibitors | Poster Session Reception
Hosted by Kronus
Saturday, August 13, 2022
7:30
Continental Breakfast
Meet the Exhibitors
Committee Meetings
PLENARY SESSION 3
The Current State of Allergy Tests for the Diagnosis and
Monitoring of Food Allergy
Chairs: Vijayalakshmi Nandakumar, M.S., Ph.D., Aaruni Khanolkar, MBBS, Ph.D.,
Vijaya Knight, M.D., Ph.D., D(ABMLI)
8:30
Case Study: Challenges with Laboratory Evaluation of Food Allergy
Erik Newman, M.D., University of Utah School of Medicine
9:00
Towards Precision Medicine in Food Allergy
David M. Fleischer, M.D., University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
and Children’s Hospital Colorado
9:45
To Test or Not Test: That is the Question
Miguel Park, M.D., Mayo Clinic
10:30
Break – Meet the Exhibitors – View Posters
11:00
The Utility of Basophil Activation Testing in Food Allergy Diagnosis and Management
Sarita Patil, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical Center
Virtual Presentation
11:45
Panel Discussion
12:00-1:30
Luncheon Seminar Hosted by Euroimmun US
“Post-Transplant Membranous Nephrology and PLA2R”
Jean M. Francis, M.D., Boston Medical Center
2:00
NETER AWARD LECTURE
Evolution of Neurological Autoimmunity
Vanda A. Lennon, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic
3:00
Abstract Award Presentations
3:30
AMLI Business Meeting
AMLI MEMBERS, PLEASE ATTEND
4:00-6:00
Meet the Exhibitors | Poster Session Reception
Grand Ballroom
6:15
Annual Dinner – A Walk Away!
Caffe’ Molise (http://www.caffemolise.com/) features fresh
Italian cuisine with a focus on regional specialties and local ingredients.
Only a thirteen-minute walk from the hotel … but it will be warm! So attire should be
cool, comfortable and casual! A van will be available for those who need to ride.
PLEASE ADVISE IN ADVANCE IF YOU WILL NEED TO RIDE.
Sunday, August 14, 2022
7:30
Continental Breakfast
Meet the Exhibitors
Committee Meetings
PLENARY SESSION 4
Updates on COVID-19 Immune Responses – Laboratory
and Clinical Perspective
Chairs: Evangelos Ntrivalas, M.D., Ph.D., HCLD/CC(ABB), D(ABMLI)
Maurice O’Gorman, MBA, M.Sc, Ph.D., D(ABMLI)
8:30
Role of Peripheral Blood Immunophenotyping in Patients with COVID-19
Maurice (Mo) R.G. O’Gorman, MBA, M.Sc., Ph.D., D(ABMLI), Children’s Hospital Los Angeles;
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
9:15
Development of Immunology Proficiency Testing Programs in Support of
COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
Thomas N. Denny, MSc., M.Phil., Duke Human Vaccine Institute,
Duke Research and Discovery at RTP
10:00
Break
Meet the Exhibitors
10:30
Laboratory Assays for Cellular Immune Responses to COVID-19
Evangelos Ntrivalas, M.D., Ph.D., HCLD/CC(ABB), D(ABMLI),
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
11:15
COVID-19 Vaccine Immune Responses in Immunocompetence and Immunodeficiency
Elena Hsieh, M.D., University of Colorado / Children’s Hospital Colorado
12:00-1:30
Luncheon Seminar Hosted by Werfen
“The Evolution of Multi-analyte Testing and Algorithmic Analysis”
Gary L. Norman, Ph.D., Director, Research & Development, Werfen
Free Afternoon and Evening
Monday, August 15, 2022
7:00-8:15
Breakfast Seminar hosted by Thermo Fisher
“Finding the Needle in the Haystack – Using Data to
Navigate the Increasing Complexity of Autoimmunity”
Veena Joy, M.Sc., Ph.D., Thermo Fisher Scientific
7:30
Continental Breakfast
PLENARY SESSION 5
Monoclonal Antibody Drugs and Impact on Laboratory Testing
Eszter Lazar-Molnar, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), F(ACHI), Melissa Snyder, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic
8:30
Biomarkers for Cancer Immunotherapy, What Do We Know and
What Can We Do
Siwen Hu-Lieskovan, M.D., Ph.D.
9:15
Case Presentation: A Clinically and Analytically Unusual Anti-Drug Antibody
Melissa R. Snyder, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic
9:45
Break
10:15
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Biologics: A Tool in the Physician’s Toolkit
to Individualize Dosing in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Niels Vande Casteele, PharmD, Ph.D., University of California San Diego
11:00
Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Interference with Laboratory Testing
Eszter Lazar-Molnar, Ph.D., University of Utah School of Medicine
Using Mass Spectrometry to Clear Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Interference
David Murray, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic
12:00 noon
Conclusion of Meeting