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