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Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists

AMLI 2026 Annual Meeting

August 13–16, 2026

Memorial
Memorial for Dr. James D. Fold, PhD
John Schmitz, PhD, D(ABMLI), F(ACHI), F(AAM)
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Histocompatibility & Transplant Immunology
Personalized Approaches to Pediatric and Young Adult Haploidentical Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation through Risk-based Approaches and Model-based Dosing
Michael Allen Pulsipher, MD
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Myeloma Treatment and Monitoring: Immune Mechanisms of Therapy Resistance
Jens G. Lohr, MD, PhD
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Determinants of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) Efficacy and Safety
Arabella Young, PhD
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Tolerance, Tyranny, and Everything In Between: The Multifaceted Roles of Tregs
Rosa Bacchetta
Maria Bettini
Mingnan Chen
Stanislaw Stepkowski
Infectious Disease: Vaccine Immunity/Effectiveness and Public Health Aspects
Systems Vaccinology, Understanding Variability in Vaccine Responses
Richard Kennedy, PhD
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Infections, Immune Dysregulation, and Host-Directed Immunomodulation
Manish Butte, MD, PhD
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Emerging Infectious Diseases and Public Health Aspects
Benjamin T. Bradley, MD, PhD
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Beyond Culture: Recent Advances and Future needs in Fungal Diagnostics
Kimberly Hanson, MD, MHS
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Progress Towards a Prophylactic EBV Vaccine
Jessica Durkee-Shock, MD, MHSc
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Microbiome and Mucosal Immunity: Insights from Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Beyond
Microbes with benefits: Microbiota-Immune interactions that promote health
June L. Round, PhD
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Microbiota and Potential Mucosal Mechanisms in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Amiko Uchida, MD
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Food-Specific Antibody Response in the Esophagus Beyond Elimination to a Personalized Diet Approach in EoE
Ashley L. Pyne, PhD, RDN, CNSC
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Neuroimmunology Biomarkers
Clinical Implementation of CSF Kappa Free Light Chain Testing After the 2024 McDonald Criteria: Real World Evidence
Maria Alice Vieira Willrich, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
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Accurate and Accessible Testing in Autoimmune Encephalopathy
Stacey L. Clardy, MD, PhD
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Neural Antibody Testing: Fabulous, Flummoxing, & Faulty
Tammy Smith, MD, PhD
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Coming Together to Conquer the Complexities of Sjögren’s
Fireside Chat and Q&A with Sharon, who is living with Sjögren’s, and Pankhuri Gupta
Living with Sjogren's: The Patient Experience
Lane Destro, PhD
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Beyond Dry Eyes and Dry mouth: Navigating Diagnostic Challenges and Emerging Therapies in Sjogren's disease
Pankhuri Gupta, MD
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Update on the Laboratory Diagnosis and Management of SjD
Michael Mahler, MD
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Childhood Sjogren's Disease: A Research and Pediatric Rheumatologist's Perspective
Sara Stern, MD
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Question and Answer with a Sjogren's Disease Panel of Experts
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Awards & Presentations
Erwin Neter Award
Family of Dr. Silvia S. Pierangeli, PhD
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Bridging to Heart Transplant, while Igniting Antibodies: Cardiac Assist Devices and HLA Allosensitization
Arevik Ghazaryan, PhD, DMLI(ASCP)
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TCF1-Mediated regulation of Treg function, self-renewal, and stability in autoimmune disease
Favour Chibueze
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Association of HLA-DQ Genotyping with Celiac Disease Serologic Positivity in a Large Clinical Cohort
Danting Liu, PhD, DABCC
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Saliva improves DNA Quality, Cost, and Turnaround Time for HLA Genotyping
Ben Asghar, MLS(AMT)
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14-3-3n Evaluation as a Biomarker for Disease Severity and Prognosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Longitudinal Single-Centre Cohort Study
Camille Novis, PhD
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Update on AMLI abstract submission and publications: Lessons learned and path forward
Gabriela Lakos, MD, PhD, D(ABMLI)
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The Next Generation of Leaders in Clinical Immunology
From Innovation to Implementation: Integrating MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry into Clinical Evaluation of Monoclonal Gammopathies
Kimberly Burgos Villar, PhD, DABCC
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Ethical, Interpretive, and Laboratory Considerations in Direct-to-Consumer Immunology Testing
Alexis S. Dadelahi, PhD, DMLI(ASCP)
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New Features of Monoclonal Immunoglobulins and Potential Clinical Implications
Jack Wu, PhD, D(ABCC), MLS(ASCP)
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Evaluation of Serum Tryptase Reference Intervals Using an Indirect Method
Abdulrahman Saadalla, MB, BCh
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Cross-sectional analysis of established and novel serological markers in prospective SAIL-RA, BRASS-Lung, and RheumSCAN US cohorts
Brooke Holloway
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