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October 17, 2018

IDWeek 2018

IDWeek 2018 Highlights in Full Color

Claim Your Credits

Thank you to all who attended IDWeek 2018 for making it a great meeting full of educational and networking opportunities. Remember to visit the IDWeek website for post-meeting tools, including instructions on how to claim CME, CPE, and MOC credit before the Monday, Nov. 26 deadline and print a certificate of attendance, or receipt. While you're there, catch up on the sessions you missed, using your free access to the digital library.

Share Your Feedback

Please take this opportunity to share your feedback. Take the survey today and enter to win a free registration for IDWeek 2019. Please submit your survey response by Monday, Oct. 22.

Suggest a Session

The IDWeek Program Committee is seeking your suggestions for important topics to be covered at IDWeek 2019. Suggestions should include potential learning objectives, possible speaker ideas, and presentation topics. All suggestions are appreciated. The deadline to submit suggestions is Monday, Oct. 22 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

IDWeek 2018: A Recap in Pictures

Kate Rubins
Astronaut Kate Rubins, PhD wows a packed house during the Opening Plenary, sharing her experience conducting science in space.

for Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs Pre-Meeting

Attendees at the Best Practices for Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs Pre-Meeting Workshop show off their swag. #BeASteward

Devyn Stek

Devyn Stek, the youngest ever to present at IDWeek, with her poster Finding Toxocara Eggs in Park Soil from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

ID BugBowl host, Adarsh Bimraj, MD, FIDSA
Once again, ID BugBowl host, Adarsh Bimraj, MD, FIDSA challenges contestants and entertains the crowd.

ID BugBowl winners from Stanford University
ID BugBowl winners from Stanford University. Many thanks to all participants including the impressive teams from Wake Forest, University of San Francisco and University of Kansas!

Melanie Thompson, MD and Wendy Armstrong, MD, FIDSA
HIVMA Past Chairs Melanie Thompson, MD, second from left, and Wendy Armstrong, MD, fourth from right, FIDSA at the HIVMA Clinical Fellows luncheon.

Jessica Snowden, MD, FIDSA
Jessica Snowden, MD, FIDSA shares her first-hand experience during the Advocacy Training session.

Arjun Srinivasan, MD, FIDSA
Arjun Srinivasan, MD, FIDSA from CDC talks with medical students, residents and fellows in the 365 Lounge about ID careers in public health.

Women in ID
More than 150 attendees at the Women in ID session discuss gender disparities and strategies to enhance career success and satisfaction.

Med Ed Community of Practice
2nd Annual meeting of the Med Ed Community of Practice focuses on how to give effective feedback and on turning Med Ed innovation into scholarship.

Steffanie Strathdee, PhD and Thomas Patterson, PhD

Closing Plenary speakers, wife and husband team, Steffanie Strathdee, PhD and Thomas Patterson, PhD, chronicle how bacteriophages were used to save Dr. Patterson’s life and why they have been largely ignored by clinicians.


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