Immune Responses to COVID-19 in Immunosuppressed Populations

This symposium will highlight current research in understanding the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in populations with altered immunity due to pregnancy, disease, or pharmacological influences.

Organizing Societies:
American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI)
The Transplantation Society (TTS)
American Society of Transplantation (AST)

Co-Chairs:
Elaine Reed, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Jonathan Maltzman, MD, PhD, FASN, FAST
Stanford University School of Medicine

Program Agenda:
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM
Introduction from Session Chairs
Elaine Reed, PhD and Jonathan Maltzman, MD, PhD, FASN, FAST

8:10 AM - 8:50 AM
An Immunogenetics View of COVID-19
Jill Hollenbach, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

8:50 AM - 9:30 AM
From Alpha to Omicron: The Response of T Cells
Alba Grifoni, PhD
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

9:30 AM - 10:10 AM
COVID-19 Vaccine Responses in Pregnancy
Ai-Ris Y Collier, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School

10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Break

10:40 AM - 11:20 AM
Quantifying T Cell Responses from Needle Biopsies in Transplant Patients
Michela Locci, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Immune Responses to COVID-19 and Post-vaccination Neutralizing Antibodies in Hemodialysis Patients
Rupert Beale, PhD
Francis Crick Institute