2023 Lectureships

AAAAI Foundation Named Lectureships are established to recognize substantial contributions of at least $100,000 to the AAAAI Foundation through collaborative contributions of others or individual contributions honoring an individual or entity. The AAAAI Foundation leadership is proud to announce the lectureships and lectureship speakers for the 2023 AAAAI Annual Meeting.

Friday, February 24

AAAAI Foundation and Bench to Bedside: K. Frank Austen, MD FAAAAI & Albert L. Sheffer, MD FAAAAI Lectureship (4th year)
1601 Presidential Plenary: Paradigm Shifts in Drug Allergy
Convention Center, Lobby Level, Hall 2, 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Lecturer: Tanya Laidlaw, MD FAAAAI
New Insights into the Immunopathology of Aspirin-exacerbated Respiratory Disease (AERD)

AAAAI Foundation and Allen P. Kaplan, MD FAAAAI Lectureship: Creating Knowledge for Our Future (4th year)
1601 Presidential Plenary: Paradigm Shifts in Drug Allergy
Convention Center, Lobby Level, Hall 2, 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Lecturer: Elizabeth Phillips, MD FAAAAI FIDSA
Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reaction (SCAR)

AAAAI Foundation and David S. Pearlman, MD FAAAAI Lectureship: Contributing to Discovery and Education (4th year)
1601 Presidential Plenary: Paradigm Shifts in Drug Allergy  
Convention Center, Lobby Level, Hall 2, 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Lecturer: David A. Khan, MD FAAAAI
Practice Changers from the Drug Allergy Parameter Update

Saturday, February 25

AAAAI Foundation and Isil Berat Barlan Memorial Lectureship (2nd year)
2521 Beyond Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP): National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)-Supported Studies in Peanut Allergy Prevention
Convention Center, Ballroom Level, Stars at Night B1, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lecturer: Corinne Keet, MD MS PhD
Early Peanut Introduction: Translation to Clinical Practice

AAAAI Foundation and Phil and Barbara Lieberman and Friends Lectureship: Investing Together in Our Future (9th year)
2521 Beyond Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP): National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)-Supported Studies in Peanut Allergy Prevention
Convention Center, Ballroom Level, Stars at Night B1, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lecturer: Gideon Lack, MD
LEAP Participants: Living with AD Libitum Peanut Consumption

AAAAI Foundation and Harold S. Nelson, MD FAAAAI Lectureship: Investing Together in Our Future (4th year)
2522 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): Exposure: Microbiome Interface in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Diseases
Convention Center, Ballroom Level, Stars at Night B4, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lecturer: Yvonne Huang, MD
Ecological Interactions in Asthma: From Environment to Microbiota and Immune Responses

AAAAI Foundation and John W. Yunginger MD FAAAAI Memorial Lectureship (3rd year)
2701 Global Vaccines and Vaccinations: The Science vs The Antiscience
Convention Center, Lobby Level, Hall 2, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Lecturer: Peter Hotez, MD PhD
Global Vaccines and Vaccinations: The Science vs The Antiscience

Sunday, February 26

AAAAI Foundation and Michael M. Frank, MD FAAAAI Lectureship (4th year)
3101 Atopic Dermatitis - New Insights from Bench to Bedside to Populations
Convention Center, Lobby Level, Hall 2 8:15 am – 9:45 am
Lecturer: Richard Gallo, MD PhD
Human Skin Commensal Microbe for Bacteriotherapy of Atopic Dermatitis

AAAAI Foundation and Donald Y. M. Leung, MD PhD FAAAAI-JACI Lecture: Investing Together in Our Future (11th year)
3101 Atopic Dermatitis - New Insights from Bench to Bedside to Populations
Convention Center, Lobby Level, Hall 2 8:15 am – 9:45 am
Lecturer: Mark Boguniewicz, MD FAAAAI
Advances in Treatments for Atopic Dermatitis

AAAAI Foundation and Robert F. Lemanske, Jr., MD FAAAAI Lectureship (3rd year)
3521 Managing Asthma in Older Adults
Convention Center, Ballroom Level, Hemisfair C1, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lecturer: Andrea Apter, MD MA MSc FAAAAI
Community Health Worker Intervention in Older Adults with Asthma

AAAAI Foundation and Gail G. Shapiro, MD FAAAAI Memorial Lectureship (5th year)
3521 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): Managing Asthma in Older Adults
Convention Center, Ballroom Level, Hemisfair C1, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lecturer: Paula Busse, MD FAAAAI
Depression in Older Adults with Asthma

AAAAI Foundation and Dennis K. Ledford, MD FAAAAI & University of South Florida Allergy & Immunology Division Lectureship (5th year)
3521 Managing Asthma in Older Adults
Convention Center, Ballroom Level, Hemisfair C1, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lecturer: Nizar Jarjour, MD
Cognitive, Anatomic and Biomarker Changes in Older Adults with Asthma

Monday, February 27

Heritage Lectureship, Honoring Drs. Robert Becker, Jerry Dolovich, Elliot Middleton, John Salvaggio, Burton Zweiman (5th year)
4101 Food Allergy Insights: Novel Observations in the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy
Convention Center, Lobby Level, Hall 2, 9:30 am – 11:00 am
Lecturer: Ruchi Gupta, MD MPH
Expanding Our Understanding of Food Allergy: Common but Not Equal in All Races

AAAAI Foundation and Richard F. Lockey, MD MS FAAAAI & University of South Florida A/I Program Lectureship (4th year)
4101 Food Allergy Insights: Novel Observations in the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy
Convention Center, Lobby Level, Hall 2, 9:30 am – 11:00 am
Lecturer: Kari Nadeau, MD PhD FAAAAI
Expanding the Therapeutic Repertoire in Oral Immunotherapy: Novel Knowledge and Implementation

AAAAI Lectureships

Saturday, February 25

The Elliot F. Ellis Memorial Lectureship
2522 Exposure – Microbiome Interface in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Diseases
Convention Center, Ballroom Level, Stars at Night B4, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lecturer: Stavros Garantziotis, MD
Environmental Exposures Modulate Airway Microbiome in Asthma

The Robert G. Townley Memorial Lectureship
2522 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): Exposure: Microbiome Interface in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Diseases
Convention Center, Ballroom Level, Stars at Night B4, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Lecturer: Ian Myles, MD
Isocyanate Exposure Predicts Atopic Dermatitis and Disrupts Therapeutic Pathways in Commensal Bacteria

Sunday, February 26

The Robert A. Cooke Memorial Lectureship
3101 Atopic Dermatitis – New Insights from Bench to Bedside to Populations
Convention Center, Lobby Level, Hall 2 8:15 am – 9:45 am
Lecturer: Lynda Schneider, MD FAAAAI
Making the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE): Practice Parameter Updates

Monday, February 27

The Hugh A. Sampson Lectureship in Food Allergy
4101 Food Insights: Novel Observations in the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy
Convention Center, Lobby Level, Hall 2, 9:30 am – 11:00 am
Lecturer: Wayne Shreffler, MD PhD
T Cell Suppression in Peanut Oral Immunotherapy