Moderator: Dr. Christina Tan, NJ State Epidemiologist

Presentation Order:

1. Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Acute Respiratory Illness: Trends Among Hospitalized Patients, 2022–2024
Presenter: Katherine St George, University of Rochester Medical Center, Emerging Infections Program
Authors: Katherine St. George, Maria Gaitan, Christina Felsen, Brenda Tesini

2. Community-Dwelling Adults Discharged to Higher Level Care After COVID-19 Hospitalization, Albany, NY
Presenter: Kaylee Mahoney, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health
Authors: Kaylee Mahoney, Grant Barney, Fiona Keating, Aleah Abdellatif, Jemma V. Rowlands, Suzanne McGuire, Bridget J. Anderson

3. Defining Adult Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Mortality for Surveillance in New York City
Presenter: Lauren Firestein, New York City Department of Health
Authors: Lauren Firestein, Alice Yeung, Rachel Paneth-Pollak, Maura Lash, Joseph Kim, Hiu Tai Chan, Alejandro Castro III, Hilary Parton, Ellen Lee

4. Social Vulnerability and Pediatric Influenza Vaccination During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Presenter: Erin Licherdell, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Emerging Infections Program
Authors: Erin Licherdell, Christina Felsen, Maria Gaitán, Brenda Tesini

5. Making Maps Matter: RSV Outreach Guided by Social Vulnerability Insights
Presenter: Calli Laskowski, Pennsylvania Department of Health
Authors: Hannah Lund, Calli Laskowski, Miriam Wamsley, Sameh Boktor

6. School Respiratory Outbreaks and Statewide COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV Activity in NJ, 2023–2026
Presenter: Saadiah Khan, New Jersey Department of Health
Authors: Saadiah I. Khan, Bozena Katic, Tiffany White, Nicole Lam, Yuriy Levin, Nagla S. Bayoumi