SAHM 2026 Annual Meeting: Virtual SIG Meetings
SAHM 2026 Annual Meeting Virtual SIGs is open to all SAHM members as well as non-members registered to attend the in-person 2026 SAHM Annual Meeting.
Registration is free and requires only your name and email address. A confirmation email will be emailed to you after registering that includes your unique zoom access link.
Virtual SIG Meetings
Click on any of the SIG meetings noted below to view additional information including how register.
Adolescents with HIV/AIDS
Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 12-1 p.m. PT / 3-4 p.m. ET
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SIG Organizers: Adam Leonard, PhD(c), MPH, RN, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Meeting Description: Join the HIV/AIDS Special Interest Group for a focused meeting on advancing adolescent and young adult HIV prevention and care.
We will begin with brief member ‘lightning’ updates to share recent research findings, ongoing projects, and opportunities for collaboration. Next, we will review current federal funding trends and policy developments relevant to our field, highlighting implications for programmatic work and upcoming grant cycles. A dedicated segment will be used to assess SAHM’s existing HIV-related position papers and identify priorities for revision or new statements, with a plan to form writing subgroups and timelines.
We will also open nominations and expressions of interest for SIG leadership roles. Please come prepared with a 1–2 slide update or a concise verbal summary (≤2 minutes). All career stages are welcome. To propose agenda items in advance, share slides, or self-nominate for leadership, please email the SIG organizer by February 6, 2026.
Electronic Health Records
Monday, February 23, 2026 – 9-10 a.m. PT / 12-1 p.m. ET
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SIG Organizers: Jennifer Carlson, MD, UCSF, Rachel Goldstein, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine
Meeting Description: The EHR SIG is an opportunity to consider current challenges and successes in managing adolescent and young adult healthcare within the electronic health record. This year’s meeting will highlight recent activities of the group, as well as opportunities for ongoing collaboration and advocacy. In addition, attendees will discuss high-priority informatics topics related to AYA health.
Ethics and Legal
Wednesday February 25, 2026 – 10-11 a.m. PT / 1-2 p.m. ET
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SIG Organizers: Mary A. Ott, MD, MA, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Abigail English, JD, Center for Adolescent Health and the Law, Sharon Enujioke, MD, MPH, Navy Medical Center, Catherine Shubkin, MD, HEC-C, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
Meeting Description: The Ethics and Legal Issues SIG provides space for conversations about legal and ethics issues faced by adolescent health professionals, with an eye to mutual support and charting a way forward in challenging times.
The 2026 Ethics and Legal SIG will address ethical issues that adolescent health providers experience in working with public health organizations. By public health organizations, we are referring to both government agencies as well as community and non-governmental organizations whose mission is public health. Over the past year, there have been both domestic and global trends of disinvestment in public health generally, and adolescent health specifically, in a way that is potentially harmful to the health and wellbeing of adolescents and reinforces existing structural inequities. The SIG will discuss questions such as:
- What is the best way forward when trusted public health institutions are given political, rather than scientific, agendas?
- How can we as adolescent health professionals support community organizations and NGOs performing essential public health services?
- How can we address misinformation or disinformation coming from public health authorities?
- What are some useful strategies for working with our own health systems around the threats to public health for adolescents?
Male Adolescent and Young Adult Health
Wednesday, February 25, 2026, – 9-10 a.m. PT / 12-1 p.m. ET
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SIG Organizer: Gabriela Vargas, MD, MPH, Boston Children’s Hospital
Meeting Description: The Male Health Special Interest Group (SIG) will feature two key components.
First, participants will engage in a curated review of recent literature focused on adolescent and young adult (AYA) male health, highlighting significant research published within the past year.
Second, the SIG will provide an interactive forum for clinicians and researchers to exchange insights on best practices, discuss emerging trends and issues affecting AYA males, and address common challenges faced by health care professionals in this area of adolescent medicine.
Sports Medicine
Monday, March 9, 2026 – 10:30-11:30 a.m. PT / 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET
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SIG Organizers: Elizabeth Lewis, MD, KU Wichita, Keith Loud, MD, MSc, Dartmouth Health
Meeting Description: All are welcome to the Sports Medicine SIG!
The goal of this SIG is to establish a global network of practitioners with interest in sports medicine and adolescent medicine for relationship building, collaboration of care and coordination of sports medicine/MSK educational programming at SAHM.
Other goals include discussion about research opportunities, developing educational materials and possible position statements for SAHM about sports medicine. But we are open to where the discussion leads during our meeting!