2026 Annual Meeting
Hot Topics Program
This one-hour session features three Hot Topic presentations, each delivering focused insights in 20 minutes – 15 minutes of presentation followed by 5 minutes of Q&A. Join us for the opportunity to engage directly with experts and explore timely, high-impact topics.
Schedule
- Hot Topics I – Preventative/ Mental Health – Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
- Hot Topics II – Drugs Decreasing Risk? – March 4, 2026 at 9:50 AM
- Hot Topics III – The Latest in Policy Developments – March 5, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Hot Topics I – Preventative/ Mental Health
March 3 10:10-11:15
Presentations
- Integrating Suicide Prevention into Pediatric Primary Care: Building Systems to Identify and Support Youth at Risk – Tracey Keane
- 7-OH, the Emerging Opioid Threat at Your Local Vape Shop – Kyrra Engle MD, ScM
- Harnessing Large Language Models to Advance Adolescent Medicine: Identifying Substance Use and Overdose Risk through Electronic Health Record Data – Janis Sethness MD, MPH
Hot Topics II – Drugs Decreasing Risk?
March 4 9:50am-10:55 AM
Presentations
- Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention: From Promise to Practice – Joseph Whelihan MD
- Blooming with Options: The Latest in Contraceptive Care – Ashley Ebersole MD, MS, FAAP
- The GLP-1 Surge in Adolescents: Missing Protocols, Emerging Eating Disorders, and the Need for Collaborative Care – Lauren Hartman MD
Hot Topics III – The Latest in Policy Developments
March 5 10:15-11:20am
Presentations
- Arrested Development: How Current Policy and Funding Decisions Impact the Health and Well-Being of Young People – Kathleen Ethier Ph.D.
- Immunization Interrupted: Clinical and advocacy strategies for adolescent and young adult vaccine access in an unstable policy landscape – Charlene Wong MD MSHP
- Social media and adolescent mental health: what can the world learn from Australia’s new social media ban? – Susan Sawyer MBBS MD FRACP FSAHM FAHMS