VIR1 - Host Immune Response and Pathogenesis in Viral Respiratory Infections, Sponsored by the Intl. Soc. for Respiratory Viruses (ISRV)

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

2:45 PM - 4:45 PM US ET

Location: 153C

Chair(s)

Stephen M. Tompkins, PhD

Professor and Director
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, United States
David Wentworth, BS, MS, PhD (he/him/his)

Senior Discovery Project Leader, Viral Vaccines
GSK
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Speaker(s)

Adrienne G. Randolph, MD

Professor of Anaesthesia and Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Rob C. Mettelman, PhD (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Research
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
José Ordovas-Montañes

Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University

Disclosure(s):

Stephen M. Tompkins, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

David Wentworth, BS, MS, PhD: No relevant disclosure to display

Adrienne G. Randolph, MD: No relevant disclosure to display

Rob C. Mettelman, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

José Ordovas-Montañes: No relevant disclosure to display

This session will feature speakers with expertise in human viral respiratory disease and host immunity elicited by infection or vaccination. The goal of the session will to be to present the state of the art in analysis of human cellular and humoral immune responses following viral respiratory infection. As a complementing theme, we will include presentations on determinants of disease severity, leveraging expertise and research from human respiratory infection cohorts. Importantly, this work will not only provide access to cutting edge research, but also highlight the potential of human cohort research combined with novel technologies to provide deep understanding of the host response to infection.