University of California, San Francisco at IDWeek 2026

Oct 21–24, 2026 Washington, DC ~12k attendees Website

University of California, San Francisco brings 36 presentations to IDWeek 2026 in Washington. Its program centres on sequencing-based diagnosis, including metagenomic and host gene expression tests in transplant and critically ill patients, and on long-acting HIV treatment and prevention. Another thread addresses HIV care alongside stimulant use, plus high rates of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in a Ugandan population.

OrganizationIDWeek 2026 Attendance
Talk
Tue Oct 20
2:15pm–2:50pm
Part of PW11 - Clinical Diagnostics ($)
Host Transcriptomics in Infectious Disease Diagnosis: Ready for Prime Time?
102 AB
Diagnostics and diagnostic stewardship
Talk
Tue Oct 20
3:35pm–4:10pm
Part of PW11 - Clinical Diagnostics ($)
Designing Diagnostic Clinical Trials That Matter to Patients
102 AB
Diagnostics and diagnostic stewardship
Talk
Tue Oct 20
4:10pm–4:50pm
Part of PW11 - Clinical Diagnostics ($)
Expert Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A
102 AB
with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, National Health Service +1 more
Diagnostics and diagnostic stewardship
Talk
Wed Oct 21
10:05am–10:25am
Part of PW09 - A Bug Worth Catching: Enhancing Clinical Teaching in Infectious Diseases ($)
Teaching in Busy Clinical Settings (Didactic)
204 ABC
Talk
Wed Oct 21
10:30am–10:55am
Part of PW09 - A Bug Worth Catching: Enhancing Clinical Teaching in Infectious Diseases ($)
Teaching in Busy Clinical Settings Small Group Activity
204 ABC
Session
Wed Oct 21
11:00am–11:25am
RSV Prevention in Vulnerable Communities: From Understanding Barriers to Driving Action
BugHub World Stage
with University of California San Diego
Respiratory infections and COVID-19Vaccines
Industry
Wed Oct 21
7:00pm–8:30pm
A Switch in Time: State-of-the-Art Strategies for ART Modification in People with Virologically Suppressed HIV
Independence Salon A+B+C+D
with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Queen Mary University of London, Decera Clinical
HIV, sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitisAntimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Decision-Making Cues for Antibiotic Treatment of Suspected Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection: Multi-Site Cross-Sectional Analysis of Emergency Department and Urgent Care Visits
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1673
P4. Pediatric Antimicrobial stewardship (inpatient/outpatient pediatric focused)
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Does Antibiotic Class and Timing Matter for Clostridioides difficile Risk Assessment? A Distributed Lag Non-Linear Model Analysis.
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1529
N8. Health Care-Associated Infections: C. difficile
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
High Rates of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in a CMV-endemic Ugandan Population
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1730
P7. Pediatric Maternal-child infections
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Integrated Host-Microbe Lower Airway Sequencing Distinguishes Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-736
D6. New diagnostics (formerly L2)
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Plasma Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-752
D6. New diagnostics (formerly L2)
Talk
Thu Oct 22
12:20pm–12:25pm
Part of Rapid-Fire Poster Session: Just Do It: Pushing the Boundaries of HIV Prevention & Treatment
Real-World Virologic Effectiveness Outcomes with Long-Acting Cabotegravir plus Rilpivirine in People Who are Treatment-Experienced with Viremia: A Systematic Literature Review
RF Arena 1
HIV, sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitisAntimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Session
Thu Oct 22
3:00pm–3:25pm
Industry
Thu Oct 22
6:30pm–8:30pm
Optimizing Outcomes with LAI PrEP and ART: Advanced Clinical Decision Making in HIV Care - An Interactive Showcase™
Marquis Salon 6
with LSU Health New Orleans, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Integritas Communications
HIV, sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitisAntimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Session
Fri Oct 23
10:30am–11:45am
Dual Crises, Shared Solutions: Novel Care Delivery Models at the Intersection of HIV and Substance Abuse
150 AB
Epi & Infection Control · with Virginia Commonwealth University, Emory University, Yale University +1 more
Global and public healthHIV, sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis
Talk
Fri Oct 23
10:55am–11:20am
Part of Dual Crises, Shared Solutions: Novel Care Delivery Models at the Intersection of HIV and Substance Abuse
Addressing Stimulant Use Care in HIV Care
150 AB
Epi & Infection Control
Global and public healthHIV, sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis
Talk
Fri Oct 23
11:05am–11:45am
Part of Squabbles Among Friends: Pushing the Envelope on HIV Treatment and Prevention
Making Long-acting Work in the Face of Questionable Resistance: To LEN or Not to LEN?
202 AB
HIV-STD-TB · with AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Antimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Poster
Fri Oct 23
12:15pm–1:30pm
Real-World Virologic Effectiveness Outcomes with Long-Acting Cabotegravir plus Rilpivirine in People Who are Treatment-Experienced with Viremia: A Systematic Literature Review
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1051
H4. HIV: Treatment
Session
Fri Oct 23
1:45pm–3:00pm
Next-Generation Sequencing in Infectious Diseases Clinical Care - What Does the Evidence Show?
144 ABC
Epi & Infection Control · with University of Michigan, Cleveland Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine +1 more
Transplant and immunocompromised hostsDiagnostics and diagnostic stewardship
Talk
Fri Oct 23
1:45pm–2:10pm
Part of Next-Generation Sequencing in Infectious Diseases Clinical Care - What Does the Evidence Show?
Use of NGS in the Critically Ill
144 ABC
Epi & Infection Control
Transplant and immunocompromised hostsDiagnostics and diagnostic stewardship
Talk
Fri Oct 23
2:30pm–2:45pm
Part of Skin & Bone: SSTI & Beyond
A Rapid Infectious Diseases - Emergency Department Dalbavancin Program for High Risk Patients at an Urban Safety Net Medical Center: Prospective Cohort Study
209 ABC
Antimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Session
Fri Oct 23
3:15pm–4:30pm
COVID 2026: Treatment, Prevention and the Long Game
201
Respiratory infections and COVID-19Antimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Session
Sat Oct 24
8:00am–9:00am
Back to Reality: Will My ID Recommendations Work at Discharge?
143 ABC
Adult ID · with Virginia Commonwealth University, Baylor College of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Antimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Session
Sat Oct 24
8:00am–9:00am
Cancer Prevention and Screening for People Living With HIV
152 AB
HIV-STD-TB · with Northwestern University
Session
Sat Oct 24
8:00am–9:00am
Controversies in Medical Education
201
COVID-19 · with University of Washington, Temple University, University of Southern California +2 more
Global and public health
Talk
Sat Oct 24
8:00am–8:30am
Part of Cancer Prevention and Screening for People Living With HIV
GI Cancers from Upper to Lower
152 AB
HIV-STD-TB
Session
Sat Oct 24
10:30am–11:45am
Is This Infectious? Pediatric Physician Scientists on the Case!
204 ABC
Epi & Infection Control · with UChicago Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center +1 more
Diagnostics and diagnostic stewardship
Talk
Sat Oct 24
11:20am–11:45am
Part of Is This Infectious? Pediatric Physician Scientists on the Case!
Differentiating Colonization From Infection in Critically Ill Children Using mNGS
204 ABC
Epi & Infection Control
Diagnostics and diagnostic stewardship
Talk
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–12:20pm
Part of Rapid-Fire Poster Session: Perinatal & Pediatric Infections, Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship
High Rates of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in a CMV-endemic Ugandan Population
RF Arena 2
Global and public health
Poster
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–1:30pm
Risk of PICU Admission among Hospitalized Pediatric Patients with Coccidioidomycosis in the U.S.
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1405
M1. Clinical studies of fungal infections
Talk
Sat Oct 24
1:45pm–2:10pm
Part of Transforming Public Health: From Community Action to Complex Interventions
Bold Moves: Mobilizing the Community to Focus on Prevention
151 AB
Epi & Infection Control
Global and public healthHIV, sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitisTransplant and immunocompromised hosts
Session
Sat Oct 24
1:45pm–3:00pm
New Frontiers in COVID-19: Updates for 2026
207 AB
COVID-19 · with University of Minnesota, University Health Network
Infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology
Session
Sat Oct 24
1:45pm–3:00pm
Transforming Public Health: From Community Action to Complex Interventions
151 AB
Epi & Infection Control · with Wake Forest University, 56 Dean Street, Unity Health Care
Global and public healthHIV, sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitisTransplant and immunocompromised hosts
Talk
Sat Oct 24
2:35pm–3:00pm
Part of New Frontiers in COVID-19: Updates for 2026
New Frontiers in Long COVID
207 AB
COVID-19
Infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology

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