University of Utah at IDWeek 2026

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

University of Utah brings 20 presentations to IDWeek 2026 in Washington. Its program centres on diagnostic stewardship and children's infections, from new tests for ventilator-associated pneumonia to congenital syphilis and empyema in children. Distinctive work uses very low procalcitonin to spare febrile infants invasive testing and screens clinical notes with natural language processing to spot emerging infections.

OrganizationIDWeek 2026 Attendance
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Talk
Wed Oct 21
8:00am–8:20am
Part of PW03 - Diagnostic Stewardship 2.0 Biomarkers, Advanced Diagnostics & AI ($)
Diagnostic Stewardship Overview
150 AB
Diagnostics and diagnostic stewardshipAntimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Talk
Wed Oct 21
10:45am–11:30am
Part of PW03 - Diagnostic Stewardship 2.0 Biomarkers, Advanced Diagnostics & AI ($)
Consult the Experts - Ask Your Diagnostic Stewardship Questions
150 AB
with Johns Hopkins University, McGill University, MaineHealth +3 more
Diagnostics and diagnostic stewardshipAntimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Congenital Syphilis in Utah
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1733
P7. Pediatric Maternal-child infections
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Diagnostic Accuracy of Novel Microorganism- and Host-Directed Tests for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Results from the MASTERMIND-Pneumonia Study
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-614
D1. Diagnostics: Bacteriology/mycobacteriology
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Impact of a High Sensitivity CMV NAAT on Post–Solid Organ Transplant Monitoring
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-651
D2. Virology
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Integrated Maternal–Infant Dyad Care: Improving Perinatal Outcomes for Syphilis, HCV, and HIV in Vulnerable Populations
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1749
P7. Pediatric Maternal-child infections
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Parapneumonic Empyema (PPE) among Utah Children, an Eleven-year Review, 2015-2026
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1623
P1. Pediatric Bacterial studies (natural history and therapeutic)
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Strain Adaptation, not Antimicrobial Resistance, Drives Contemporary Clostridioides difficile Epidemiology
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1524
N8. Health Care-Associated Infections: C. difficile
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Ultra-Low Procalcitonin: Reclassifying Febrile Infants to Reduce Invasive Testing
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1642
P1. Pediatric Bacterial studies (natural history and therapeutic)
Session
Fri Oct 23
9:15am–10:00am
Distinguished Lecture in Medical Virology
BALLROOM ABC
with Minnesota Department of Health, ID Care
VaccinesGlobal and public health
Talk
Fri Oct 23
9:15am–10:00am
Part of Distinguished Lecture in Medical Virology
Measles: From Rinderpest to Eradication, and Back
BALLROOM ABC
VaccinesGlobal and public health
Talk
Fri Oct 23
11:30am–11:43am
Part of Tele-ID & OPAT Heroes
Rates of Lab-detected Adverse Drug Events in Patients on Complex Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy (COpAT)
102 AB
Antimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Poster
Fri Oct 23
12:15pm–1:30pm
Pre-Pandemic and Post‑Pandemic Trends in Broad‑Spectrum Antibiotic Use for Suspected Community‑Acquired Pneumonia
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1946
S6. Antibiotic Stewardship: Trends in Antimicrobial Prescribing
Poster
Fri Oct 23
12:15pm–1:30pm
Variability in Consult and Curbside Practices Across Fellowship Programs: A National Survey
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-797
E. Infectious Diseases Medical Education (scholarly work directed at enhancing infectious diseases education of trainees and/or health professionals, social determinants of health)
Session
Sat Oct 24
10:30am–11:45am
Dissemination and Implementation Science at Work in Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship
146 ABC
Global ID · with Northwestern University, Colorado School of Public Health, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Infection prevention and healthcare epidemiologyAntimicrobials, resistance and stewardship
Poster
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–1:30pm
4-month-old female with retroperitoneal mass
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-2150
Poster
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–1:30pm
Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns For Children Less Than 2 Years Of Age With Laboratory-confirmed RSV Infections Evaluated and Discharged From The Emergency Department
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-464
C4. Respiratory infections - viral
Poster
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–1:30pm
Detecting Emerging Infectious Disease in Clinical Notes: An NLP Surveillance Framework Using Structured Topic Modeling
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-2109
Z1. COVID-19 Epidemiology and screening
Poster
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–1:30pm
Provider-Level Variation Drives Beta-Lactam Prescribing for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (SSTIs) in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-375
C3. Skin and soft tissue
Session
Sat Oct 24
1:45pm–3:00pm
Epidemiologic Insights in Pediatric ID
103 AB
with Northwestern University

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