UTHealth Houston at IDWeek 2026

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

UTHealth Houston brings 15 presentations to IDWeek 2026 in Washington. Its program centres on viral encephalitis and on infections and vaccine responses in children with organ transplants. Concrete work includes a risk score for West Nile virus encephalitis, steam cleaning to reduce Candida auris on equipment and congenital cytomegalovirus in infants who pass hearing screening.

OrganizationIDWeek 2026 Attendance
UTHealth Houston
Houston, TX
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Dynamics of Torque Teno Virus in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Patients: a Pilot Study
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1659
P3. Pediatric Viral studies (natural history and therapeutic)
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Post-ERCP Bloodstream Infections in a Comprehensive Cancer Center
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1451
N2. Health Care-Associated Infections: Surveillance
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Steam Treatment to Decrease the Environmental Burden of Candida auris on Healthcare Equipment
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1504
N5. Health Care-Associated Infections: Disinfection/Sterilization & Environmental Infection Prevention
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
The Hidden Burden of Congenital CMV Among Normal-Hearing Infants in a State-Mandated Hearing-Targeted Screening Program
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1752
P7. Pediatric Maternal-child infections
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Trends in Respiratory Viral Infections in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: Descriptive Results from An Observational and Biobank Enhanced Study of Respiratory Infections in Children
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1651
P3. Pediatric Viral studies (natural history and therapeutic)
Talk
Thu Oct 22
12:25pm–12:30pm
Part of Rapid-Fire Poster Session: Pediatric Respiratory Infections
Cellular Immune Response to Measles Vaccine in a Cohort of Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
RF Arena 3
VaccinesTransplant and immunocompromised hosts
Poster
Fri Oct 23
12:15pm–1:30pm
Creating An Interdisciplinary Infectious Disease Pharmacology and Stewardship Elective for Pediatric and Internal Medicine Residents: A Pilot Initiative at UTHealth Houston
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-781
E. Infectious Diseases Medical Education (scholarly work directed at enhancing infectious diseases education of trainees and/or health professionals, social determinants of health)
Session
Fri Oct 23
3:15pm–4:30pm
Viral Encephalitis Updates So Good Your Brain Might Leak Out (But in a Good Way)!
150 AB
Global ID · with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital
Transplant and immunocompromised hosts
Talk
Fri Oct 23
4:05pm–4:30pm
Part of Viral Encephalitis Updates So Good Your Brain Might Leak Out (But in a Good Way)!
Charting Paths Forward in Viral Encephalitis
150 AB
Global ID
Transplant and immunocompromised hosts
Session
Sat Oct 24
8:00am–9:00am
What's New in NeuroID?
144 ABC
Adult ID · with Rutgers University, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Washington University in St. Louis
Poster
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–1:30pm
Cellular Immune Response to Measles Vaccine in a Cohort of Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1180
I2. Pediatric Vaccines
Poster
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–1:30pm
Diagnostic Stewardship in Long COVID (LC)
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-2137
Z5. COVID-19 Complications, co-infections, and clinical outcomes
Talk
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–12:20pm
Part of Rapid-Fire Poster Session: Rapid-Fire Cases
More Than Infective Endocarditis
RF Arena 4
Poster
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–1:30pm
More Than Infective Endocarditis
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-2162
Poster
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–1:30pm
West Nile Virus Encephalitis Risk Scoring System
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-586
C9. CNS Infection

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