Veterans Health Administration at IDWeek 2026

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

Veterans Health Administration brings 6 presentations to IDWeek 2026 in Washington, its home city, and exhibits at Booth 1044. Its program centres on infectious disease surveillance across veterans' health records, from measles to coccidioidomycosis. Distinctive work uses vector database similarity matching to find avian influenza signals in patient notes and information-theoretic methods to spot outbreaks with surprising features.

OrganizationIDWeek 2026 Attendance
Government & public health
Health care arm of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, serving enrolled veterans through a national network of medical centers and clinics.
Booth
Exhibiting at Booth 1044
Thu, Oct 2210am–2pmFri, Oct 2310am–2pmSat, Oct 2410am–2pm
Poster
Thu Oct 22
12:15pm–1:30pm
Information-theoretic approaches to identify infectious outbreaks with surprising features
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1224
J2. Medical Records & Informatics
Poster
Fri Oct 23
12:15pm–1:30pm
Multicenter Evaluation of Appropriateness Criteria for Empiric Antipseudomonal Therapy in Hospitalized Veterans
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-2007
T2. Studies of empiric and pre-emptive therapy
Poster
Fri Oct 23
12:15pm–1:30pm
The Geography and Impact of Coccidioidomycosis: Analysis of the VA Vector Borne Environmental and Zoonotic Diseases (VBEZD) Dashboard, 2000 – 2025
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1556
O. Public Health (Issues pertaining to preparedness for and response to outbreaks including those linked to agents of bioterror, foodborne, waterborne, vector borne, zoonotic diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases and social determinants of health)
Poster
Fri Oct 23
12:15pm–1:30pm
Vector Database Similarity Matching for Avian Influenza Biosurveillance in Patient Notes
Poster Hall B-C · Poster P-1592
O. Public Health (Issues pertaining to preparedness for and response to outbreaks including those linked to agents of bioterror, foodborne, waterborne, vector borne, zoonotic diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases and social determinants of health)
Poster
Sat Oct 24
12:15pm–1:30pm
Measles Infection Surveillance and Vaccinations, Veterans Health Administration, 2016 to 2025
Virtual presentation
V1. Studies of the epidemiology of viral infections
Session
Sat Oct 24
1:45pm–3:00pm
STD Advances: GC & Beyond
206
with Snohomish County Health Department
HIV, sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis

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