Appreciate ⁦Paul Offit⁩ and others using the science to guide this decision, as we knew they would. This should build faith in the process not cause angst. Boost those who need it. apple.news/AlyiIozCaSfitR…

Happy Friday! Meet Behdad, #KidneyTransplant faculty member, Penn Kidney grad, and owner of the coolest #Nephrology. Mug. Ever. #MedTwitter 🔦

So proud of ashley sobel leonard and her amazing team. Can’t wait to see the all the great things she will continue to do! Audrey Odom John MD PhD PIDS Hensley Lab

We compared outcomes for matched HCV-negative recipients of HCV-NAT+ kidneys at 4 centers. Overall, BK virus infection was not more common, but infections with viremia > 10,000 were more common with donor derived HCV

New paper on evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants in the Philadelphia area. Congrats to Andrew Marques, Scott Sherrill-Mix, John Everett, and 35 other team members! medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excellent review by our own Laura Vella on the pathogenesis and immune response of MIS-C. CHOP Infectious Diseases Audrey Odom John MD PhD Hamid Bassiri (he/him) 😷 💉

Congratulations Hamid Bassiri (he/him)!

#MeetOurExperts Julie Szymczak is a medical sociologist with expertise in the social and cultural determinants of decision-making and behavior in healthcare organizations. She also sits on CPCE's Leadership Team, lending her expertise to our expert's research endeavors!

Save the date CHOP Research faculty & trainees! Wed. Nov. 10 - Dr. Matthew Weitzman will discuss strategies for crafting a compelling Specific Aims page. More info: research.chop.edu/events/craftin…

Excellent work from Katie and Leslie Enane in this incredibly high risk population.

🙌🏻 🙌🏻 🙌🏻 APIC @susancoffin Carolyn McGann

What a crew! So excited to welcome this wonderful class of incoming fellows to our Children's Hospital Peds ID family. We can’t wait to meet you! Mahi Ekambaram Karen Hanze CHOP Infectious Diseases PIDS CHOP_CPCE

Due to the increase in COVID-19 transmission, upper respiratory infections and other serious flu and cold viruses, CHOP is asking families to partner with us by limiting the number of visitors coming to CHOP to help reduce the risk of infections. bit.ly/3EJwUMT

In my ideal universe there’s a dive bar where ID folks hang out to lament on the good cases and shitty way we’re treated by the system. The name of the bar: Curbsided.

Kudos to our own Kira Kuhn for sharing her expertise and experiences as an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) in immunocompromised pediatric infectious diseases at the St Jude-PIDS Conference — going on NOW! ⁦CHOP Infectious Diseases⁩ ⁦PIDS⁩

Such a fun morning spinning with this amazing team for CHOPCardiacCenter at the #PhillySpinIn CHOP Infectious Diseases Children's Hospital CHOP Research ❤️🧡💛💚💙

In case anyone needed a reason to love Cody Rigsby even more, here you go. My new fav #ASP boo. 🙅🏻‍♀️💊 😷 Katie Chiotos Talene A. Metjian, PharmD CHOP Infectious Diseases Peloton PelotonMed

It’s a sneaky one that rhinovirus…🤧 Read more about it’s persistent contribution to healthcare associated viral infections throughout the pandemic: 👉 bit.ly/3sPb2fT American Journal of Infection Control Children's Hospital SHEA APIC

Infectious disease goes on a hike

New from Eimear Kitt, Courtney Comar, PhD, Lori Handy, and others Genotypic investigation of a rotavirus cluster at a quaternary-care pediatric hospital ➡️ Authors describe 10 patients on 2 units with G9P[4] genotype rotavirus 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…