Over 100 researchers across the Academic Health Center (AHC) participated in the 2nd Annual Acute Care Research Symposium, held on November 25, 2019, at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Sabin Auditorium. The symposium theme - Sepsis, ARDS, and other Life-Threatening Conditions – brought together world-class speakers and panelists sharing global and local perspectives on research that has the potential to impact care delivered in acute settings.

The symposium included two keynote addresses:

  • Precision Critical Care Medicine for Sepsis
    Hector Wong, MD
    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics and Director
    CCHMC Division of Critical Care Medicine

  • Improving Outcomes in ARDS: Pushing the Envelope?
    R. Duncan Hite, MD, FCCP, FACP
    Mark A. and Alice W. Brown Chair & Professor of UC Internal Medicine
    Director of UC Medical Intensive Care

Video recordings of symposium presentations are available here.

During the event, conference participants were given the opportunity to view an impressive display of research posters and attend an awards program celebrating acute care research champions.

Congratulations to the following awardees:

  • Benjamin Kerrey, MD, MS – Innovation Award

  • Katie Cabrera-Thurman, BSN, RN II – Partner Award

  • Olga Semenova, HBEc – CRP Champion Award

  • Brandon Henry, MD – Student Award

  • Stephen Standage, MD – Excellent Investigator Award

  • Jalen Harvey, UC Medical Student – Best Poster

  • Kyle Walsh, MD, MS – Best Platform Presentation

 
 

The Acute Care Research Council plans to continue to foster and advance this type of cutting-edge collaboration in order to speed the arrival of answers to our most urgent acute care research questions. Mark your calendar today for ACR Symposium 2020, to be held on Monday, November 23, 2020, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm, returning to Sabin Auditorium.