Caroline B. Hall Lectureship

The lectureship is dedicated to and honors Dr. Caroline B. Hall, a world-renowned pediatrician, teacher, researcher, and a founding member of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.

The Hall Clinical and Translational Research Lectureship is allotted 1.5 hours: 15 minutes for an abstract presentation selected from submitted abstracts for that year, 15 minutes for the presentation of the award, and one hour for the lecture by the awardee. The lectureship should highlight innovative clinical and translational research on infectious diseases of children that is performed in either the inpatient or outpatient setting, focused on the epidemiology, diagnosis, management, prevention, and treatment of these infections.

Dr. Hall held the position of Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine for over 40 years. She was a legend in pediatric infectious diseases for her groundbreaking and prolific research on RSV, HHV-6 and other respiratory viral pathogens and authored over 500 peer reviewed publications. Her contributions significantly enhanced our understanding of diverse respiratory viral infections and resulted in the development of diagnostic and management guidelines for infections that continue to be important clinical references.

Dr. Hall served as the 5th President of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and was the society’s Historian. She was a member of the Institute of Medicine and the Royal College of Physicians and received numerous honors including the Distinguished Physician and Distinguished Service Awards from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, the IDSA John Enders Lectureship, the Pan American Society of Virology Award, and the Robert M. Chanock Lifetime Achievement Award.

PIDS is requesting nominations from the membership for the 2025 Hall Clinical & Translational Research Lectureship awardee. To nominate a candidate:

• Please complete the submission form here.
• The deadline for lecture nominations is February 3, 2025.

Examples of prior presentations and awardees have included:

• 2024: Gail Demmler-Harrison, Baylor College of Medicine
  Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV): Playing the Long Game
  
  
• 2023: Chandy John, Indiana University School of Medicine
  Parasites, Puzzles and Poetry: Deciphering Severe Malaria
  
  
• 2022: Anne Rowley, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  Cloning the Plasmablast Response to Solve the Mystery of Kawasaki Disease Pathogenesis
  
  
• 2021: Betsy C. Herold, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Serendipity in Science: A Paradigm Challenging Vaccine for HSV and What It May Teach Us About SARS-CoV-2
  
  
• 2020: Terrie E. Taylor, Michigan State University
  Pediatric Cerebral Malaria: More Pieces of the Puzzle
  
  
• 2019: Karin Nielsen, University of California, Los Angeles
  Clinical Evolution of Infants with Antenatal Zika Virus Exposure – Lessons Learned from Rio de Janeiro
  
  
• 2018: Ruth Karron, Johns Hopkins University
  RSV Vaccines: Where Do We Go from Here?
  
  
• 2017: Janet A. Englund, Seattle Children’s Hospital
  Respiratory Viral Infections in the High-Risk Patient
  
  
• 2016: Octavio Ramilo, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  RSV Infection: Old Challenges and New Opportunities
  
  
• 2015: John V. Williams, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
  Human Metapneumovirus – From Kids with Colds to Conundrums with Cures