PAS SIG: Adolescent Health

Saturday, April 26, 2025

10:00am – 11:30am HST

Location: Convention Center: 308

CE: 1.5

SIG Chair(s)

Oriaku Kas-Osoka, MD, MEd (she/her/hers)

Pediatric Residency Program Director
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Sara Buckelew, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Professor
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco
Oakland, California, United States

Disclosure(s):

Oriaku A. Kas-Osoka, MD, MEd: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Sara M. Buckelew, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Gain insight into key areas of focus and innovation within adolescent health research.
Critically evaluate research methodologies to better understand the strengths and limitations of various approaches that impact the findings and conclusions in adolescent health studies.
Explore how the findings from the presented research can be translated into practical strategies for improving clinical care and informing policy decisions.

10:00am – 10:15am HST

Presentation by Dr. Joseph ‘Joey’ Whelihan
SIG Speaker: Joseph T. Whelihan, Jr., MD FAAP (he/him/his) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
10:15am – 10:30am HST

Presentation by Amy Wright
SIG Speaker: Amy M. Wright, D.O. (they/she) – Golisano Children's Hospital at The University of Rochester Medical Center
10:30am – 11:00am HST

Current State of Adolescent Medicine
SIG Speaker: Kelly A. Curran, MD/MA (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
11:00am – 11:30am HST

Large Group Discussion