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Welcome! Please find the current preliminary program for AChemS 2025 listed below. Note that any aspect of this program is subject to change.

April 23 (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM): Pre-Meeting
April 23-26: AChemS Annual Meeting Program


  Wed - Apr 23      Thu - Apr 24      Fri - Apr 25      Sat - Apr 26   

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23

10:00 - 11:55 AM
PRE-MEETING SYMPOSIUM
PATIENT-CENTERED DISCOVERY AND IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH IN CHEMOSENSORY HEALTH - PART 1
Chair/Organizer: Valentina Parma and Nancy Rawson
Calusa EFGH


10:00

INTRODUCTION: ADDRESSING GAPS IN CHEMOSENSORY SCIENCE: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE TO IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOME
Nancy Rawson.


10:10

PARTNERING FOR PROGRESS: LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCING PATIENT PARTNERSHIPS IN CHEMOSENSORY RESEARCH: INSIGHTS FROM A PCORI-FUNDED PATIENT ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM
Claire Murphy.


10:30

EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES IN PARTNERING WITH PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE RESEARCH TO TRANSLATION PROCESS - HOW TO BEST COLLABORATE WITH RESEARCHERS?


Duncan Boak, Caroline Bigot , Pamela Silberman.


11:00

OPPORTUNITIES AND GAPS FOR PATIENT-CENTERED RESEARCH
Roxana Chicas, Eric Holbrook, Danielle Reed.


11:30

PANEL: MOVING THE FIELD FORWARD.

11:55 - 12:40 PM
LUNCH ON OWN
LUNCH ON OWN
Lunch On Own

12:00 - 3:30 PM
MEETING
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING (INVITE ONLY)
Great Egret

12:40 - 2:30 PM
PRE-MEETING SYMPOSIUM
PATIENT-CENTERED DISCOVERY AND IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH IN CHEMOSENSORY HEALTH – PART 2
Chair/Organizer: Valentina Parma and Nancy Rawson
Calusa EFGH


12:40

INTRODUCTION - WHAT DO WE HAVE AND WHAT ARE WE MISSING? FROM DISCOVERY TO IMPLEMENTATION.


12:50

DISCOVERY - WHAT WOULD NEW TECHNIQUES AND METHODS UNLOCK FOR THE TREATMENT OF SMELL AND TASTE DYSFUNCTION?
Brian Lin, Linda Barlow.


1:20

CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING TREATMENTS FOR SMELL AND TASTE DYSFUNCTION
Jennifer Douglas, Sue Coldwell.


1:50

REGULATORY, DISSEMINATION & IMPLEMENTATION
Patricia Lucas-Schnarre, Rick Geoffrion.


2:07

PATIENT PERSPECTIVES ON ROADMAP TO INTERVENTIONS
Pamela Silberman, Duncan Boak, Caroline Bigot .

2:30 - 2:45 PM
BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
Calusa Foyer

2:45 - 4:00 PM
PRE-MEETING SYMPOSIUM
CONSENSUS ROUNDTABLE: ROADMAP TO IMPROVED DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR CHEMOSENSORY DYSFUNCTION
Chair/Organizer: Valentina Parma and Nancy Rawson
Calusa EFGH

Insights from this discussion will contribute to a collaborative white paper, with contributing attendees recognized as co-authors



2:45

INTRODUCTION - SIX THINKING HATS METHODOLOGY
Nancy Rawson.


2:50

DISCUSSION IN GROUPS - PRODUCE A SHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG TERM ACTION ITEM TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CHEMOSENSORY DYSFUNCTION.


3:45

ANALYSIS OF ACTION ITEMS & CLOSING REMARKS.

4:00 - 5:00 PM
EVENT
DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP MEET AND GREET
Calusa Terrace

5:00 - 5:30 PM
LECTURE
WELCOME & AWARDS CEREMONY
Calusa EFGH

5:30 - 6:30 PM
LECTURE
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Calusa EFGH


5:30

THE MIND OF A BEE
Lars Chittka. University of London

6:30 - 8:30 PM
EVENT
WELCOME BANQUET (TICKET REQUIRED)
Waterfall Pool Deck