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21st Annual ACIC Immunization Conference

Vaccines in the Real World

Science, Decisions, and Delivery

Get current, practical guidance for the vaccine decisions you face in clinical care, public health, pharmacy, and community settings.

ACIC Member $125 • Nonmember $175 • Student / Resident $50

Date Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Time 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM

Location RLA Learning & Conference Center

Continuing Education Up to 6.00 credits/contact hours

169 attended in 2025 Breakfast, lunch, refreshment breaks, and free parking included

What you will take back to work

Useful information for the decisions happening now.

Know what is changing

Current public health priorities, recommendations, evidence, and implementation pressures.

Handle harder conversations

Practical context for risk, trust, information, culture, language, and patient decision-making.

Apply it in practice

Clinical, pharmacy, access, and community perspectives you can bring back to your work.

Registration

Choose your rate.

Best professional rate ACIC Member $125 Current members, or join ACIC for free when you register.

Nonmember $175 For attendees who do not wish to join ACIC.

Student / Resident $50 For current students and residents.

Registration includes: breakfast, lunch, refreshment breaks, exhibitor networking, and complimentary on-site parking.

Learn about free ACIC membership

Agenda

One day. Real-world vaccine decisions.

7:30 to 8:00 AM

Registration, Breakfast & Exhibitor Visits

8:00 to 8:10 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

8:10 to 9:00 AM

Keynote · Remarks followed by Q&A

The Work Behind the Shot: Access, Trust, and Public Health in Pennsylvania

Debra Bogen, MD · Secretary of Health, Pennsylvania Department of Health

9:00 to 9:35 AM

Immunization in Allegheny County: Local Priorities, Pressures, and Public Health Response

Iulia Vann, MD, MPH · Director, Allegheny County Health Department

9:35 to 10:10 AM

When Prevention Fails: A Pathologist's View of Vaccine-Preventable Disease and Public Health

Jennifer Hammers, DO · Division Chief & Professor of Pathology, Duquesne University Nasuti College of Osteopathic Medicine; Founder, Jennifer Hammers Pathology LLC

10:10 to 10:35 AM

Morning Break & Exhibitor Visits

10:35 to 11:20 AM

Vaccine Decisions as Due Diligence: How Families Weigh Risk, Trust, and Information

Charlotte Moser, MS · Co-Director, Vaccine Education Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

11:20 AM to 12:00 PM

Pharmacy Strategies for Vaccine Equity, Access, and Community Implementation

Sophia Herbert, PharmD · Assistant Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy; Education Director, Pitt Vaccination & Health Connection Hub
Joni Carroll, PharmD, TTS · Assistant Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy

12:00 to 12:30 PM

Lunch & Exhibitor Visits

12:30 to 12:50 PM

Nonaccredited Lunch Presentation · No CE Credit

Lyme Disease in the United States: Burden, Risk and Awareness

Blair Capitano, PharmD · Vaccines Field Medical Director, OH/PA/WV, U.S. Medical Affairs - Pfizer Inc.

12:50 to 1:20 PM

Lunch / CE Transition

1:20 to 2:00 PM

Controversies in Vaccination Among Older Adults: How Recommendations, Evidence, and Implementation Evolve

David Nace, MD, MPH · Chief Medical Officer, UPMC Senior Communities; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

2:00 to 2:40 PM

Context Before Confrontation: Understanding the Information Patients Bring to Vaccine Encounters

Beth Hoffman, PhD, MPH · Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health

2:40 to 2:50 PM

Afternoon Networking, Exhibitor Visits & Refreshment Break

2:50 to 3:40 PM

Closing Panel Discussion

Trust at the Point of Care: Language, Access, and Real-World Vaccine Conversations

Moderator: Kristal Ross, PharmD, CTTS
Panelists: Amesh Adalja, MD, FACP, FACEP, FIDSA; Diego Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH, FAAP; Khlood Salman, DrPH, RN, FAAN

3:40 to 4:00 PM

Closing Remarks, CE Instructions & Acknowledgments

Continuing Education

Up to 6.00 CE credits/contact hours.

Credit is available for eligible participants in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work.

Physician CME Nursing CNE Pharmacy CPE Social Work

Accreditation and discipline-specific details

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Immunization Coalition and Allegheny County Medical Society. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician (CME)

The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity

Nursing (CNE)

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 6.00 contact hours.

Pharmacy (CPE)

This knowledge-based activity provides 6.00 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.

Social Work

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 6.00 general continuing education credits.

Other Healthcare Professionals:

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

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