Event Program
A multi-stakeholder series of events to improve disease risk detection and well-being through smell and taste screening. The series includes a hybrid NIH-funded conference surrounded by two patient-centered events, bringing together scientists, patients, clinicians, insurers, public health officials, and industry professionals.
Note: All times listed below are based on Eastern Time.
Day 1
November 5, 2023
Virtual Only
5:30 – 5:40
Welcoming Remarks
KATIE BOATENG (STANA), PAMELA SILBERMAN (STANA)
5:40 – 6:35
Day 2
November 6, 2023
In-person and Virtual Options are Available
Welcoming Remarks
VALENTINA PARMA, MARK ALBERS, STEVEN MUNGER, KAI ZHAO
Chemosensory tools for population screening: The COVID-19 experience
Moderator: Valentina Parma (Monell)
Longitudinal smell testing to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection
Mark Albers, MD, PHD (Mass. General Hospital / Harvard MEDICAL SCHOOL)
The ArOMa-T, a tool for rapid, adaptive testing of olfactory thresholds
John Hayes, PhD (Penn State)
Confectionary-based screening tool to assess chemosensory loss in COVID-19 patients
CHRISTOPHER SIMONS, PhD (Ohio State)
SCENTinel and other screening tools for remote testing
Pamela Dalton, PhD (Monell)
Open floor discussion
Chemosensory testing in clinical practice
Moderator: Mark Albers (Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School)
The patients perspective
Katie Boateng (STANA)
The primary care provider perspective
Paule Joseph, PhD (NIH)
The ENT perspective
Jeb Justice, MD (University of Florida)
Open floor discussion
12:10 – 1:30
Lunch (click here for a list of nearby restaurants)
Roadblocks to implementation of chemosensory screening
Moderator: Steven Munger (University of Florida)
1:30 – 2:00
It’s in the millions: Epidemiological studies of chemosensory disorders
Jayant Pinto, MD (University of Chicago)
2:00 – 2:30
Skepticism of screening for all
Frank Franklin, PhD, JD, MPH (Philadelphia Health Department)
2:30 – 3:00
The insurance coverage for chemosensory testing
Jennifer Douglas, MD (University of Pennsylvania)
3:00 – 3:30
The hospital administration perspective
Edmund Pribitkin, MD, MBA (Thomas Jefferson University)
Open floor discussion
Trainee blitz talks to share in lay terms the content of the talks of the day
Moderator: Kai Zhao, Ohio State
Concluding remarks for Day 2
VALENTINA PARMA, MARK ALBERS, STEVEN MUNGER, KAI ZHAO
5:30 – 7:30
TUCT dinner (invitation only)
Day 3
November 7, 2023
In-person and Virtual Options are Available
9:00 – 9:10
Opening Remarks
VALENTINA PARMA, MARK ALBERS, STEVEN MUNGER, KAI ZHAO
9:10 – 9:30
Chemosensory testing to support population screening
JOSHUA LEVY (NIDCD)
Keynote address
Moderator: Steven Munger (University of Florida)
Chemosensory testing: challenges and opportunities
Richard Doty, PhD (University of Pennsylvania)
Open floor discussion
Success stories of population screening of sensory function
Moderator: Kai Zhao (Ohio State)
Population screening of sensory function
Howard hoffman (NIDCD)
11:10 – 11:30
NIH Toolbox: what did we learn?
SUSAN COLDWELL (UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON)
11:30 – 11:50
The NHANES experience: chemosensory testing in large cohort
Valerie Duffy (University of Connecticut)
11:50 – 12:10
Chemosensory Phenotyping in Children: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead
JULIE MENNELLA (MONELL), YANINA PEPINO (UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS)
12:10 – 12:30
Open floor discussion
12:30 – 2:00
Lunch (click here for a list of nearby restaurants)
Imagining a chemosensory-screened world
Moderator: Mark Albers
2:00 – 2:20
Supporting long-term consequences of chemosensory loss: nutrition and mental health
Patrice Hubert, PhD (Monell)
2:20 – 2:40
Piloting smell testing tools in the home, workplace and public health settings in the UK
Duncan Boak (Fifth Sense)
2:40 – 3:00
Taste testing: impact on basic science and cancer care
Linda Barlow, PhD (University of Colorado)
3:00 – 3:20
The future with routine chemosensory testing
Marianna Obrist, PhD (University College London)
3:20 – 3:50
Open floor discussion
3:50 – 4:10
Coffee Break
4:10 – 4:40
In the shoes of those with smell and taste disorders
Adnan aga (Olfactory Art Keller), andreas keller (olfactory art keller)
4:40 – 5:00
Concluding remarks for Day 3
VALENTINA PARMA, MARK ALBERS, STEVEN MUNGER, KAI ZHAO
