Welcome back to part two of the PASCV: Gone Viral podcast series about pediatric validations!

On this episode, co-hosts Dr. Kaisha Gonzalez, PhD, MB(ASCP)CM and Dr. Logan Patterson, PhD, D(ABMM) return to talk with the ALL-STAR cast of four pediatric directors:

• Dr. Huanyu Wang, PhD, D(ABMM)special
• Dr. Jennifer Dien Bard, PhD, D(ABMM), FIDSA, FAAM
• Dr. Laura Filkins, PhD, D(ABMM)
• Dr. Morgan Pence, PhD, D(ABMM)

You'll get to hear what each panelist thought was their most challenging validation, their approaches for validating new assays, and the ways that industry and government partners could take to help make the process easier for everyone.

Welcome back to another episode of PASCV: Gone Viral!

In this episode of PASCV: Gone Viral, hosts Dr. Ken Gavina and Dr. Logan Patterson are joined by experts Dr. Francesca Lee from UT Southwestern and Dr. David Gaston from Vanderbilt University Medical Center to discuss the hot topic of diagnostic stewardship. Listeners will learn about the intricacies of stewardship, including value-based testing, balancing clinical performance with patient needs, and the art of maintaining strong relationships with providers.

Registration for the 2026 PASCV Annual Meeting is now open! Program information and registration link is down below:

https://www.pascv.org/page/2026_Annual_Meeting

Check out Dr. Filkins' Diagnostic Stewardship article published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology:

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jcm.00941-24

Check out the podcast episode by our friends at "Let's Talk Micro" on Metagenomics and Diagnostic Stewardship:

https://asm.org/podcasts/lets-talk-micro/episodes/metagenomics-in-clinical-microbiology-ltm-218

Link to the Consortium for Clinical Metagenomics in Infectious Diseases:

https://ccmid.org/

Link to the ASM Clin Micro Open:

https://asm.org/clinical-public-health-microbiology/clinmicro-open

The PASCV: Gone Viral podcast is back and ready to start 2026 in a BIG way!

This episode kicks off a two-part series discussing validations for pediatric patients.

On this episode, co-hosts Dr. Kaisha Gonzalez, PhD, MB(ASCP)CM and Dr. Logan Patterson, PhD, D(ABMM) sit down to talk all things pediatrics with an ALL-STAR cast of four pediatric directors:

• Dr. Huanyu Wang, PhD, D(ABMM)special
• Dr. Jennifer Dien Bard, PhD, D(ABMM), FIDSA, FAAM
• Dr. Laura Filkins, PhD, D(ABMM)
• Dr. Morgan Pence, PhD, D(ABMM)

Hear about what makes testing pediatric patients so unique and the challenges labs face when trying to validate assays for this special patient population.