In August, leading Long COVID researchers will gather in Santa Fe, New Mexico for a major conference on Long COVID and other post-acute infection syndromes. (Find more information about the meeting, including deadlines for scholarships and short talks, on the Keystone Symposia website.)

The meeting, organized by Long COVID experts and hosted by the nonprofit Keystone Symposia, follows a similar conference in 2023 at which scientists presented novel, exciting studies.

Managing editor Betsy Ladyzhets caught up with Hannah Davis, one of the meeting’s co-organizers and co-lead of the Patient-Led Research Collaborative, to look ahead at the conference.

Davis discussed what it’s like to plan a major research meeting, how this conference will be different from the prior iteration in 2023, what she’s looking forward to, and more.

The transcript of this Q&A is available on The Sick Times' website.