Challenges and innovations in resistance, remediation, and regulation: key findings from the spring 2025 ASM Theobald Smith Society meeting.

The annual spring meeting for the Theobald Smith Society was held in May 2025 on the campus of Rutgers University-New Brunswick, as part of a 2-day celebration of microbiology discovery in New Jersey. A total of 140 branch members from across New Jersey attended the meeting, composed of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral trainees, faculty members, and government and industry professionals. This report highlights the breadth and diversity of research conducted by members of the American Society for Microbiology in the Theobald Smith Society and celebrates their groundbreaking discoveries.

Shared decision making in routine oncology appointments with Black patients with lung cancer.

Purpose: Poor clinician-patient communication may contribute to racialized inequities in cancer symptom burden. Shared decision-making (SDM) enhances clinician-patient communication, and could contribute to health equity for Black patients with cancer. However, research on SDM is limited for Black patients with cancer.