The largest international scientific organization of experts dedicated to reducing the burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health.
In a breakthrough study presented today at
#TropMed18
, researchers have found that dogs can be trained to detect malaria parasites by sniffing human clothing with impressive accuracy. Read more this fascinating discovery:
@RichardBaron17
@PeterDaszak
90% of Americans can’t name a living scientist.
There’s only one group to blame, says
@PeterHotez
. And that’s living scientists.
So what are YOU going to do about it?
Sunday is World Mosquito Day! Help spread the word about using EPA-registered insect repellent outside; and reducing mosquito numbers around the home by dumping standing water in things like flowerpots, toys, and containers.
#WorldMosquitoDay
Meet
@fgtadesse
, a malaria researcher (molecular biologist) and this year’s Alan J. Magill Fellow.
We were able to catch him today outside of the poster exhibit. 1/4
Science is the pursuit of knowledge, and it’s what binds us together today and beyond.
But increasing political polarization is making people trust science–and scientists–much less. Join
@DanielBausch2
,
@PeterDaszak
,
@PeterHotez
, and
@carolschads
in Ballroom A to hear more.
15 million mosquito nets later, study in Uganda found LLIN PBO nets provide approximately 25% additional protection against malaria infection. Read more in our blog.
#TropMed19
The Mwele Malecela Mentorship Program for Women in NTDs is accepting applications from mentees and mentors. The program supports mid-career African women to become leaders and champions in NTD elimination at national and international levels.
It’s a rainy day in Seattle and a beautiful day for
#TropMed22
to kick off!
This is our first in-person meeting since the pandemic and we have missed you all so much. Are you going to come and join us?
Today at
#TropMed23
, we learned about the world’s first vaccine against hookworm that’s being developed thanks to voluntary, safe lab-controlled infections.
This is something that could be done to develop the Zika vaccines, as well. Read more here:
And… that’s a wrap on
#TropMed22
!
Thank you to the 4,000 in person folks and 700 virtual folks that were able to join us. We look forward to seeing you in Chicago for TropMed23!
USA Today interviews 2011 President Peter Hotez about his new book, The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist's Warning. In 2019 the Society honored Dr. Hotez with a special Award for Leadership and Vaccine Advocacy.
2024 Annual Meeting dates have been shifted to November 13-17. Taylor Swift concerts were scheduled the weekend of our original dates, bringing up to 250K fans to NOLA. Shifting dates will help our attendees access
#TropMed24
as affordably as possible.
We're proud to honor Dr.
@WirthDyann
with the Walter Reed medal. As the former president of ASTMH, her work with tropical health and medicine has spanned decades, continuing with her current research at the Harvard School of Public Health. Congratulations, Dr. Wirth!
#TropMed21
Congratulations to
@AmyMaxmen
of
@nature
, winner of the
#TropMed21
Communications Award for her story on how poverty and discrimination drive disease. Read more:
#TropMed20
, the ASTMH Annual Meeting, is going virtual this year! More information to come in early August, like registration, schedules, keynotes and special opportunities for sponsors and exhibitors. We look forward to having you there.
@goraleskik
Welcoming our new CEO in 2024, Jamie Bay Nishi, currently Executive Director of
@GHTCoalition
. She will replace current CEO Karen A. Goraleski, who is stepping down at the end of this month. Read more here:
@JBayNish
@goraleskik
Thank you to all our attendees at this year's Annual Meeting, in Chicago and other locations throughout the world via livestream. We hope to see you all and many more in 2024 in New Orleans!
Thank you for 13 successful years, CEO Karen A. Goraleski! That's 27,040 hours (not including overtime and weekends) or the equivalent of 3,406 days -- and ASTMH is all the better from your commitment.
@goraleskik
Honoring
@PeterHotez
at
#TropMed19
for his tireless work in promoting vaccines and refuting the anti-vaccine movement. Dr. Hotez has also been invited to present this year’s Fred L. Soper Lecture.
Congratulations to the 2022 Magill Fellow, Dr. Fitsum Tadesse from
@AHRI_Et
in Ethiopia!
This fellowship supports mentorship for early-mid career ASTMH members in low/low-middle income countries. Look for his research on invasive malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa!
The
@BWFUND
/ ASTMH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tropical Infectious Diseases seeks applicants for $65K US/year for 2 years to cover travel, stipend, fringe benefits, health insurance & capacity development at an overseas site. Deadline: July 24.
Call for Abstracts is open. Deadline: April 17. The Annual Meeting will take place November 13-17, 2024 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Ebola is arguably the most recognizable viral hemorrhagic fever, but scientists at
#TropMed18
say two others are showing signs of becoming a growing threat: Lassa fever and Nipah virus:
Congratulations to member Terrie E. Taylor, who has been named a Michigan State Univ Foundation professor for excellence in research and teaching. Dr. Taylor is a past recipient of the Society's Bailey K. Ashford and Ben Kean medals.
@ttmalawi
#WorldChagasDiseaseDay
: ASTMH stands with WHO in its call to unite and act against Chagas disease. Concerted efforts are needed to strengthen access to early diagnosis, safe treatment, lifelong care, robust surveillance and screening.
Brain-eating amoeba seem like a nightmare, partly because there’s no cure once you’re infected… until now?
@NSpottiswoodeMD
found that a medication with a different intended use is highly effective in fighting the illness. Can you guess what it is?
Today, we recognize the 1 billion people worldwide who suffer from severe illness, lifelong disability, and other social and economic consequences caused by
#NTDs
. Amid other pressing global health challenges, we must remain
#100PercentCommited
to beating
#NTDs
.
#WorldNTDDay
Master's, Doctoral, Postdocs looking for support to attend and present
#TropMed24
, learn about the different
@ACME_ASTMH
Young Investigator Awards during a webinar March 29 at 10:30a ET.
Members from LMICs are eligible for the 2023 Magill Fellowship. $50K USD available to assist in broadening leadership skills. Submit your concept paper by March 6.
2011 President Peter Hotez is joining
@washingtonpost
Live on Monday, 11:30a ET, to discuss where we are in the pandemic from vaccines to variants as global virus cases reach alarming heights and doctors combat vaccine hesitancy here at home.
Coming to you live from
#TropMed22
in Seattle!
@MBarreto1954
, MD, PhD, is from Brazil. He teaches us about his country's incredible history, insisting on the connection between the history of colonization and modern day health inequities.
Time is running out to apply for the ASTMH Travel Awards, Young Investigator Award and Subgroup Travel Awards for 2023. Last year, ASTMH granted 71 awards to qualified students, early-career investigators & scientists to attend the Annual Meeting.
Former ASTMH President Peter Hotez on July 3 told
@MSNBC
that a federal roadmap needs to be put in place to curb the surge in
#COVID19
cases in the U.S.
@PeterHotez
The Mwele Malecela Mentorship seeks mentors to work with mid-career African women as they work to become leaders in NTD elimination. ASTMH has partnered with
@WHOAfrica
, which encourages ASTMH members to apply to become mentors:
It’s happening!
#TropMed22
has started in Seattle.
2022
@ASTMH
President
@DanielBausch2
of
@FINDdx
starts the plenary session with a smile on his face: “Wow, people!”
Join us for the next 3 days to learn about how Global Health = Human Rights.
LMIC residents: the 2024 Alan J. Magill Fellowship offers $50,000 to support mentorship, career and/or leadership development projects for ASTMH members in the early to middle stage of mid-career.
Today is the 40th anniversary of the Certification of
#Smallpox
Eradication (pictured).WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will commemorate the occasion with a bronze plaque being unveiled at WHO headquarters in Geneva.
@WHO
@DrTedros
ICYMI, the Mwele Malecela Mentorship Programme for Women in NTDs was announced at
#TropMed22
by Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director of the WHO Regional Office for Africa. Applications will open in December.
Congratulations to Subash Babu of NIH-NIRT-ICER, Mohammod Jobayer Christi of
@icddr_b
, Robert O. Opoka of
@Makerere
, and Silvia Portugal from
@mpiib_berlin
for winning the
#TropMed22
Bailey K. Ashford Medal!
Applications are open for the 2022 Robert E. Shope International Fellowship in Infectious Diseases. $25,000 is available to support an overseas project in arbovirology and/or emerging diseases. Deadline is July 29.
Announcing the election of John Amuasi to the ASTMH Board. Dr. Amuasi is a senior lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana) & head of the Global Health Department of the School of Public Health.
@KCCR_GH
@GHID_KCCR
@Leni
The WHO serves as the frontline support system for all countries, including the U.S. Working together is the smartest, most efficient, cost-effective way to confront this unprecedented, spreading COVID-19 global health crisis.
Paraguay has eliminated a primary source of
#Chagas
disease by successfully interrupting the vector transmission of T. cruzi in the home. via
@bactiman63
President
@DanielBausch2
welcomes all of you to Chicago. 4,000 of you made it out here to
#TropMed23
, representing about 100 countries worldwide.
Thanks to everyone here for showing firsthand the importance of global solidarity in tropical medicine!
Congratulations to Scientific Program Chair Christine Petersen, named 2023 Scholar of the Year by the University of Iowa Office of the VP for Research.
@kalicat15
Early-career Malian scientists: Submit a concept paper for the Donald Krogstad Award by March 14. $25,000 available for up to two years of research support in tropical medicine and/or public health.
NPR reported on findings presented at
#TropMed19
showed cultivating and releasing mosquitoes infected with
#Wolbachia
appears to block the transmission of
#arboviruses
.
via
@NPR
Registration for
#TropMed20
is OPEN!
Rates are discounted 20% from 2019 and include new reduced LMIC rates for members and non-members. Click here to learn more and register now:
Did you know that a recent global outbreak of monkeypox has been shown to have no clear link to Africa?
As
@christian_happi
tells us, connecting the virus to Africa is not only inaccurate but also discriminatory & stigmatizing.
Registration for
#TropMed21
is open! With two ways to participate -- in person and virtually -- the 2021 Annual Meeting is accessible to more people than ever.
Congratulations to Shannon Takela Harrison, University of Maryland School of Medicine, winner of Bailey K. Ashford Medal for distinguished work in tropical medicine
#TropMed19
@ASTMH
A global partnership between research institutes in malaria-endemic countries and
@sangerinstitute
's Genomic Surveillance Unit are seeking to transform how - and crucially, where - infectious diseases are monitored worldwide 🧬🦠🦟🌍👀
Read more:
Big welcome to 157 new members from LMICs! Thanks to Young Investigator awardee Donald Severin Kamdem for using part of his award to provide LMIC student memberships and to Magill Fellow
@Deusishe
for gathering more donations and applications. See what's next tomorrow...
Women applying for mid-career fellowship from WHO/TDR just as likely as men to get it, yet women are less likely to apply. How do YOU think this can be changed? Join the Women Leaders in Global Health Challenge!
#WLGH18
@LSHTM
@TDRnews
@goraleskik
Announcing our new Scientific Program Chair, David Hamer. He brings 'eclectic scientific interests, including emerging infectious diseases, climate change, malaria, clinical tropical medicine and maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition.'
Join the
#TropMed19
#ASTMHChat
Twitter Question of the Day during this week's Annual Meeting, whether you are onsite or off. We will start it with this: "I love working in TropMed because... "
The 7th Future of Malaria Research Symposium hosted by
@JHMRImalaria
will take place prior to
#TropMed21
. Students, post-doc researchers, early-career scientists are encouraged to submit abstracts by Oct 17.
A limited number of scholarships are available for trainees, students and LMIC healthcare providers for the
@_ISTM_
virtual Travel Medicine Review and Update Course, Feb 23-24. Contact ISTM
@ISTM
.org.
Scientific Program Chair Christine Petersen has been elected to National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Petersen is a professor of epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, and director of the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at Iowa.
Our incoming president Linnie Golightly from
@Cornell
welcomes us to a seminar about increasing participation of underrepresented minorities.
“Here, everyone is welcome. We care about what you have to say and what you feel.” 1/ 🧵
Registration is open for the 2022 Annual Meeting. We are back in person for the first time since 2019. Join us in Seattle, Oct 30 - Nov 3. (Register now and save with the early-bird rate)
#TropMed22
Who’s ready to kick off
#TropMed23
with the Opening Plenary Session?
Don’t miss
@JNKengasong
’s keynote address and make your way over to the Grand Ballroom.
#TropMed18
attendees, something new this year -- Global Health by the Pint, being held off-site at The Vintage café during evenings, will bring our experts to New Orleans locals, 10/29-31. Come out and support your peers!
The history of tropical medicine overlaps with the history of colonialism, manifesting today with an uneven distribution of researchers from the global North and the global South.
How can we decolonize global health moving forward?
The
@acmcip
subgroup's Take-Off Award in Parasitology Research (formerly Junior Investigator Award) recognizes an early-career scientist with significant contributions in the field of cellular, molecular and immunoparasitology. Deadline June 24.
2022 Donald Mackay Medal recipient, Prof Rashida Ferrand, will present a free webinar on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1 at 1pm GMT. Hosted by
@RSTMH
. Information and registration at
What if instead of killing mosquitoes that carry malaria, we tried to… cure them of malaria?
That’s exactly what the brilliant Flaminia Catteruccia from
@HarvardChanSPH
is currently doing in her lab. This flips our entire model on its head! 🙃