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The largest international scientific organization of experts dedicated to reducing the burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health.
Arlington, VA
Joined September 2009
El Salvador becomes first Central American country certified as #malaria-free by WHO. via @reliefweb.
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Congratulations to 2011 President @PeterHotez, named to @TIME magazine's list of 100 of the most influential people in health in 2024.
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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:
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@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?
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Congratulations to Chandy John, the Ryan White Endowed Chair in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Director of the @iurwc at @IUMedSchool on his appointment to the @Fogarty_NIH Advisory Board. @ChandyJohnLab
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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.
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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?
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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:
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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!
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ASTMH is proud to announce the brand new Kwiatkowski Fellowship, which will be awarded annually to one early- to mid-career researcher from a low- or middle-income country focused on advancing research in malaria genomic epidemiology. Learn more:.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Congratulations to @AmyMaxmen of @nature, winner of the #TropMed21 Communications Award for her story on how poverty and discrimination drive disease. Read more:
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#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
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Everywhere you look at #TropMed24, scientists are having meaningful conversations about their research!
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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
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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
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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!
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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.
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An #Ebola vaccine candidate has generated a strong immune response in children and adults in a clinical trial in Sierra Leone. via @standardnews.
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Look at this giant crowd assembling outside the opening keynote; it's almost like you guys are excited or something! #TropMed24
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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.
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There are five P's that can help us prepare for the next pandemic, according to @JNkengasong. 1/ 🧵
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Dr. John Amuasi just gave his #TropMed24 commemorative lecture on the One Health approach — which recognizes the interconnection between people, animals, plants and the environment — and following the science as goalposts shift due to climate change, emerging diseases and more.
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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:
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🧵 #TropMed23 is finally here! Who’s joining us in Chicago for our Annual Meeting? WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU! (1/2).
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#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.
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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?.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Like nothing you've ever heard in a presidential address - @ChandyJohnLab's President's Address from the #TropMed19 Plenary Session.
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Dengue is a major – and growing — threat to global health. Thank you @DNDi for providing this powerful video to kick off our session "The Path Towards a Treatment for Dengue: Endemic Country Leadership, Progress and Perspectives" #TropMed24 .
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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
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Free MOOC on Neglected Tropical Diseases from @FunMooc and @PasteurEdu starts January 30 and continues through April 2. Register through March 26 at
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Everyone say thank you to outgoing ASTMH president Linnie Golightly for her leadership, insight and support! We hope you had a chance to catch her president's address this morning. #TropMed24
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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:
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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.
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The William Trager Award for Basic Parasitology (ACMCIP) goes to @ColumbiaMed's David Fidock! #TropMed20
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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.
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2024 Call for Symposia: ASTMH is now accepting symposium proposals for the 2024 Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Submission deadline is February 14.
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The #TropMed20 Bailey K. Ashford medal is awarded to Mahalia Desruisseaux (@YaleMed), Meta Roestenberg (@UniLeidenNews), Christian Happi (@redeemersuni) and Andrew Steer (@RCHMelbourne)!
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2023 Call for Abstracts is open! Deadline March 22. More information here:
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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.
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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!
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Congratulations to Christine Petersen, appointed our next Scientific Program Chair beginning with the 2021 Annual Meeting. @kalicat15
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Deaths in Brazil from #dengue fever increased five-fold over last year, while nationwide cases climb to almost 1.5 million. via @TheRioTimes.
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Congratulations! to our 2021 Young Investigator Awards Winners @MosquitoMegan, First-Tier Mentions @AurelHolzschuh @GMakenga @hammed0101 and Honorable Mentions @KeliGerken5.
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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.
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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
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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!
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That's a wrap! We hope you had a wonderful time at #TropMed24. Travel safe as you return home, and let us know in the comments: What was your most valuable lesson from the week?
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Paraguay has eliminated a primary source of #Chagas disease by successfully interrupting the vector transmission of T. cruzi in the home. via @bactiman63.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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:
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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.
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NPR reported on findings presented at #TropMed19 showed cultivating and releasing mosquitoes infected with #Wolbachia appears to block the transmission of #arboviruses. via @NPR.
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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:
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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
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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.
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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.' .
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Leading up to #IWD2020, we celebrate our Board #ScienceSHEroes: Board member Miriam Laufer, a @UMmedschool Pediatrics Professor & Malaria Research Program Director at @UMCVD who dedicated 2 decades to working in Malawi. TY @MirLaufer! @GHTCoalition @goraleskik
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Data on mosquitoes is locked away in 1,000 separate agencies. Should it be collected and shared? @edyong209 reports
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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.
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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.
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Paul Farmer: Ebola outbreak in West Africa had missing "staff, stuff, space, and systems" #tropmed17.
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The #TropMed20 Communications Award goes to Amy Maxmen! Learn more about her work in @nature:
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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. "
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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.
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We heard that the world’s deadliest animal just landed at #TropMed22. See what the “buzz” is all about at Booth 309. @ValnevaUSA.
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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.
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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
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