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Global Health 11.20.20
Predicting the Future: The Importance and Limitations of Outbreak Science

Panelists discuss the importance, as well as the limitations, of outbreak science to the COVID-19 response.

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.20.20
Vector-borne diseases eradication: being one step ahead with modeling

By: Maria Luísa Simões, Phd, Johns Hopkins University

Global Health 11.19.20
A Call for Diagnostic Research Proposals for LF and Onchocerciasis

By: Emily Owens, The Task Force for Global Health

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.19.20
Addressing the threat of antimicrobial resistance-- the future is in our hands

By: Rebecca Mandt, Phd Candidate, Harvard University

Global Health 11.19.20
Building Capacity and Refining Algorithms for Critical Care in LMICs

By: Aislinn Mcmillan, Ba, Md Candidate 2022, University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Malaria, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.19.20
Fighting Supervillains with Science

By: Rebecca Mandt, Phd Candidate, Harvard University

Global Health 11.19.20
More evidence that typhoid conjugate vaccines work – and just in time

By: Laura Kallen, Mph, Path

Infectious Diseases & Global Health 11.19.20
Oxford Scientist Optimistic about COVID Vaccine Immune Response in Seniors

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.19.20
Tropical Medicine’s Racist, Colonial Past—and How it Still Percolates in the Present

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.18.20
ASTMH is committed to fighting climate change year-round, but we need to do better

By: Astmh Green Working Group

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.18.20
ASTMH President Joel Breman at #TropMed20: Seeking Guidance from Smallpox Eradication in a “Year Like No Other”

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Infectious Diseases & Global Health 11.18.20
Excitement Builds for Using Monoclonal Antibodies to Protect Against Malaria

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.18.20
In Uganda, Four Children were Linked to 60% of the Malaria-Infected Mosquitoes Raising Concerns About Stealth Super Spreaders

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.18.20
Science Advocacy: It’s Everyone’s Job

By: Rebecca Mandt, Phd Candidate, Harvard University

Global Health 11.17.20
Malaria Genomics- A Family Matter

By: Rebecca E.k. Mandt, Ba, Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.17.20
Metagenomics: An Adaptable Platform for a Novel Pathogen Landscape

By: Aislinn Mcmillan, University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.17.20
Potential Role for COVID-19 Challenge Trials, Even with Vaccines Close at Hand

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.17.20
With all Eyes on COVID-19, Climate Change Continues its Cruel Erosion of Global Health

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Infectious Diseases & Global Health 11.16.20
New Evidence Shows Human-to-Human Transmission in Deadly 2019 Outbreak of Mysterious Disease in Bolivia

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Infectious Diseases & Global Health 11.16.20
Rising Temperatures Lead to Increased Risk of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever for Humans

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.16.20
Smallpox Eradication Turns 40: Lessons Lost in COVID Fight, Eyeing New Pox Threats

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.16.20
Vaccine Expert Warns of Rising Reluctance as Covid-19 Candidates Advance

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Disease Outbreaks, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.15.20
Climate Leader Urges TropMed Experts to Assume Political Role in Pandemic Recovery

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Disease Outbreaks, Infectious Diseases & Global Health 11.13.20
COVID-19, Climate Change, and Poxes Still Upon Us: #TropMed20 Pick 6 with Dan Bausch

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 12.17.19
Q & A with Incoming ASTMH President Joel Breman

Learn more about incoming ASTMH President Joel Breman

Global Health, Ebola, Disease Outbreaks & Infectious Diseases 12.16.19
Can medical students be the key to ending the Ebola epidemic?

By: Eve Ameen, Bs, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Hiv 11.26.19
Beyond HIV: Caring for Immunocompromised Patients in a Global Context

By: Bickey Chang, M.h.a., University of Virginia School of Medicine

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.26.19
But they are right there!

By: Bickey Chang, M.h.a., University of Virginia School of Medicine

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Malaria 11.25.19
Being basic: connecting fundamental research to public health

By: Rebecca E.k. Mandt, Ba, Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health

Global Health, Ebola & Infectious Diseases 11.25.19
Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Perfect Public Health Storm

By: Austin T. Jones, Mphtm, Md/phd Student, Tulane University

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Ebola 11.25.19
What do Human African trypanosomiasis, Melioidosis, and Ebola have in common?

By: Aislinn Mcmillan, University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Disease Outbreaks & Global Health 11.25.19
Where the Wellies Hit the Road: The Efficacy and Safety of Personal Protective Equipment

By: Kristen Zozulin, Md Candidate 2020, Frank H. Netter Md School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.24.19
Dengue Dives Where Bacteria-Infected Mosquitoes Are Introduced

By: Astmh

Global Health 11.23.19
It’s Getting Hot In Here: Threat of Climate Change to Human Health

By: Kristen Zozulin, Md Candidate 2020, Frank H. Netter Md School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.23.19
Predicting the Expansion of Lyme Disease: An Interview with Donal Bisanzio

By: Donal Bisanzio, Phd, Veterinary Medicine, University of Torino

Public Health 11.23.19
Scientists, Stand Up!

By: Rebecca E.k. Mandt, Ba, Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.23.19
Setting a Research Agenda for Female Genital Schistosomiasis

By: Chelsea Toledo, Ma, Ntd Support Center

11.23.19
The Tropical Bookshelf: Revisiting Hot Zones, Looking for Lost Cities

By: Kristen Zozulin, Md Candidate 2020, Frank H. Netter Md School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

11.23.19
Viral Cocktail for Combating Cholera Wins TropMed19 Pitch Competition

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.23.19
Well “Versed” in Science, Chandy John Seeks the Poetry of Tropical Medicine

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.23.19
What is a breath?

By: Charlotte Ward, Malaria Consortium

Global Health & Public Health 11.22.19
An Insightful and Inspiring Conversation with NIH Director Francis Collins

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Malaria, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.22.19
How we can treat severe malaria cases in the U.S.

By: Joanne Morrison, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Malaria, Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 11.22.19
Of mice, men and malaria

By: Rebecca E.k. Mandt, Ba, Harvard T.h. Chan School of Public Health

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.22.19
Poor Quality Drugs, AMR Resistance and “Murder By Medicine”

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Public Health 11.22.19
Tailoring the Use of Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Each Unique Setting

By: Aislinn Mcmillan, University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.22.19
What Mosquito Nets Should We Be Using?

By: Bickey Chang, M.h.a., University of Virginia School of Medicine

Public Health 11.22.19
Where are the women leaders in global public health?

By: Kristen Zozulin, Md Candidate 2020, Frank H. Netter Md School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 11.21.19
Addressing Mosquito-Borne Diseases with a Single Vaccine

By: Joanne Morrison, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 11.21.19
Chikungunya Vaccine Challenge: Launching Trial Before Disease Disappears

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health & Ebola 11.21.19
Lessons Learned in 40 Years of Fighting Ebola Outbreaks

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health, Disease Outbreaks & Infectious Diseases 11.21.19
Peter Hotez Delivers Spirited Warning About Era of “Anthropocene Disease Drivers”

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health 11.21.19
What about the posters?

By: Leslie Jamka, Mem, Ms, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (cvd) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Global Health & Public Health 11.21.19
Working outside our comfort zone: Fighting NTDs in conflict areas

By: Scott Mcpherson, Mph, Act to End Ntds | East, Rti International

11.20.19
Highlights from TropMed on the Potomac: This Week, Washington DC Region is the Center of Power for Global Health

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.20.19
Inclusion and Respect

By: Julie Jacobson, Md, Dtmh, Astmh

Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.20.19
Q and A with Outgoing ASTMH President Chandy John

By: Chandy C. John, Md, Ms, Astmh President

11.20.19
The Profound Public Health Impact of “Research With the People”

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

11.18.19
ASTMH Cares About Reducing Its Carbon Footprint

By: Chandy C. John, Md, Ms, Astmh President

Africa, Disease Outbreaks, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 09.16.19
What’s it like to be a virus hunter?

By: Anne Rimoin, Ph.d., M.p.h.

Africa, Disease Outbreaks & Global Health 08.14.19
Driven by Ambition

By: Astmh

Disease Outbreaks, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 07.10.19
Linking it all Together

By: M. Claudia Guezala V. Dvm, Phd.

Infectious Diseases, Dengue Virus, Cholera & Disease Outbreaks 06.14.19
Oh Behave! Understanding mosquito-borne diseases through behavior and interactions

By: A. Desiree Labeaud Associate Professor of Pediatrics (infectious Diseases), Stanford University

Malaria, Disease Outbreaks, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 04.15.19
When Malaria Gets Personal

By: Abdoulaye Djimdé, Pharmd, Phd

Africa, Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 11.27.18
Down in the Bayou

Seth Judson discusses his experience with the ASTMH annual meeting, and his time in New Orleans.

Global Health, Public Health, Malaria & Infectious Diseases 11.14.18
ASTMH TropMed Conference and the Power of Diversity in Science

By: Caitlin Christman, Malaria Technical Advisor, U.s. President’s Malaria Initiative

Global Health, Public Health & Infectious Diseases 11.09.18
Tackling Typhoid with an Integrated Approach

By: Catherine Gulley, Sabin Vaccine Institute

Global Health, Malaria, Infectious Diseases, Public Health & Disease Outbreaks 11.05.18
A Conversation with the New Commander of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health 11.02.18
A Conversation with ASTMH Past President Regina Rabinovich

By: Astmh

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Public Health 11.02.18
A Conversation with Incoming ASTMH President Chandy C. John

By: Chandy C. John, Md, Ms, Astmh President

Malaria & Global Health 11.02.18
Frontiers in Malaria Vaccine Development Calls for Expanding the Frontiers of Health Care Delivery

By: Daniel Hodson

Malaria, Disease Outbreaks, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 11.02.18
The scourge of antimalarial drug resistance

Andrea Stewart discusses updates in antimalarial resistance during TropMed18.

By: Andrea Stewart

Global Health 11.01.18
A Journalist, Politician and Scientist Walk in to a Bar, They Can’t Communicate

By: Bieneke Bron

Ebola, Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 11.01.18
Amidst Grim News from Ongoing Outbreak in the DRC, a Ray of Hope: Four Experimental Drugs Show Promise in Treating Ebola Virus Disease

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Global Health, Infectious Diseases, Disease Outbreaks & Cholera 11.01.18
Ending Cholera Requires Novel Approaches in Vulnerable Populations

By: Mellisa Roskosky

Disease Outbreaks, Public Health & Infectious Diseases 10.31.18
Department of Homeland Security Working Dogs Face Internal Threat – A Tropical Disease Causing Heart Problems

By: Bridget Desimone

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 10.31.18
Human challenge models: What we learn from voluntary infection

By: Leslie Jamka, Mem, Ms, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (cvd) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Infectious Diseases, Global Health & Disease Outbreaks 10.31.18
Investigating Recent Scares from Nipah Virus and Lassa Fever for Evidence of Other Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers with Outbreak Potential

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Malaria, Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 10.31.18
Strength in partnership to end malaria: looking back on 20 years of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership

By: Lisa Goldman-van Nostrand

Infectious Diseases & Dengue Virus 10.31.18
Understanding the Role of Dengue Virus NS1 in the Pathogenesis of Severe Dengue Disease

By: Kristina Burrack

Public Health & Global Health 10.31.18
Women Are Not a Vulnerable Population; They Are Drivers of Global Health

By: Mellisa Roskosky

Malaria, Global Health, Disease Outbreaks & Infectious Diseases 10.30.18
Researchers Report Progress Developing Vaccines that Block Malaria Transmission

By: Camila Coelho

Infectious Diseases, Global Health & Disease Outbreaks 10.30.18
A New App that Allows Researchers to Study Lyme Disease Risks also Documents the Great American Lawn Mowing Divide

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Infectious Diseases & Global Health 10.30.18
Ending Cholera

By: Eric Mintz, Md, Mph - Team Lead, Global Epidemiology Waterborne Diseases Prevention Branch, Cdc

10.30.18
Japanese Encephalitis—No Longer Neglected

By: Dr. Nihal Abeysinghe & Dr. Kathy Neuzil

Infectious Diseases, Global Health, Public Health & Disease Outbreaks 10.30.18
On the Anniversary of the 1918 Flu Pandemic, Disease Experts Nervously on the Look-Out for the next Big One

As we mark the 100th Anniversary of 1918 Flu Pandemic – What’s Next Big One?

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Infectious Diseases, Global Health & Disease Outbreaks 10.30.18
Oral Cholera Vaccines as a Cholera Control Tool

By: Mark Jones

Malaria, Global Health & Infectious Diseases 10.30.18
School Age Kids: Targeting an Important Reservoir of Malaria Transmission

By: Ingrid Peterson, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Global Health, Infectious Diseases & Disease Outbreaks 10.30.18
Where Are People Getting Infected with Chikungunya and How Does This Vary Between Communities?

By: Guido España

Ebola, Infectious Diseases, Global Health, Public Health & Disease Outbreaks 10.29.18
Anticipating the Next Health Emergency: It could be Ebola, Influenza—or a Disease “Not on Anyone’s Radar”

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Plenary, Hiv & Infectious Diseases 10.29.18
Artist Nina Finley Captures the Opening Plenary Session Through Art

By: Bridget Desimone

Malaria, Infectious Diseases & Global Health 10.29.18
Medical Dogs Can Sniff Out Malaria Infections

By: Kristina Burrack

Malaria, Africa & Infectious Diseases 10.29.18
Why We’re Never Done Adapting: PMI and the Importance of Operational Research

By: Martin Alilio Operational Research Coordinator U.s. President’s Malaria Initiative

Global Health, Ebola, Hiv, Africa, Infectious Diseases & Plenary 10.28.18
WHO Africa Leader Opens TropMed with a Clarion Call to Confront Gender Inequality as a Significant Health Hazard

By: Matthew Davis, Burness

Infectious Diseases & Malaria 10.26.18
Working to Stop Malaria Relapse for Good

By: Brice Campo, Director, Drug Discovery at Mmv

10.22.18
NOLA Ebola Redux, Flu Pandemic at 100, Spit is Cool: TropMed Pick 6 with Dan Bausch

By: Doug Dusik