ESCMID Newsletter

Javier Garau resigns from his position and from the Executive Committee for personal reasons. In accordance with the ESCMID bylaws, the Executive Committee members welcome Giuseppe Cornaglia as their new leader.

The 3rd Infection Day held on 23 April 2010 in Florence, Italy. It covered milestones in the history of infections.

Plan to join us in Cappadocia, Turkey from 3 to 9 July 2010. We have an exciting interactive programme lined up covering diverse topics in CM/ID as well as career advice. Especially tailored to young MDs and scientists!

Delegates from 100 countries attended 156 sessions. Altogether over 235 contact hours were offered. Abstracts and presentations from the 15 educational workshops are now online.
Awards and grants recipients also received their awards at the ECCMID.

The two new groups focus on PK/PD of anti-infectives and implant-associated infections. Visit their websites to find out about their activities.

Erdal Akalin was appointed by the EC as the new responsible for practice guidelines. José Maria Miro was selected as the Chairperson for the HIV Advisory Subcommittee.

-Specialist Registrar (Locum) in Infectious Diseases/HIV at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
-European Divisional Manager at I C Net

The forum takes place from 24 to 25 July 2010 in Qingdao, China, organized by the Chinese CDC. Attendance grants are available for a number of ESCMID members who can apply until 18 May 2010.

We aim to help collaborative multi-centre research groups find potential collaborators. You can post your request for partnership and also search for new partners free-of-charge.

See the individual webpages for important European funding programmes, the latest calls for proposals and other information.
FP7: People (IEF, IOF, IIF)
FP7: Health (advance notice)
Cost: Call for Research Networks
EDCTPNew EDCTP calls for proposals
ECDC: open call for tenders

Two new European reports

Best regards,
ESCMID Executive Committee

Forthcoming ESCMID Events

Postgraduate Workshop in Clinical Parasitology
7 - 11 June 2010
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

8th Workshop "Professon V. J. Benedi" Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance - A Practical Approach
20 - 25 June 2010
Palma de Mallorca, Spain

9th ESCMID Summer School
3 - 9 July 2010
Cappadocia, Turkey

An Infection That Will Never Be Out of Date: Influenza
2 - 4 September 2010
Istanbul, Turkey

Meningitis 2010
6 - 8 September 2010
Izmir, Turkey

Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in Daily Practice
18 September 2010
Barcelona, Spain

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Surveillance: from Laboratory to Clinic - the EUCAST and ESGARS Perspective
27 - 30 September 2010
Madrid, Spain

Infectious Diseases in Pregnant Women, Fetuses and Newborns
3 - 7 October 2010
Bologna area, Italy

Salmonella - ESCMID/FEMS Conference
3 - 7 October 2010
Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland

Intracellular Bacteria: from Biology to Clinic
2 - 5 November 2010
Sousse, Tunisia

Hot Topics in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
4 - 5 November 2010
Budapest, Hungary

21st ECCMID/27th ICC
7 - 10 May 2011
Milan, Italy

More ESCMID events