Registration is open for the 2026 CTropMed® Exam, available to take from 1,400+ testing centers globally. The exam is offered multiple days in October. astmh.org/education-re...

With comments from ASTMH member Ngozi Erondu of the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE).

ASTMH stands with Friends of NIAID partners in rejecting cuts to NIH NIAID Funding in the FY2027 President's Budget Request. See the statement here: tinyurl.com/78hrfuvd

Hi Bluesky!!
ACME @astmh.bsky.social is here!
And we want to share our 2026 newsletter with you all. Research highlights, awards, support for early-career scientists and the 40th anniversary celebration are all in there.
#GlobalHealth #MedicalEntomology #ScienceCommunity #TropMed #ASTMH #Research

Flyer for the 2026 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity Call for nominations showing the deadline (June 12, 2026) the site: mcgill.ca/spgh, the SPGH logo and Paul Farmer posing with Victor and Ruth Dzau and Hannah Pappuis.

The McGill SPGH welcomes nominations for the 2026 Paul Farmer Lectureship and Award for Global Health Equity. If you know someone who embodies Dr. Farmer’s vision, don't hesitate to nominate them.
Deadline: June 12, 2026
Details at www.mcgill.ca/spgh/about-u...

In light of #WorldHealthDay today… We have a new ep. of The Inside Track! Exploring planetary health with  @garryaslanyan.bsky.social, @ckyobutungi.bsky.social and. @rbaptistaleite.bsky.social 📺 Check it out 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEX_QAW-BMk

Trump administration drops court fight to cap NIH payments for research overhead costs. www.statnews.com/2026/04/08/t... via @statnews.com

Over 150 million lives. Saved by vaccines. Since 1974. Together for health. Stand with science. Image shows a group of schoolchildren with an adult, smiling.

More than 150 million lives. Saved by vaccines. Since 1974. That is health and science in action.

This #WorldHealthDay, Together for Health #StandWithScience 💙

Connect your organization, products and brand with our audience: The 2026 ASTMH Opportunities is now available, with options for sponsorships, advertising and exhibiting at the Annual Meeting. tinyurl.com/bc64d8rf

Young Investigator Award applications due Monday. Open to student/post-doctoral ASTMH members with a primary role in tropical disease research and experimentation. Presentations are in person at the 2026 Annual Meeting. (Photo shows last year's awardees.) www.astmh.org/annual-meeti...

Last chance: April 1 deadline to submit your abstracts for the ASTMH 2026 Annual Meeting. tinyurl.com/39hkrt49

Final countdown for submitting an abstract for the 2025 Annual Meeting. Deadline is April 1. www.astmh.org/annual-meeti...

This lab that's determined to discover new drugs isn't where you might expect A scientist from Zambia who loves — LOVES! — chemistry runs a lab in South Africa that is being hailed for "extraordinary" work.

NPR profile of our 2025 Annual Meeting closing plenary speaker, Kelly Chibale, Director of the Holistic Drug Discovery and Development (H3D) Centre at the University of Cape Town in South Africa: www.npr.org/2026/03/22/g...

We are looking for an ASTMH member to be our next Scientific Program Chair, starting in December. The chair will be responsible for the educational and scientific program content presented at the Annual Meeting. tinyurl.com/42tbrnr8

We are assessing interest in a half-day visit during the 2026 Annual Meeting to local Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill. (The meeting site is near Washington, DC.) Let us know at www.surveymonkey.com/r/TZN8HLP

(Caleb Perez photo)

White House lifts hold on NIH research spending Director Jay Bhattacharya tells House lawmakers that grantmaking, hiring are on track

Spending will soon begin flowing back to researchers, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya assured lawmakers during a congressional subcommittee hearing Tuesday. www.science.org/content/arti...

Abstracts deadline in 2 weeks for this year's Annual Meeting. Deadline: April 1. tinyurl.com/39hkrt49

Thank you @RepJenKiggans & @RepBera for introducing the SECURE Health Act to help ensure frontline global #healthworkers are paid fairly and supported. ASTMH is proud to be among 30+ organizations and the @FHWcoalition to endorse this critical bill.

📢Applications open!

The ACCTMTH Clinical Research Award supports students & postdocs conducting clinically oriented tropical medicine research.

🗓 Deadline: April 6

📄Guidelines: tinyurl.com/64d2sh8n

🔗Apply: tinyurl.com/3wza7kzx

@astmh.bsky.social
#TropicalMedicine #GlobalHealth

🌍Call for applications!

ACCTMTH LMIC Clinician Travel Award recognizing outstanding tropical medicine clinicians in LMICs.

🗓 Deadline: April 6

📄Guidelines: tinyurl.com/2en2spwc

🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/5kbmmc34

@astmh.bsky.social
#TropicalMedicine #GlobalHealth

New ep. format: The Inside Track 🎙️
@garryaslanyan.bsky.social  is joined by @ckyobutungi.bsky.social  & @rbaptistaleite.bsky.social  for candid conversations on global health current affairs. Watch on YouTube 👉 https://youtu.be/OxQzeojZAQk

The March issue The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is available online. www.ajtmh.org/view/journal...

ASTMH and its subgroups have a number of awards available to help with the cost of attending this year's Annual Meeting near Washington, DC, Nov 18-22. tinyurl.com/mr2bcw6d

2026 Annual Meeting Travel Awards are available to all qualified students, early-career investigators and scientists actively working in tropical medicine and global health. Apply by April 1. (Last year's awardees pictured.) tinyurl.com/4sv83p34

2026 Call for Abstracts is open. Deadline: April 1. This year's Annual Meeting is at Gaylord National Harbor, near Washington, DC. tinyurl.com/7hw4u2ax

Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID Public health campaigns had made significant strides toward eradicating diseases like elephantitis and river blindness. But this progress has since unraveled with the second Trump administration.

Written by ASTMH members Sarah Greene and Philip Budge at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Apply for the 2026 Alan J. Magill Fellowship, supporting mentorship, career and leadership development projects for ASTMH members in LMICs in their early to mid-careers. Deadline is March 30. tinyurl.com/yc74ksx9

2026 Call for Symposia closes Wednesday. tinyurl.com/9cj39yj3

FT med students from accredited U.S., Canadian institutions, apply for the 2026 Ben Kean Fellowship by March 25. tinyurl.com/mr29n5fc

USF pair recognized for fight against infectious disease Two University of South Florida faculty members have received prestigious honors and subsequent kudos from an international community of scientists for their work in the fight against infectious disea...

Two @usfcoph.bsky.social faculty members were honored by @astmh.bsky.social for their work in the fight against infectious disease.

Dr. John Adams and Dean Sten Vermund are two reasons why the #USFCOPHRocks!

👀 @apha.org, @aspph.bsky.social

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