American Committee of Medical Entomology (ACME)


April 2013 ACME Newsletter 


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ACME Objectives

The American Committee of Medical Entomology (ACME), is organized under the auspices of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) and exists to work toward the following objectives:

  1. To promote medical entomology in the ASTMH and in organizations whose scopes of activities include the area of human diseases transmitted by arthropods
  2. To organize symposia or workshops annually that emphasize, but are not limited to, the contributions of medical entomology to tropical medicine
  3. To encourage active participation of medical entomologists in the ASTMH
  4. To recognize outstanding contributions by medical entomologists
  5. ACME meets at least annually in conjunction with the ASTMH annual meeting.

Charter

For details on the ACME charter, governance and membership structure, click here.

2012 ACME Annual Business Meeting Slides

ACME Student Travel Award

An award of $300 USD is available to support travel and accommodation costs for a graduate student attending the Annual Meeting. The award includes a complimentary Annual Meeting registration. Applicants must present their research either orally or in poster format during the Annual Meeting. The subject matter of the presentation should involve directly or indirectly arthropods of medical importance. 

Previous Recipients

2012
Anthony Clemons
University of Notre Dame

2011
Julia Brown
Yale University

2010
Cara Halldin
Case Western Reserve University, Center for Global Health & Disesase

2009
Lauren Cator
Cornell University
Win Surachetpong
University of California, Davis

2008
Nicole Gottdenker
University of Georgia
Meera Venkatesen
Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network

2007
Maria Julia Dantur
INSUE School of Natural Sciences and Miguel Lillo Institute UNT
Lisa Purcell
McGill University

2006
Luca Facchinelli
University of California, Davis
Sonja Kos

2005
Rebekah Kent
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sharon Minnick
University of California, Davis

Executive Council Membership

ACME Executive Council Members

Position  Member Term Expires 
Chair, Councilor Stephen Dobson  2014
Chair-elect, Councilor Jennifer Anderson  2015
Past-chair, Councilor Brian Foy  2013
Secretary/Treasurer  Amy Morrison 2013
Councilor Kevin Macaluso  2013
Councilor Nora Besansky  2014
Councilor Jason Rasgon  2014
Councilor Sam Telford 2014
Councilor  Nicole Achee  2015
Councilor Lyric Bartholomay  2016
Councilor Kristen Michel  2016
Councilor Dan Kline  2016
Hoogstraal Medal Coordinator  Sam Telford   
Student Award Coordinator Rebekah Crockett Kading   

Hoogstraal Award

The Harry Hoogstraal Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Medical Entomology. Nominations for the Harry Hoogstraal Medal for outstanding Achievement in Medical Entomology may be submitted in writing by any ACME member to the ACME chairperson. Each year, the Executive Council shall consider all nominations so submitted as well as any nominations submitted orally by Council members, and decide whether to make an award at the business meeting to be held during the current year Annual Meeting. Any living medical entomologist not serving on the Executive Council is eligible to be selected to receive the award. Submit your application online beginning May 8.

Recipient, Year
William Reisen, 2012
Center for Vectorborne Diseases

Abdu Azad, 2011
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Willy Burgdorfer, 2010
Rocky Mountain Lab

William E. Collins, 2009
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Daniel Sonenshine, 2008
Old Dominion University

Bruce Eldridge, 2007
University of California, Davis

Mario Coluzzi, 2006
Instituto Di Parasitologia, Universita Degli Studi Di Roma

Robert Washino 2005
University of California, Davis

John D. Edman 2004
University of California, Davis

Andrew Spielman 2003
Harvard School of Public Health

Michael Service 2002
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Chris Curtis 2000
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Gene DeFoliart 1998
University of Wisconsin, Madison

A. Ralph Barr 1995

No award 1994

Thomas H. G. Aitken 1993

James H. Oliver 1992
Georgia Southern University

William L. Jellison 1991

William R. Horsfall 1990

Robert Traub 1989

Lloyd E. Rozeboom 1988
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

William C. Reeves 1987
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Arthropod Containment Guidelines (ACG)

The following links are to the various versions of the ACG as well as ancillary materials that have been produced during the development of the Guidelines. Many must be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The Arthropod Containment Guidelines were published in Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases in 2003 and are available free at the publisher's Web site.

For More Information

For more information on ACME, contact Stephen Dobson at sdobson@uky.edu.