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ASTMH 61st Annual Meeting (2012)
November 11-15, 2012 (Sunday through Thursday)
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Call for Symposia
Proposal submission deadline:  March 6
Download the Call for Symposia.
Submit your symposium proposal here.

Call for Abstracts
Submission deadline:  May 1
The Call for Abstracts will be available in mid-March. The abstract submission site will open in mid-March.  The abstract submission deadline is May 1.

Travel Award Applications
Application deadline:  April 3
The travel award application guidelines will be available in late February. The travel award application deadline is April 3.

ASTMH 60th Annual Meeting (2011)
December 4-8, 2011
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Miss a session at the Annual Meeting?  Order an Online Library from IntelliQuest Media
With so much cutting-edge science available at the meeting, you can purchase an Online Library or multimedia DVD of audio presentations from the conference.  ASTMH members and students qualiy for reduced pricing.  Click here for an order form or contact IntelliQuest Media at +1-866-651-2586.

Continuing Medical Education Credit
Click here to submit your CME evaluation form.  Your answers are captured as you respond to the questions, there is not a SUBMIT button.  A CME certificate will be sent by postal mail in 6 weeks.

Find a Speaker, Presentation or Topic with Online Program Planner
The Online Program Planner allows you to view a complete itinerary, including plenary, scientific and poster sessions, symposia and abstracts.  

Or, search for a specific speaker or presentation and create your own itinerary for the Annual Meeting!

Download the Annual Meeting brochure now. (4 MB).

Download a smaller file version of the Annual Meeting brochure. (2.5 MB)

Plenary Session Speakers 

Opening Plenary Session – Sunday, December 4
Jeffrey Sachs, PhD
Earth Institute at Columbia University

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fred L. Soper Lecture – Monday, December 5
Anita Zaidi, MD
Professor, Aga Khan University

 

 

 

 

Mid-Day Plenary Session – Tuesday, December 6
Paul Farmer, MD, PhD
Founding Director, Partners In Health

 

 

 

 

 

Commemorative Fund Lecture – Tuesday, December 6
Mirta Roses Periago, MD
Director, Pan-American Health Organization

 

 

 

 

 

Plenary Session and Annual Business Meeting – Wednesday, December 7
Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD
Founding Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine
President, Sabin Vaccine Institute

 

 

 

Career Fair- New This Year!
The Career Fair will provide conference attendees career development information and opportunities in the broad not-for-profit and for-profit communities that intersect with tropical medicine and global health. 

Members: Share Your Knowledge—Become a Mentor at the Annual Meeting

With the Annual Meeting drawing more students, trainees and early career professionals, the Society is reaching out to you— our members— to invite to serve as a mentor. During the meeting, you can provide career advice, share your experiences, help them build their professional network or just make yourself available for conversation. If you are interested in serving as a mentor during the meeting, click here.  ASTMH will review all requests and provide you with the contact information of an interested mentee so that you can establish contact and make plans prior to the Annual Meeting. Please note each mentor and mentee is equally responsible for establishing contact. Questions? Please contact Buffy Finn, Member Services Administrator, at bfinn@astmh.org.

*Currently, this program is only available during the Annual Meeting.

Looking for a Mentor?

If you are a student or early career professional and would benefit from the counsel of a more experienced, established ASTMH member, click here.  You do not have to be an ASTMH member to be a mentee. ASTMH will review all requests and provide you with the contact information of an interested mentor so that you can establish contact and make plans prior to the Annual Meeting. Please note each mentee and mentor is equally responsible for establishing contact. Questions? Please contact Buffy Finn, Member Services Administrator, at bfinn@astmh.org.

*Currently, this program is only available during the Annual Meeting.

Stay Connected With the ASTMH 2011 Annual Meeting Blog
Bookmark www.astmh.org/blog for updates, wrap-ups and news from the meeting.

John Donnelly, a former global health reporter and Africa-based correspondent for the Boston Globe, will be blogging live from Philadelphia. Donnelly is a freelance writer specializing in global health and development issues. Bookmark the blog and check back throughout the meeting for coverage of sessions, symposia and interviews with ASTMH leaders.

Follow ASTMH on Twitter. Use the hashtag #ASTMH2011 to share news from the meeting.

Media Inquiries

Individuals requesting a media pass to the 60th Annual Meeting should email Preeti Singh at PSingh@BurnessCommunications.com. Please include your name, organization name/media outlet/website, mailing address and phone. If you cannot attend, you can still cover the research being released by visiting the online press room for the meeting.

 

View 59th Annual Meeting Photos
View images from the ASTMH 59th Annual Meeting in Atlanta on Flickr.