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"What keeps us going is when you see a mom smiling after she learns her child is saved after hanging between life and death two, three days before." —
Abdoulaye Djimde, ASTMH Board member and Associate Professor of Parasitology and Mycology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Mali. Joined ASTMH in 1996.
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Membership is based on a fiscal year, July 1 through June 30. Dues are not prorated. Please allow 7-10 business days for your AJTMH subscription to be processed. Join on or after April 1, 2020 and your membership will expire June 30, 2021. See below for details.
Please allow 3 business days for faxed or emailed applications to be processed. If you want to join ASTMH prior to registering for the Annual Meeting, please join online as your membership will become effective immediately.
We are a worldwide community of scientists, clinicians and professionals dedicated to promoting global health.
Joining the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene instantly opens a world of opportunities for students and professionals of all levels to advance their careers and enhance their education. ASTMH members are dedicated to furthering the global knowledge base on tropical diseases, leading to unparalleled collaboration, networking and shared experiences.
Very Important...please select the application that applies to your current status. If you are from a Low and Low-Middle Income Country, please select the application that applies to you. Note: Please make sure to include a valid email address on your application. We are unable to process new memberships without email addresses.
Membership is based on a fiscal year, July 1 through June 30. Dues are not prorated. Please allow 7-10 business days for your AJTMH subscription to be processed. Join on or after April 1, 2020 and your membership will expire June 30, 2021.
India Subscribers Please Note: Due to long-standing, ongoing postal delivery problems from the U.S. to India, ASTMH has been forced to discontinue delivery of the print editions of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene to India, effective immediately. ASTMH members who live in India will continue to have free, full access to all AJTMH issues online at ajtmh.org. We regret this inconvenience to our members in India.
Download the Member Application
Early Career Member Application - please email [email protected] for the application
Download the Student/Post-Doc/Resident/Fellow Application
Download the Reduced Low and Low Middle Income Country Member Application
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, founded in 1903, is the largest international scientific organization of experts dedicated to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health. We accomplish this through generating and sharing scientific evidence, informing health policies and practices, fostering career development, recognizing excellence, and advocating for investment in tropical medicine/global health research.
Membership ($250)
Reduced Low and Low-Middle Income Countries ($25)
Student Membership ($15)
Early Career Membership ($100)
Post-Docs/Medical Residents/Fellows Membership ($25)
Life Membership ($4600)
Emeritus Membership
ACAV Subgroup Membership ($25)
ACME Subgroup Membership ($25)
ACMCIP Subgroup Membership ($25)
ACCTMTH Clinical Group Subgroup Membership ($30)
Clinical Group Life Membership ($600)
ACGH Subgroup Membership ($25)
[NOTE: At this time we are unable to accept "virtual credit cards."]
Types of Membership
Membership ($250) includes voting privileges, ability to hold office, reduced member rates for the Annual Meeting and other events; subscription to the Society's monthly journal-the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; free, full access to AJTMH recently published and accepted full text articles via the journal website; reduced AJTMH page charges for authors; a listing in the online member-only directory and access to the monthly online newsletter.
Reduced Active Membership Dues for Low and Low-Middle Income Countries ($25) includes all member benefits as listed above. See qualifying list here. This is open to all citizens said countries and currently residing in their country of citizenship.
Early-Career Membership ($100) is available for those transitioning from trainee to junior faculty, or from trainee to full-time employment. Early career membership is available for up to five continuous years after completion of training. Examples of trainee status are medical residency or fellowship, post-doctoral research positions, MPH degree, graduate nursing or Physician Assistant degrees.
Proof of early career status by your supervisor/Department Chair or director is required (on institution or organization letterhead) and should include year training was completed. Letters should be emailed to [email protected] at the time of joining ASTMH or renewing ASTMH dues. Work ID's and transcripts are not proof of early-career status.
Early-career membership includes voting privileges, reduced member rates for the Annual Meeting and other events; subscription to the Society's monthly journal-the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; free, full access to AJTMH with member-only access to recently published and accepted full text articles; reduced AJTMH page charges for authors; a listing in the online member-only directory and access to the monthly online newsletter.
You are considered early-career if you have:
- completed your doctorate/training within the last five years and are now entering the workforce.
- completed your doctorate/training within the last five years but are currently unemployed or have no affiliation.
You are not eligible for early-career if you:
- have been in the workforce for more than five years, but recently changed your field of interest to tropical medicine or a related field.
Student Membership ($15) includes, voting privileges, ability to hold office, reduced member rates for the Annual Meeting and other events; subscription to the Society's monthly journal-the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; free, full access to AJTMH with member-only access to recently published and accepted full text articles; reduced AJTMH page charges for authors; a listing in the online member-only directory and access to the monthly online newsletter. This level of membership is available to full-time undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of global health, international health, tropical medicine or a related discipline. Proof of student status must accompany application.
Post-Docs/Medical Residents/Fellows Membership ($25) includes, voting privileges, ability to hold office, reduced member rates for the Annual Meeting and other events; subscription to the Society's monthly journal-the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; free, full access to AJTMH with member-only access to recently published and accepted full text articles; reduced AJTMH page charges for authors; a listing in the online member-only directory and access to the monthly online newsletter. This level of membership is available to full-time post-doctoral students pursuing studies in the fields of global health, international health, tropical medicine or a related discipline. Proof of student status must accompany application.
Life Membership ($4,600) includes voting privileges, ability to hold office, reduced member rates for the Annual Meeting and other events; subscription to the Society's monthly journal-the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; free, full access to AJTMH with member-only access to recently published and accepted full text articles; reduced AJTMH page charges for authors; a listing in the online member-only directory and access to the monthly online newsletter. Life membership is available with a one-time payment of 20 times the current regular membership rate.
Emeritus Membership is available after 15 years of continuous active membership and retirement from active work in tropical medicine. Emeritus members do not pay dues. Emeritus Membership includes reduced member rates for the Annual Meeting and other events; subscription to the Society's monthly journal-the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; free, full access to AJTMH with member-only access to recently published and accepted full text articles; reduced AJTMH page charges for authors; a listing in the online member-only directory and access to the monthly online newsletter. Qualified active members should submit a written request for Emeritus status. Please submit request to Buffy Finn at [email protected] for appropriate handling.
American Committee on Arthropod-Borne Viruses (ACAV) Subgroup Membership ($25) is available for members with an interest in the field of arbovirology. ACAV conducts a special awards program and organizes a symposium at the annual meeting on a relevant topic.
American Committee of Medical Entomology (ACME) Subgroup Membership ($25) is available for members whose interests lie in the area of human diseases transmitted by arthropods. This group conducts an annual meeting travel awards program, an awards program for outstanding achievement in medical entomology and organizes symposia at the annual meeting.
American Committee of Molecular, Cellular and Immunoparasitology (ACMCIP) Subgroup Membership ($25) is available for members who work in the varied disciplines of parasitology, especially in basic laboratory, pre-clinical and translational research, clinician sciences and population-based sciences. Through annual meeting programming, ACMCIP fosters the transfer of fundamental discoveries in basic research to applications that improve human health.
Clinical Subgroup Membership ($30) Clinical Group Lifetime Membership ($600) is available for members involved in the clinical aspect of tropical medicine. Students do not have voting privileges. The American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Traveler's Health (ACCTMTH) provides a directory of member clinicians to individuals requesting referrals, and offers an e-mail forum for discussion of cases and dissemination of information. If you would like to have a listing in the Clinical Consultants Directory, please send an e-mail to [email protected].
ASTMH Committee on Global Health (ACGH) Subgroup Membership ($25) is available for members who work in the field of global health and are interested in promoting the development of the field of Global Health which addresses multidisciplinary transnational approaches to health issues that unfavorably affect the underserved and under-resourced populations.
ASTMH Values and Promotes Diversity
The Society takes great pride in its diverse membership. Through its elected and appointed leaders, committee structure, awardees, Annual Meeting presenters, etc., ASTMH strongly encourages diversity with regard to gender, race/ethnicity, country, and organization (including academia, governmental and non-governmental institutions, and for-profit companies).