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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:
- To promote medical entomology in the ASTMH and in organizations whose scopes of activities include the area of human diseases transmitted by arthropods
- To organize symposia or workshops annually that emphasize, but are not limited to, the contributions of medical entomology to tropical medicine
- To encourage active participation of medical entomologists in the ASTMH
- To recognize outstanding contributions by medical entomologists
- 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
Leadership Documents
To access Council documents, click here.
2014 ACME Annual Business Meeting Slides
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ACME Breakthrough in Medical Entomology Award
ACME seeks to award funding of $1,000 to outstanding recent contributions (within the past 5 years) to the study and/or practice of Medical Entomology that ultimately will contribute to reducing the burden of human diseases transmitted by arthropods. This award is designed to encourage and acknowledge significant advances in the field by investigators at any career stage. Examples of such advances include breakthrough research findings in vector biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, genomics, ecology, evolution or significant advances in technologies for vector surveillance or control.
Nominees/applicants must be a member of ASTMH and ACME. This award is supported by a generous donation from SC Johnson to the American Committee of Medical Entomology. Women are particularly encouraged to apply.
Award Recipients
2019
Stephanie James
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
2018
Alvaro Molina-Cruz
National Institutes of Health
2017
Zhijian Tu
Virginia Tech
2016
Serap Aksoy
Yale University School of Medicine
ACME Future Leaders Fellowship in International Medical Entomology
The Future Leaders fellowship is a competitive award that will be offered to an outstanding junior medical entomology researcher (must be at the undergraduate to post-doctoral level) to showcase individuals that have matched interests to ACME's objectives of promoting medical entomology and reducing the burden of human diseases transmitted by arthropods globally. Applicants must be a non-US citizen from an LMIC.
Up to two awardees will receive $2,000 each to be used towards attending the ASTMH Annual Meeting and/or research supplies. The awardee must present their research at ASTMH and acknowledge the ACME Future Leaders Fellowship in their presentation and when publishing research supported by the fellowship. This award is supported by a generous donation from SC Johnson to the American Committee of Medical Entomology. Women are encouraged to apply.
Award Recipients
2020
Cusi Ferradas
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
2019
Adélaïde Miarinjara
National Institutes of Health
2018
Mabel Taracena
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Puja Tiwary
Banaras Hindu University
2017
Nsa Dada
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Eric Ochomo
Kenya Medical Research Institute
ACME Travel Awards for Young Investigators
These awards are now closed. Please check back here in Spring 2021
ACME now offers three Young Investigator Travel Awards: Masters, Doctoral and Post-doctoral and International. All research must involve arthropods of medical importance. Recipients will receive a complimentary registration to the Annual Meeting and up to $900 to support travel and accomodation costs.
Award Recipients
2020
Young Investigator Award - Graduate
Mary Gebhardt
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Adeline Williams
Colorado State University
Young Investigator Award - International
Maria Carrasquilla
Universidad de los Andes
Astri Nur Faizah
University of Tokyo
Young Investigator Award - Post Doc
Gabriela Garcia
FIOCRUZ Brazil
Thiago Soares de Souza Vieira
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
2019
Young Investigator Award - Graduate
Diana Nyanting'a
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Kristine Werling
Harvard School of Public Health
Young Investigator Award - International
Renee Ali
University of West Indies
Marilyn Murindahabi
University of Rwanda
Young Investigator Award - Post Doc
Deepani Fernando
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Emily Gallichotte
Colorado State University
2018
Young Investigator Award - Graduate
Leticia Smith
Cornell University
Olivia Winokur
University of California Davis
Young Investigator Award - International
Fabien Aubry
Institut Pasteur
Young Investigator Award - Post Doc
Sarah Merkling
Institut Pasteur
2017
Young Investigator Award - Graduate
Carolyn Hodo
Texas A&M University
Young Investigator Award - International
Om Prakash Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Young Investigator Award - Post Doc
Hannah Romo
Colorado State University
2016
Young Investigator Award - Graduate
Rebecca Love
University of Notre Dame
Young Investigator Award - International
Allan Muhwezi
Makerere University
Young Investigator Award - Post Doc
Laura Dickson
2015
Young Investigator Award - Graduate
Marissa Grossman
Emory University
Bahjat Marayati
University of North Carolina
Young Investigator Award - International
Marlon Saavedra Romero
Asociacion Benefica Prisma, Peru
Young Investigator Award - Post Doc
Claudia Rueckert
Colorado State University
2014
Marta Moreno Leirana
University of California, San Diego
Christina Newman
University of Wisconsin
Margaret Paternina Gomez
University de Sucre
2013
Robert McCann
Michigan State University
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
Past ACME Executive Council Members
Current ACME Executive Council Members
Position |
Member |
Term Expires |
Chair |
Gabriel Hamer |
2021 |
Chair-elect |
Douglas Norris |
2021 |
Past-chair |
Ellen Dotson |
2021 |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Molly Duman Scheel |
2021 |
Councilor |
Christopher Barker |
2021 |
Councilor |
Ellen Dotson |
2021 |
Councilor |
Gabriel Hamer |
2021 |
Councilor |
Molly Duman Scheel |
2022 |
Councilor |
Audrey Lenhart |
2022 |
Councilor |
Douglas Norris |
2022 |
Councilor |
Marco Neira |
2023 |
Councilor |
Eleanore Sternberg |
2023 |
Councilor |
Jennifer Stevenson |
2023 |
Councilor |
Lauren Cator |
2024 |
Councilor |
Cate Hill |
2024 |
Councilor |
Adriana Troyo |
2024 |
Student Representative |
Adeline Williams |
2021 |
Hoogstraal Medal/SCJohnson Coordinator |
Gabriel Hamer |
2021 |
Travel Awards Coordinator |
Christopher Barker |
2021 |
(date indicates Council term limit)
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 online during the Call for Nominations. Each year, the Executive Council shall consider all nominations so submitted as well as any nominations submitted during the previous three years, 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.
Recipient, Year
Stephen Higgs, 2020
Biosecurity Research Institute, Kansas State University
Frank Collins, 2019
University of Notre Dame
Thomas Scott, 2018
University of California Davis
Willem Takken, 2017
Wageningen University
Patricia Nuttall, 2016
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Durland Fish, 2015
Yale School of Public Health
Robert Lane, 2014
University of California, Berkeley
Barry Beaty, 2013
Colorado State University
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
No award 2001
Chris Curtis, 2000
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
No award 1999
Gene DeFoliart, 1998
University of Wisconsin, Madison
No award 1997
George B. Craig, Jr., 1996
University of Notre Dame
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 Arthropod Containment Guidelines are an important product of the work ACME does to support and advocate for vector biology research nationally and globally. The guidelines provide a reference for research laboratories to assess risk and establish protocols for the safe handling of arthropod vectors of human and animal disease agents. The guidelines were originally published in 2004 in Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, and have been updated and published in 2019 to reflect the spectrum of vector taxa under investigation, and the demands of working with vector arthropods in the context of the Select Agent Rule. ACME produced the updated guidelines and supported Open Access in Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, February 2019, Vol 19, No. 3 .
Perspectives
Perspectives - The idea has been accepted that ACME should take a more active role toward activities that promote the safe and effective conduct of activities in vector biology and disease transmission research. The following resources are intended to provide the ACME membership access to resources related to such efforts.
Considerations for Human Blood-Feeding and Arthropod Exposure in Vector Biology Research: An Essential Tool for Investigations and Disease Control
Harrington LC, Foy BD, Bangs MJ. . Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2020 Sep 9. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2020.2620.
Guidance for Evaluating the Safety of Experimental Releases of Mosquitoes, Emphasizing Mark-Release-Recapture
Techniques
Benedict MQ, Charlwood JD, Harrington LC, Lounibos LP, Reisen WK, Tabachnick WJ. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2018 Jan;18(1):39-48. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2017.2152.
Considerations for the Use of Human Participants in Vector Biology Research: A Tool for Investigators and Regulators
Achee Nicole L., Youngblood Laura, Bangs Michael J., Lavery James V., and James Stephanie. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. February 2015, 15(2): 89-102. doi:10.1089/vbz.2014.1628.
The Science of Science Communication
Know of a resource that you would like ACME to consider for broader awareness? Please contact Alvaro Molina-Cruz, ACME Secretary/Treasurer.
Advocacy
Advocacy - The ACME is committed to advocating the role of medical entomology in public health, both domestic and abroad. This includes raising awareness of research issues with policy makers, highlighting the importance of research and making specific funding requests for areas of concern or minimal focus. The following resources are intended to provide the ACME membership access to resources related to such efforts.
Top Ten Rules for Working with Congress
ACME Members Visit the Hill
Know of an important issue that you would like ACME to consider as part of its advocacy efforts? Please contact Ellen Dotson, ACME Chair.
For More Information
For more information on ACME, contact Buffy Finn, Manager, Membership.