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A Foundation for the future of ID

The IDSA Foundation, the 501(c)(3) charitable arm of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, serves as the primary fundraising partner advancing IDSA’s strategic priorities. Through philanthropic and industry support, the Foundation strengthens the ID workforce; promotes inclusion, diversity, access and equity; and enhances IDSA’s capacity to lead in preparedness, research and public health response. By aligning fundraising efforts with IDSA’s mission, the Foundation helps ensure the Society’s long-term impact as a trusted convener and leader in addressing the world’s most pressing ID challenges. 

What We Do

Together, we’re solving the challenges of infectious diseases

  • We’re protecting the health of humankind by growing a strong, diverse and valued workforce.

  • We’re preventing the spread of misinformation by advancing trusted scientific knowledge.

  • We’re preparing for future health crises by supporting research and reform.

Support Our Work

Who We Support

Help fund solutions

From global inequity to global pandemics, and from HIV to antimicrobial resistance, infectious diseases are one of the greatest challenges facing our future. As a partner, you can invest in the solutions by providing programs, funding and grants to students and ID specialists.

ID Mentorship

Providing mentorship to the next generation of ID specialists
ID Mentorship

ID STEP Program

Increasing the recruitment and retention of ID medical school students
ID STEP Program

Host an Industry Roundtable

Facilitate a knowledge exchange to encourage open discussion and gather diverse viewpoints on critical infectious diseases topics.
Host an Industry Roundtable
Our People

Board of Directors

  • Wendy S. Armstrong, MD, FIDSA

    Wendy S. Armstrong, MD, FIDSA

    Chair, IDSA Foundation

    Wendy S. Armstrong, MD, FIDSA, is an active clinician providing inpatient general and transplant ID care and outpatient HIV care. She has been part of the vibrant community of infectious diseases/HIV physicians for more than 25 years. Dr. Armstrong is head of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and is a passionate advocate for addressing the ID/HIV workforce, including clinicians, educators, physician-scientists and public health experts.

  • Maximo O. Brito, MD, MPH, FIDSA

    Maximo O. Brito, MD, MPH, FIDSA

    Vice Chair, IDSA Foundation

    Maximo O. Brito, MD, MPH, FIDSA, is a professor of medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the chief of infectious diseases at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. He served as program director for the ID fellowship at the University of Illinois for over 10 years.

  • Rana Chakraborty, MD, DPhil, FIDSA

    Rana Chakraborty, MD, DPhil, FIDSA

    Secretary and Treasurer, IDSA Foundation

    Rana Chakraborty, MD, DPhil, FIDSA is professor of pediatrics and division chief in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. He is also a director for the Center for AIDS Research at that institution. He is an experienced physician-scientist and educator in perinatal, pediatric and adolescent infectious diseases. His lab has unique expertise in placental and fetal immunology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he expanded his research portfolio to SARS-CoV-2 infection in the mother-infant dyad. Dr. Chakraborty is committed to addressing health equity and diversity in medicine, having served as chair of the Diversity Committee in Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics and as the former chair for the Section of International Medical Graduates at the American Academy of Pediatrics. 

  • Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD, FIDSA, FACP

    Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD, FIDSA, FACP

    Director, IDSA Foundation

    Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD, FIDSA, FACP, is a Caribbean native born on the island of Dominica. She is an associate professor of medicine/infectious diseases, co-director of digital innovation & social media strategy for the Division of Infectious Diseases, vice chair of belonging and community engagement in the Department of Internal Medicine and associate medical director of antimicrobial stewardship at University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Marcelin earned her medical degree from the American University of Antigua College of Medicine and completed her internal medicine and infectious diseases training at the Mayo Clinic before joining the Division of Infectious Diseases at UNMC in 2017.