David M. Aronoff, M.D., FIDSA, FAAM is a physician-scientist with a primary focus on maternal-child health and infections that complicate pregnancy. He has been highly involved in the diagnosis and clinical care of COVID-19 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. As immediate past chair of the IDSA Foundation’s Mentorship Program Committee, Dr. Aronoff is a champion…
The IDSA Foundation recently announced a new collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS to host the 2020 Virtual IDea Incubator, a pitch-style competition taking place on Tuesday, October 20th, 5 – 6PM ET. Originally launched in 2018 by Javeed Siddiqui, MD, M.P.H., co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of TeleMed2U, the IDea Incubator was…
Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture and achievements of the United States. The IDSA Foundation is proud to celebrate the accomplishments of our Latinx members, and recently had the privilege of speaking with Lilian Abbo, M.D., FIDSA to learn more about her work and the importance of building a diverse infectious diseases (ID) workforce. Originally from Caracas,…
Register to attend the very 1st LIVE Virtual IDea Incubator in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 5 – 6 p.m. ET. Registration is FREE to all IDWeek registrants. Four finalists will present their innovations in front of a live virtual audience and judges, competing for a chance to…
Sai Dodda, BS and Chris Sleckman, MS, both of HIVE, a student-run biotech startup at Washington University in St. Louis were the 1st place winners of the 2019 IDea Incubator competition. The 2019 winning innovation was a sensor that detects when and how long IV medication is connected to a patient’s peripherally inserted central catheter…
An informational webinar for the Microbial Pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s Research Grant will be released on June 26th providing applicants further insight on the research grant and application process. Due to conflicting speaker schedules the webinar will now be pre-recorded. Because of this change, we will be extending the application deadline to July 12th. To submit your questions to…
Do you have an idea in Infectious Diseases? Audrey R. Odom John, MD, PhD, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh is the winner of the the inaugural IDea Incubator for her “Malaria Breathalyzer” diagnostic tool. The prize money enabled her team to build a prototype to bridge the gap and secure $500,000 in…
Maria Eugenia Ariza, PhD, an Assistant Professor of the Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics at Ohio State University is one of the five awarded researchers of the 2019 Microbial Pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease Grant. Dr. Ariza’s research hopes to demonstrate the engagement of dUTPase proteins with TLR2 is essential for inducing neuroimmune dysfunction and…
The Infectious Diseases field is fortunate to have women that so many call mentors, leaders, pioneers and mavericks and the IDSA Foundation is honored to celebrate these unstoppable change makers. This month we are thrilled to feature our second 2020 Woman of ID, Lucy Tompkins, MD, PhD. Dr. Tompkins leadership and determination has helped set the…
The IDSA Foundation and IDSA want to THANK YOU! On #GivingTuesdayNow you helped us unmask the heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic and recognize the impact of our members. Whether you shared your story, uplifted a colleague or made a donation you helped to amplify the power and bravery of the ID…