2022 G.E.R.M. Program provides research funding for medical students interested in ID or HIV careers

2022 G.E.R.M. Program provides research funding for medical students interested in ID or HIV careers

In 2019, nearly 80% of U.S. counties had no infectious diseases specialists, leaving too many jurisdictions ill-prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. The field of HIV medicine faces similar challenges. In 2019, more than 1.2 million people were living with HIV in the U.S., with the need for HIV care outpacing the number of new clinicians entering the field.    As the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated,…

Anne Gershon, MD, FIDSA: A Woman of ID

Anne Gershon, MD, FIDSA: A Woman of ID

Sometimes you choose your career path, and other times your career path chooses you. That statement is certainly true for Anne Gershon, MD, FIDSA, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Heavily influenced by fate, Dr. Gershon landed in pediatrics, infectious diseases and vaccinology, and the impact of her work with the varicella-zoster virus (commonly known as chickenpox) has been felt on…