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We are looking for an ASTMH member to be our next Scientific Program Chair, starting in December. The chair will be responsible for the educational and scientific program content presented at the Annual Meeting. tinyurl.com/42tbrnr8

We are assessing interest in a half-day visit during the 2026 Annual Meeting to visit local Congressional leaders on Capitol Hill. (The meeting site is near Washington, DC.) Let us know: surveymonkey.com/r/TZN8HLP (Caleb Perez photo)

Spending will soon begin flowing back to researchers, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya assured lawmakers during a congressional subcommittee hearing Tuesday. science.org/content/articl…

The #Parasite Case 803 is now up: a worm submitted from an otherwise healthy teenager. No history provided ☹. What is your ID? How would you sign the case out? parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2026/03/case-o… Answer later this week! #mayopath #pathology #PathBugs

Abstracts deadline in 2 weeks for this year's Annual Meeting. Deadline: April 1. tinyurl.com/39hkrt49

Thank you @RepJenKiggans & @RepBera for introducing the SECURE Health Act to help ensure frontline global #healthworkers are paid fairly and supported. ASTMH is proud to be among 30+ organizations and the @FHWcoalition to endorse this critical bill.

The answer to the #Parasite Case 802 is up: No significant parasite risk with this dish. But what about paragonimiasis, you ask? Read my post on why paragonimiasis is not a risk in this case: parasitewonders.blogspot.com/2026/03/answer… #mayopath #pathology #PathBugs

📢Applications open! The ACCTMTH Clinical Research Award supports students & postdocs conducting clinically oriented tropical medicine research. 🗓 Deadline: April 6 📄Guidelines: tinyurl.com/64d2sh8n 🔗Apply: tinyurl.com/3wza7kzx @ASTMH #TropicalMedicine #GlobalHealth

🌍Call for applications! ACCTMTH LMIC Clinician Travel Award recognizing outstanding tropical medicine clinicians in LMICs. 🗓 Deadline: April 6 📄Guidelines: tinyurl.com/2en2spwc 🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/5kbmmc34 @ASTMH #TropicalMedicine #GlobalHealth

New ep. format: The Inside Track 🎙️ @GarryAslanyan is joined by @CKyobutungi & @RBaptistaLeite for candid conversations on global health current affairs. Watch on YouTube 👉 youtu.be/OxQzeojZAQk

The March issue The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is available online. ajtmh.org/view/journals/…

ASTMH and its subgroups have a number of awards available to help with the cost of attending this year's Annual Meeting near Washington, DC, Nov 18-22. tinyurl.com/mr2bcw6d

2026 Annual Meeting Travel Awards are available to all qualified students, early-career investigators and scientists actively working in tropical medicine and global health. Apply by April 1. (Last year's awardees pictured.) tinyurl.com/4sv83p34

Join us 11 March 4pm CET for a panel discussion on schisto and FGS for #InternationalWomensDay highlighting FGS as a concrete example of why equity, gender, and integration must be central to disease elimination strategies. Register here: lnkd.in/ddG9nSqD @ASTMH

A #Parasite transmission question for your consideration: While in South Korea, I was served this raw crab and shrimp dish. If I had eaten it (which I didn’t!), which parasites could I have acquired? 😮 Answer later this week! #mayopath #pathology #PathBugs

2026 Call for Abstracts is open. Deadline: April 1. This year's Annual Meeting is at Gaylord National Harbor, near Washington, DC. tinyurl.com/7hw4u2ax

Written by ASTMH members Sarah Greene and Philip Budge at Washington University in St. Louis. tinyurl.com/ej28tyty

In a new op-ed in @washingtonpost, GHS's Stewart Simonson & Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer (Ret.) write that the U.S. NTD program is one of America's smartest investments—and that American leadership now matters more than ever.

Free Pre‑Conference Day - no conference registration required: cugh2026.org/pre-conference… @keithmartinmd @CUGH_TAC

Apply for the 2026 Alan J. Magill Fellowship, supporting mentorship, career and leadership development projects for ASTMH members in LMICs in their early to mid-careers. Deadline is March 30. tinyurl.com/yc74ksx9