ASM Announces New President-Elect and Leadership
Washington, D.C.—Dec. 14, 2023— A new President-Elect and members of the ASM Board of Directors and the Council on Microbial Sciences have been elected to ASM leadership. Terms of all new members of ASM’s leadership will begin on July 1, 2024.
President-Elect:
Interim Chief and Medical Director of Infectious Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine
Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Board of Directors:
The ASM Board of Directors provides strategic direction to the society. It brings ASM’s mission to life and handles all legal, financial and governance matters.
At-Large Director
Assistant Professor of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
School of Food and Agriculture
University of Maine
At-Large Director
Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (IBBM)-CCT-CONICET-La Plata
Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Council on Microbial Sciences:
The Council on Microbial Sciences (COMS) is ASM's governance structure that is the key connection between ASM’s members and ASM’s leaders. COMS keeps a pulse on new developments in microbial sciences and helps develop innovative ways to move the field and ASM forward.
At-Large Councilor
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
The RNA Institute
State University of New York at Albany
At-Large Councilor
Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Director, UVA Global Infectious Diseases Institute
At-Large Councilor
Associate Professor of Pediatric-Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine
Vice Chair
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Rochester Medical Center
To learn more about ASM’s new leaders and read their candidate statements, visit the ASM Elections page.
The American Society for Microbiology is one of the largest professional societies dedicated to the life sciences and is composed of 36,000 scientists and health practitioners. ASM's mission is to promote and advance the microbial sciences.
ASM advances the microbial sciences through conferences, publications, certifications, educational opportunities and advocacy efforts. It enhances laboratory capacity around the globe through training and resources. It provides a network for scientists in academia, industry and clinical settings. Additionally, ASM promotes a deeper understanding of the microbial sciences to diverse audiences.
