The IDSA Education and Research Foundation is dedicated to improving the health of individuals, communities, and societies by promoting excellence in patient care, education, research, public health, and prevention related to infectious diseases. Through donations to the Foundation, IDSA is able to support a wide-range of awards, fellowships, and scholarships designed to enhance the research and educational development of young investigators and fellows focusing on infectious diseases, as well as attracting the best and brightest medical students to the field. Your generous donations directly support these opportunities for vital research, career development, and the further exploration of infectious diseases across the world. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.
IDSA greatly appreciates your support and thanks you for your commitment to developing tomorrow’s leading healthcare professionals addressing infectious diseases.
Programs
The IDSA Education and Research Foundation supports the following programs:
AIDS Training Program for Physicians: This joint project of IDSA and the HIV Medicine Association trains physicians from resource-constrained countries in HIV/AIDS care appropriate to their countries' needs and capacities.
Center for Global Health Policy: The Center promotes evidence-based U.S. action on global HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis by drawing on the expertise and knowledge of the members of IDSA and HIVMA.
Joint Research Awards: Co-sponsored with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, these annual Postdoctoral Fellowships and Young Investigator Awards were established to promote research in infectious diseases by promising young scientists.
Medical Scholars Program: This program offers scholarships to medical students with mentorship by an IDSA member or fellow. It helps attract the best and brightest to the field by giving medical students a first-hand look at the challenges and opportunities of working in infectious diseases.
Minority Clinical Fellowship: This program enables underrepresented minority physicians to gain HIV experience and expertise in a clinical setting post-residency. The goal is to increase the number of African American and Latino physicians who have the expertise and the commitment to provide clinical care to HIV positive patients from minority communities.
National Network for Immunization Information: NNii provides up-to-date, science-based information on immunization to health professionals, the media, policy makers and the public. IDSA is a founding partner of NNii.
Board of Trustees
Thomas G. Slama, MD, FIDSA, Chair
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Upton D. Allen, MD, FIDSA, Vice Chair
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cynthia L. Sears, MD, FIDSA, Treasurer
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Kathryn M. Edwards, MD, FIDSA, Secretary
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
David A. Relman, MD, FIDSA
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
Barbara Murray, MD, FIDSA
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, TX
Stephen B. Calderwood, MD, FIDSA
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, FIDSA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Helen W. Boucher, MD, FIDSA
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
R. Michael Buckley, MD, FIDSA
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA
Michael L. Butera, MD
Pulmonary Medicine & Infectious Diseases Medical Group
San Diego, CA
Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH, FIDSA
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Carlos del Rio, MD, FIDSA
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Stanley C. Deresinski, MD, FIDSA
Stanford University School of Medicine
Redwood City, CA
Louis B. Rice, MD
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI
Mark A. Leasure, Chief Executive Officer
IDSA
Arlington, VA