Why Join IDSA?
Education and Information
- Subscriptions to IDSA's two scholarly journals, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Discounts at IDWeek, which features the latest science and bench-to-bedside approaches in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and epidemiology of infectious diseases, including HIV, across the lifespan
- IDSA News and other resources provide timely information about emerging infectious diseases, controversies in immunizations, and other current issues.
- Access to ID-specific billing and coding resources
Professional Development and Research Opportunities
- The annual Society Awards honor individuals for outstanding contributions to research, teaching, and patient care.
- The ID/HIV Career Center is your link to professional opportunities across the country.
- The annual Fellows Meeting offers career strategies in clinical practice.
- IDSA's Emerging Infections Network is a sentinel network of infectious diseases consultants who report on unusual cases and phenomena encountered in their practices.
- The HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) of IDSA represents both ID and non-ID physicians and other health care professionals involved in HIV/AIDS.
Advocacy and Representation
- Recognizing the urgency of antimicrobial resistance, and working to foster research and development of new antimicrobials
- Promoting the value of ID consultative services to patients and health care systems and advocating for increased coverage and reimbursement for ID services
- Strong supporter of federal funding for biomedical research, and the adoption of science-based policies.
- Affiliated state and regional societies provide forums to address infectious diseases issues at the local level.