About IDSA

Who We Are Our Core Vaules Benefits of Membership Education and Information Professional Development and Research Opportunities Advocacy and Representation

Who We Are

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) represents physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who specialize in infectious diseases. IDSA’s purpose is to improve the health of individuals, communities, and society by promoting excellence in patient care, education, research, public health, and prevention relating to infectious diseases.

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Our Core Values

• Enhancing care of children and adults based on sound scientific evidence
  
• Advancing the discipline of infectious diseases as a foundation of medicine and public health
  
• Promoting and sharing knowledge to reduce human and societal toll from infectious diseases
  
• Advocating for sound and humane public policy
  
• Promoting collaboration and cooperation among, and services for, members and other professional colleagues

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Benefits of Membership

Education and Information

• Included in your IDSA membership dues are subscriptions to IDSA’s two scholarly journals, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Infectious Diseases.
  
• IDSA membership entitles you to discounts at IDSA’s Annual Meeting, where colleagues present the latest scientific research.
  
• Throughout the year, IDSA offers special conferences and CME activities on important issues such as rapid diagnostics, bioterrorism and medical errors.
  
• Practice guidelines and links to other ID resources are at your fingertips on IDSA’s website, www.idsociety.org.
  
• IDSA News, ID News Services, and other resources provide timely information about emerging infectious diseases, controversies in immunizations and other current issues.

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Professional Development and Research Opportunities

• Through our Postdoctoral Fellowships and Young Investigator Awards, sponsored by the IDSA Research and Education Foundation, IDSA fosters research in infectious diseases.
  
• The Annual Society Awards honor individuals for outstanding contributions to research, teaching and patient care.
  
• The Society promotes the recruitment, training and retention of talented physicians to the field of infectious diseases.
  
• IDSA’s internet-based 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 of IDSA represents physicians and other health care professionals involved in HIV/AIDS. It promotes research, education, quality care and prevention of HIV and provides a forum in which professionals from various disciplines can share their experience and expertise.

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Advocacy and Representation

• Recognizing the urgency of antimicrobial resistance, IDSA is working to optimize and document the appropriate use of antimicrobials.
  
• Key objectives are promoting the value of ID consultative services to patients and health care systems and advocating for increased coverage and reimbursement for ID services.
  
• IDSA is a strong supporter of federal funding for biomedical research and the adoption of science-based government policies on immunization, infection control and other areas related to infectious diseases.
  
• The Society’s public policy agenda includes quality microbiology, bioterorrism defense, HIV care and food safety.
  
• IDSA is a founding partner in the National Network for Immunization Information (NNii), which provides the public, health professionals, policymakers and the media with up-to-date, scientifically valid information about vaccines and immunizations.
  
• The HIV Medicine Association supports clinicians in overcoming the challenges inherent in providing high quality health care to patients living with HIV disease, and advocates for policies that ensure a comprehensive and humane response to the AIDS pandemic informed by science and social justice.
  
• Affiliated state and regional societies provide forums to address infectious diseases issues at the local level.

There are many benefits of IDSA membership. 
Join today!

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