EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Role | Start date | Name | Address | Contact |
President | 2025 | Prof. Christopher Fairley | Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia | |
President - Elect | 2025 | Prof. Patricia J Garcia | School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru | |
Secretary General | 2023 | Dr. Jackie Sherrard | Department of Sexual Health, Wycombe General Hospital, High Wycombe, UK | |
Newsletter Editor | 2017 | Prof. Jonathan Ross | Whittall Street Clinic, Whittall Street, Birmingham, UK | |
Treasurer | 2025 | Dr Andy Winter | Sandyford Sexual Health Services, 2-6 Sandyford Place, Glasgow, G3 7NB | |
Membership Secretary | 2023 | Dr Jason Ong | Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia | |
Immediate Past President | 2025 | Prof. Jo-Anne Dillon | Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan 120 Veterinary Road Saskatoon, Canada | |
Web-master | 2025 | Dr. Phyu Mon Latt | Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia |
Trustees of IUSTI World 2023-2024
Name | Date of appointment |
Prof Jonathan Ross | 10 July 2017 |
Dr Jackie Sherrard | 15 July 2019 |
Prof Christopher Fairley | 27 July 2023 |
Prof Jo-Anne Dillon | 15 July 2019 |
Dr Janet Wilson | 1 August 2013 |
Office BEARERS
Region | Start date | Name | Address | Other Role |
REGIONAL DIRECTORS | ||||
Africa-MENA | 2025 | Dr. Sara Lowe | Harare, Zimbabwe | |
Asia Pacific | 2021 | Prof Pingyu Zhou | Department of Sexually Transmitted Disease Institute, Shanghai, China | |
Europe | 2021 | Dr. Claudia Heller | Lainzer Straße 58, Vienna, Austria | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2023 | Dr. Angelica Espinosa Miranda | Núcleo de Doenças infecciosas – UFES, Maruípe, Vitória - ES, Brazil | |
North America | 2024 | Prof. Caroline Cameron | University of Victoria, Petch Bldg Room 207, Victoria BC Canada | |
REGIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS | ||||
Africa- MENA | 2025 | Prof Laith Abu-Raddad | Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar | |
Asia Pacific | 2025 | Dr Catherine O'Connor | The Kirby Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia | |
Europe | 2021 | Prof. George Sorin Tiplica | Dermatology 2, Colentina Clinical Hospital, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania | |
Latin America & Caribbean - co-opted | 2025 | Prof. Maria Luiza Bazzo | Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Serology Laboratory - LBMMS, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
North America | 2023 | Prof Abigail Norris Turner | N 1144 Doan Hall | |
COMMS ROLE | ||||
Scholarship | 2024 | Caroline Cameron | ||
Communications | 2024 | Ina Park | ||
ELECTED MEMBERS | ||||
Africa-MENA | 2025 | Dr Amina Hansali | STIs Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Rabat, Morocco | |
Africa-MENA | 2025 | Dr Mandisa Mdingi | South Africa | |
Africa-MENA | 2025 | Dr Hicham Oumzil | Morocco | |
Asia Pacific | 2023 | Dr Gilbert Yang | Manila, Philippines | |
Asia Pacific | 2021 | Prof Seema Sood | Al India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India | |
Asia Pacific | 2021 | Prof Ligang Yang | Department of STD Clinic, Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510091, China. | |
Europe | 2021 | Prof. Henry de Vries | Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity (AI-II), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
Europe | 2019 | Dr. Jorgen S Jensen | Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Europe | 2025 | Prof Georg Stary | Vienna, Austria | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2025 | Dr Carlos Rios | Paraguay | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2025 | Dr. Ana Laura Arias | Argentina | |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2025 | Dr. Pamela Gaspar | Brazil | |
North America | 2021 | Prof Barbara Van Der Pol | Dept of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA | |
North America | 2025 | Prof Susan Tuddenham | Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA | |
North America | 2025 | Prof Vanessa Allen | Sinai Health, Toronta, Canada | |
OFFICERS | ||||
2025 | Prof. Christopher Fairley | Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia | President | |
2025 | Prof Patricia Garcia | School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru | President - elect | |
2023 | Dr. Jackie Sherrard | Department of Sexual Health, Wycombe General Hospital, High Wycombe, UK | Secretary General | |
2025 | Dr Andy Winter | Sandyford Sexual Health Services, 2-6 Sandyford Place, Glasgow, G3 7NB | Treasurer | |
2017 | Prof Jonathan Ross | Whittall Street Clinic, Whittall Street, Birmingham, UK | Newsletter editor co-opted | |
2023 | Dr. Jason Ong | Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia | Membership secretary | |
2025 | Prof Jo-Anne Dillon | Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan 120 Veterinary Road Saskatoon, Canada | Immediate Past President | |
2025 | Dr Phyu Mon Latt | Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia | Webmaster co-opted | |
STRATEGIC ADVISERS | ||||
2024 | Prof. Bradley Stoner | Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences , Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada | ||
2023 | Prof Charlotte Gaydos | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA | ||
2023 | Dr Kees Rietmeijer | Denver, Colorado, USA | ||
2023 | Dr Adele Benzaken | AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Manaus, Brazil | ||
2007 | Prof Thomas Quinn | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, MD, USA | ||
2009 | Sevgi Aral | Division of STD Prevention, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA | ||
2011 | Prof Angelika Stary | Ambulatorium für Pilzinfektionen und andere Infektiose, Venero-dermatologische, Erkrankungen Franz Jonas, Vienna, Austria | International League of Dermatological Societies | |
2025 | Prof Jonathan Ross | Whittall Street Clinic, Whittall Street, Birmingham, UK | ||
2015 | Prof Patricia J Garcia | School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru | ||
2017 | Dr. Raj Patel | Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Southampton University Hospitals, Southampton UK | ||
2019 | Prof David Lewis | Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Parramatta NSW, Australia | ||
2025 2025 | Dr Janet Wilson Dr Frances Ndowa | Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds, UK Harare, Zimbabwe | ||
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS | ||||
Dr Remco Peters | Department of Reproductive Health & Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland | WHO Medical Officer Responsible for STD | ||
Dr. Ismael Maatouk | Department of Reproductive Health & Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland | WHO Medical Officer Responsible for STD | ||
Prof Eric Chow | Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia | repesentative of ISSTDR | ||
Scholarship Committee
Name | Title | Institution | Country | Year Joined |
Charlotte Gaydos, DrPH MPH | Professor Emerita | Johns Hopkins | USA | 2023 |
Sumudu R Perera, PhD | Research Scientist | MicrobeDx | Canada | 2023 |
Kees Rietmeijer, MD PhD | Professor Emeritus | Colorado School of Public Health | USA | 2023 |
Kaushal Verma, MD FIMSA | Professor | All India Institute of Medical Sciences | India | 2023 |
Karen Lithgow, PhD (co-chair) | Assistant | Dalhousie University | Canada | 2023 |
Jørgen Jensen, MD PhD DMedSci | Consultant Physician | Statens Serum Institut | Denmark | 2023 |
Erica Plummer, PhD | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Melbourne Sexual Health Centre | Australia | 2024 |
Caroline Cameron, PhD (co-chair) | Professor | University of Victoria | Canada | 2023 |
Angelica Espinosa Miranda, MD PhD MSc | Professor | Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo | Brazil | 2024 |
Alison Footman, PhD MPH | Senior Program Manager of STIs | Advocacy and Action for Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention (AVAC) | USA | 2024 |
Abigail Norris Turner, PhD | Professor | ASTDA/Ohio State University | USA | 2023 |