Submissions are open for the 2025 ESCMID Global Art Gallery. The theme this year is Climate Change and Infection. Participants are automatically entered to win one of the incredible prizes offered, and all accepted pieces will be assembled into an art book to be published in January or February 2025.

Artists from around the globe are encouraged to submit their artwork until 31 December 2024.

Science & Research

The CAREer Grant supports members balancing scientific careers with family responsibilities (childcare) or unexpected situations (illness, caring for elderly parents, etc.). It provides financial assistance to hire qualified support personnel for members who need to reduce their workload or are already working part-time.

Deadline for applications is on 15 January 2025.

The Trainee Association of ESCMID (TAE) would like to invite you to the upcoming Virtual Roundtable, where you can meet experts in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology on specialised topics. Trainees and young scientists in CM/ID will be able to engage directly with experts of a variety of profiles to discuss career paths, networking opportunities and inspiration for personal development.

Registration opens 19 December 2024 at 12:00 noon CET and seats are given on a first come, first served basis. Don’t miss out!

Education

Dublin, Ireland's vibrant capital, will host the 23rd edition of the ESCMID Summer School. Don’t miss one of our most welcomed education highlights, featuring an experienced faculty board and a special section in the agenda dedicated to student presentations. Attendance Grant applications close on 31 December 2024, so don’t delay.

Congress & Events

ESCMID Global is extending the programme with a full day dedicated solely to education, featuring 6 separate tracks with a total of 30 sessions. In addition to the planned sessions within the halls, there is also a suite of special sessions designed for small group work and enhancing practical knowledge. The machine learning workshop is also returning backed by popular demand.

You can find the preliminary programme here.

Guidelines & Journals

The ESCMID Guidelines Subcommittee worked on revising and updating the “ESCMID manual for clinical practice guidelines and other guidance documents”. We invite all ESCMID members to review the new version of the manual and provide comments.

Find out on our website how to participate in the revision.

The topic of climate change can engender a ‘doom and gloom’ narrative, as many climate and health consequences are already manifesting. Our host, Dr. Navaneeth Narayanan is joined by two ID physicians passionate about climate change and sustainable clinical practice, Dr. Shreya Doshi (Washington DC, USA) and Dr. Laura Jung (Leipzig, Germany). Together they discuss new trends in infectious diseases observed in clinical practice as a direct consequence of climate change and offer ways for clinicians and hospitals to be more sustainable.

Comprised access to antibiotics - the growing problem of availability and responsible use

Gut colonisation with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae in vegetarians: A systematic review and meta-analysis