The 23rd edition of the ESCMID Summer School is now closed and was a resounding success. We welcomed 89 students and 40 faculty to the wonderfully historic city of Dublin, Ireland to connect and learn from each other.

Through lectures, workshops and special student presentations participants explored the different facets of infectious diseases while also working on their own professional development. Visits to four major healthcare institutions in Dublin were a highlight of the week offering unique learning opportunities and hands-on experience. Thank you to our students, faculty, hosts and everyone who helped make the event so successful.

We look forward to seeing you next year in Budapest, Hungary for the 24th ESCMID Summer School.

Science and Research

Applications for both individual and study group research grants are currently open. Individual research grants support early career researchers by providing an important start in their research funding journey. The theme this year is bacterial infections and diseases.

Study Group research grants provide additional funding for projects organised by our ESCMID Study Groups. These working groups cover a range of themes and topics and membership is free for all ESCMID members. The deadline for Study Group research grant applications is closing next week on 16 July. 

The second edition of the Global Health Resilience campaign from Mediaplanet launched last week and once again the ESCMID AMR Action Subcommittee was a proud partner discussing the importance of AMR. In this second article Holger Rohde and Chantal Morel focus on the need to bolster overall health systems over addressing individual issues. Reforms to our health systems are essential to create the systemic change needed to beat AMR on a global scale. Read the full article on their website.

Education

This dynamic three-day interactive program is designed for infectious disease and clinical microbiology professionals, public health practitioners, and researchers worldwide. With a focus on the latest outbreaks, antimicrobial resistance, and the One Health approach, the course delivers cutting-edge insights into the drivers, detection, and control of emerging pathogens. Participants will gain practical tools and critical knowledge to enhance surveillance, response, and collaboration in an increasingly interconnected world.

Registrations are open until 15 July!

Are you an early-career investigator looking to sharpen your skills in the infectious diseases or clinical microbiology field? Then join the Ecraid and ESCMID postgraduate course on “Better methods for clinical studies in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology”. Participants will gain knowledge on how to phrase a research question, choose the appropriate design and methods to address it, avoid biases, and write an optimal report. The course will focus on new developments in methods, with a special emphasis on clinical trials, and use the participants’ projects as examples.

Congress and Events

The 6th Conference on Vaccines is coming up soon in September in Lisbon, Portugal and we are excited to share some of the highlights of the programme with you. Jamie Lopez Bernal will be delivering a keynote lecture focused on the impact of vaccines on viral respiratory illnesses including COVID-19. The overall programme will explore vaccines from development to real-world application so if you’re interested at all in vaccines, then you won’t want to miss this event.

New updates to the ESCMID Bylaws have been published

New Epi Alert - 08 July 2025

Yellow fever in South America in 2025: a concerning increase, but a true resurgence?

Standing on the Shoulders of Imperfect Humans: Adjunctive Therapy for Enterococcus faecalis Infective Endocarditis

Ecraid panel discussion on adaptive trials: from theory to practice - 10 July 2025

The European Medicines has published a Direct Healthcare Professionals Communication (DHPC) on Ixchiq (Chikungunya vaccine (live)): new contraindication in patients aged 65 years and older while EU-wide review is ongoing