The Research and Awards Committee

Current Members

• Committee:
  • Chair: David Hamer, United States of America
  • Co-Chair, Martin Grobusch, Germany
  • Chair, Travel Awards Subcommittee: Assunta Marcolongo, Canada
  • Elizabeth Barnett, United States of America
  • Karl Hess, United States of America
  • Emily Jentes, United States of America
  • Karin Leder, Australia
  • Anne McCarthy, Canada
  • Susan L.F. McLellan, United States of America
  • Mark Riddle, United States of America
  • Patricia Schlagenhauf, Switzerland
  • Adrienne Willcox, United Kingdom

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Charter

• Advertise, solicit, and review applications in order to award annual Research grants.
• Advertise, solicit, and review applications in order to award biennial CISTM travel grants to developing world nationals for outstanding research abstracts.
• Track and report on the outcomes of both the research and travel grants.

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Main Achievements

In September of 2011, ISTM Board of Directors renamed the ‘Travel Awards’ to the ‘Susan L. Stokes Travel Awards’ in honor of Susan’s selfless years of volunteer service. She was instrumental in the conception and early years of ISTM, working ceaselessly to ensure that the Society would be strong and operationally sound. Those wishing to read more about Susan can click here.

The committee provides moderate grants (USD 5,000 – USD 10,000 maximum) through a peer-reviewed comprehensive process. These grants are designed to stimulate travel medicine research by supporting comprehensive research projects or, for larger projects, providing support for pilot studies to enable researchers to collect data/test hypotheses so that they can then apply to other agencies for more substantive research grants.

Award recipients are expected to provide updates to the committee chair every 6 months. The research project should be completed within 2 years of money receipt, and published within one year of project completion. All awardees are expected to present their data to the scientific community, and are encouraged to publish their findings in the Journal of Travel Medicine.

ISTM Members can find more information about and apply for a grant here.