Join an ISTM Committee

It is both an opportunity and a responsibility to sit on an ISTM committee. Please read the list and consider joining one. Below is a list of ISTM committees.

What are the benefits of being on an ISTM committee? Being a committee member means you will have the opportunity to:

• Contribute your ideas Influence the ISTM agenda
• Make a difference in your field of interest
• Create for yourself learning opportunities, networking, committee work and lobbying work
• Enhance your career by developing your knowledge and your leadership in your field of interest

What does being on an ISTM committee involve? As a committee member you will be expected to:

• Attend meetings as often as possible. This is usually every other year during the ISTM conference.
• Regularly communicate via e-mail.
• Participate in committee initiatives, sometimes as part of a working group
• Link with other ISTM committees
• Help contribute to NewsShare
• Take on responsibility within the committee

How are the committees run? Each committee comprises an uneven number of members, usually around 11, including a Chair, and possible co-chair. Ideally they should have a good geographical spread of members, so we'd particularly like to encourage members from host countries to nominate themselves.

Please contact the relevant committee Chair for information.

Electronic Communications (Chair, David Freedman)
dfreedman@geomed.dom.uab.edu

Health of Migrants and Refugees (Chair, Brian Gushulak)
brian.gushulak@sympatico.ca

Host Countries (Chair, Santanu Chatterjee)
sanchat@vsnl.com

Industry Liaison (Chair, Robert Steffen)
roste@ifspm.unizh.ch

Long Range Planning (Chair, Charles Ericsson)
Charles.d.ericsson@uth.tmc.edu

Membership (Chair, Albie de Frey)
albiedf@global.co.za

NewsShare and Webpage
travhealth@AOL.com (Editor, Karl Neumann)

Professional Education and Training (Chair, Eli Schwartz)
elischwa@post.tau.ac.il

Practice and Nursing Issues (Chairs, Fiona Genasi, Rebecca Acosta)
Fiona.Genasi@scieh.csa.scot.nhs.uk
rwacosta@travelersmedical.com

Research (Chair, Pat Schlagenhauf)
pat@ifspm.unizh.ch

Travel Industry and Public Education (Chair, Brad Connor)
bconnor@pol.net .

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