Committee / Office Bearers
Executive Committee
Prof. Christopher Fairley
Role: President | Start Date: 2025
Address: Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia
Contact: president@iusti.org
Prof. Patricia J. Garcia
Role: President-Elect | Start Date: 2025
Address: School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
Contact: president-elect@iusti.org
Dr. Jackie Sherrard
Role: Secretary General | Start Date: 2023
Address: Department of Sexual Health, Wycombe General Hospital, High Wycombe, UK
Contact: secretary@iusti.org
Prof. Jonathan Ross
Role: Newsletter Editor | Start Date: 2017
Address: Whittall Street Clinic, Whittall Street, Birmingham, UK
Dr. Andy Winter
Role: Treasurer | Start Date: 2025
Address: Sandyford Sexual Health Services, 2-6 Sandyford Place, Glasgow, G3 7NB
Contact: treasurer@iusti.org
Dr. Jason Ong
Role: Membership Secretary | Start Date: 2023
Address: Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia
Contact: membership@iusti.org
Prof. Jo-Anne Dillon
Role: Immediate Past President | Start Date: 2025
Address: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan 120 Veterinary Road Saskatoon, Canada
Dr. Phyu Mon Latt
Role: Web Master | Start Date: 2025
Address: Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia
Contact: webmaster@iusti.org
Asst. Prof. Karen Lithgow
Role: Education Director | Start Date: 2025
Address: University of Victoria, Petch Bldg Room 207, Victoria BC Canada
Asst. Prof. Rayner Kay Jin Tan
Role: Communications Director | Start Date: 2025
Address: Dalhousie University, Canada
Trustees of IUSTI World 2025-2026
Dr. Andy Winter
Start Date: 31 July 2025
Dr. Jackie Sherrard
Start Date: 15 July 2019
Prof. Christopher Fairley
Start Date: 27 July 2023
Prof. Jo-Anne Dillon
Start Date: 15 July 2019
Office Bearers
Regional Directors
Name | Region | Address | Start Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Sara Lowe | Africa-MENA | Harare, Zimbabwe | 2025 |
| Prof Pingyu Zhou | Asia Pacific | Department of Sexually Transmitted Disease Institute, Shanghai, China | 2021 |
| Dr. Claudia Heller | Europe | Lainzer Straße 58, Vienna, Austria | 2021 |
| Dr. Angelica Espinosa Miranda | Latin America & Caribbean | Núcleo de Doenças infecciosas – UFES, Maruípe, Vitória - ES, Brazil | 2023 |
| Prof. Caroline Cameron | North America | University of Victoria, Petch Bldg Room 207, Victoria BC Canada | 2024 |
Regional Committee Chairs
Name | Region | Address | Start Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof Laith Abu-Raddad | Africa-MENA | Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar | 2025 |
| Dr Catherine O'Connor | Asia Pacific | The Kirby Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 2025 |
| Prof. George Sorin Tiplica | Europe | Dermatology 2, Colentina Clinical Hospital, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania | 2021 |
| Prof. Maria Luiza Bazzo | Latin America & Caribbean | Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Serology Laboratory - LBMMS, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil | 2025 |
| Prof Julie Dombrowski | North America | Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA | 2025 |
Elected Members
Africa-MENA
Dr. Amina Hansali
Start Date: 2025 | Address: STIs Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Rabat, Morocco
Dr. Mandisa Mdingi
Start Date: 2025 | Address: South Africa
Dr. Hicham Oumzil
Start Date: 2025 | Address: Morocco
Asia Pacific
Dr. Gilbert Yang
Start Date: 2023 | Address: Manilla Philippines
Prof. Seema Sood
Start Date: 2021 | Address: Al India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India
Prof. Ligang Yang
Start Date: 2021 | Address: Department of STD Clinic, Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510091, China.
Europe
Dr. Henry de Vries
Start Date: 2021 | Address: Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity (AI-II), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dr. Jorgen S Jensen
Start Date: 2019 | Address: Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. Georg Stary
Start Date: 2025 | Address: Vienna, Austria
Latin America & Caribbean
Dr. Carlos Rios
Start Date: 2025 | Address: Paraguay
Dr. Ana Laura Arias
Start Date: 2025 | Address: Argentina
Dr. Pamela Gaspar
Start Date: 2025 | Address: Brazil
North America
Prof. Barbara Van Der Pol
Start Date: 2021 | Address: Dept of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
Prof. Susan Tuddenham
Start Date: 2025 | Address: Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA
Prof. Vanessa Allen
Start Date: 2025 | Address: Sinai Health, Toronta, Canada
Officers
Name | Role | Address | Start Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Christopher Fairley | President | Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia | 2025 |
| Prof. Patricia Garcia | President-elect | School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru | 2025 |
| Dr. Jackie Sherrard | Secretary General | Department of Sexual Health, Wycombe General Hospital, High Wycombe, UK | 2023 |
| Dr. Andy Winter | Treasurer | Sandyford Sexual Health Services, 2-6 Sandyford Place, Glasgow, G3 7NB | 2025 |
| Prof. Jonathan Ross | Newsletter editor co-opted | Whittall Street Clinic, Whittall Street, Birmingham, UK | 2017 |
| Dr. Jason Ong | Membership Secretary | Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia | 2023 |
| Prof. Jo-Anne Dillon | Immediate Past President | Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan 120 Veterinary Road Saskatoon, Canada | 2025 |
| Dr. Phyu Mon Latt | Webmaster co-opted | Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia | 2025 |
Strategic Advisers
Name | Role | Address | Start Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Bradley Stoner | Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences , Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada | 2024 | |
| 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 | 2023 | |
| Prof. Thomas Quinn | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, MD, USA | 2007 | |
| Sevgi Aral | Division of STD Prevention, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA | 2009 | |
| Prof. Angelika Stary | International League of Dermatological Societies | Ambulatorium für Pilzinfektionen und andere Infektiose, Venero-dermatologische, Erkrankungen Franz Jonas, Vienna, Austria | 2011 |
| Prof. Jonathan Ross | Whittall Street Clinic, Whittall Street, Birmingham, UK | 2025 | |
| Prof. Patricia J Garcia | School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru | 2015 | |
| Dr. Raj Patel | Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Southampton University Hospitals, Southampton UK | 2017 | |
| Prof. David Lewis | Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Parramatta NSW, Australia | 2019 | |
| Dr. Janet Wilson | Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds, UK | 2025 | |
| Dr. Frances Ndowa | Harare, Zimbabwe | 2025 |
Ex-Officio Members
Dr. Remco Peters
Role: WHO Medical Officer Responsible for STD
Address: Department of Reproductive Health & Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Ms. Monica Dias
Address: Cross-Cutting Lead, Department for HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis and STIs, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Prof. Eric Chow
Role:Monash University, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Victoria, Australia
Address: 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 Professor | Dalhousie University | Canada | 2023 |
| Jørgen Jensen, MD PhD DMedSci | Consultant Physician | Statens Serum Institut | 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 |