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December 2023

president’s message
Medicine, represented by its Dean,
Dr. Jennifer Sisson, and College
President, Professor Colleen Lau, wasa bittersweet moment for us all, but
we were comforted in knowing thatPeter was instrumental in bringing
us together and that he would share
our optimism about the future of thisexciting partnership.

Prof. Gerard Flaherty, MD, PhD
ISTM PresidentD

ear ISTM members,

We continue to mourn theloss of our beloved friend andcolleague, Professor Peter Adrian
Leggat, the first ISTM President todie in office. Traveling to Brisbane,where Peter grew up, and spendingtime with his family and many friends
from Australia and New Zealand, wasimportant as a mark of respect onbehalf of our members. The beautiful
eulogy delivered by Major General
Professor John Pearn of QueenslandChildren’s Hospital, one of Peter’s
former teachers, captured the essenceof an extraordinary intellect, a man
devoted to service and learning acrossso many domains, a gentleman who“never had a bad word to say aboutanyone”. We learned that Peter loved
gadgets and how poignant a moment
it was for his family when his faithfulhouse-cleaning robot, still doing its
duty, was finally switched off. I thankPeter’s family and friends for their
hospitality, for allowing Mike Jones and
I to share in their grief and to reflect,
not just on this huge loss, but also
on the many happy memories of ourtimes with Peter. Our recent signingof a memorandum of understanding
with the Faculty of Travel Medicine of
the Australasian College of Tropical2

Travel Medicine NewsOn a personal level, I miss Peter as afriend and confidant. He was always
great company, and his sense ofhumor was both subtle and intelligent.
I loved how he would respond to amessage with his immortal words,“Copy that!” He cared deeply about
ISTM, and I was greatly privileged
to witness up close his loyal andprofessional service as bothSecretary-Treasurer and President.
Peter was a natural born leader andmentor. He not only brought people
together; he always strove to bringout the best in people. He was alsoso respectful and gentle toward
others. As I said in my native Gaelic at
Peter’s wake in Brisbane, beautifully
conducted by his close friend andcolleague, Professor Richard Franklin,“ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann” (hislikes will never be seen again). Peter’s
longtime friend, Marc Shaw, kindly
agreed to write an obituary at theinvitation of Journal of Travel Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, Annelies Wilder-Smith,and I commend Marc’s heartfelt
reflections to you all.
Our Executive Board (EB) has beenvery busy during the first quarter of
its two-year term. In all, the Board
has discussed and voted on some 50
separate motions covering all aspectsof ISTM operations. Salim Parker has
settled in well to his role as a co-opted
voting officer on the Board. Anne
McCarthy is doing a fine job as chairof a working group (with Christina
Coyle, Hilmir Asgeirsson, Mike Jones,and LaVelle Johnson) tasked withrevising the ISTM bylaws and policies
and procedures documents. The group

has also finalized a code of conduct
for ISTM staff and volunteers which weare happy to share with our membersin this newsletter. They are currently
consulting Leadership Council witha proposed revision to our Society’s
vision and mission statements
and we are also contemplating aseparate values statement. I thankour hardworking Secretariat, led byInterim Executive Director, Whitney
Alexander, for all your support during
the first quarter of this EB term. The
performance review system which I
will introduce in early 2024 will, I hope,allow every ISTM employee to achieve
his/her potential and will also enable
the Society to recognize and reward
excellence and a commitment to thehighest standards.
There are seven voting officers on the
Executive Board. We are discussing
the merits of expanding the Board
to include an additional two officers.
I will provide an update when ourdeliberations have concluded, and avote has been taken on the matter.
We are also making progress towards
establishing a new ISTM professionalgroup but more on that after the
Board has voted on the motion atits December meeting. I am gratefulto Christina Coyle for leading thecharge in creating a Clinical Tropical
Medicine Interest Group. Alreadyshe has assembled a distinguishedcast of founding members, and welook forward to approving this groupand its Council members and chartersoon. On behalf of the Executive
Board, I send warm congratulations
to our dear colleague and friend,
Professor Eli Schwartz, who wasrecently recognized as a DistinguishedInternational Fellow of the American
Society of Tropical Medicine andHygiene at its annual meeting in
Chicago. We are delighted that Eli
will play a leading role in our nascentInterest Group.

Our website launch in early December
was a great success, and I would liketo salute the hard work of our Website
Task Force, led by Rebecca Acosta,
Digital Communications Committee(DCC), chaired by Sarah McGuinness,and our Secretariat in working closelywith our platform and design partners
to achieve this milestone. Our fresh
new website will be a one-stop shop
for all ISTM-related information and wehope you will be pleased with its new
appearance, functionality, and layout.
Our new website subcommittee,
part of the DCC, will work with theSecretariat in ensuring that our
website remains current and relevant
to our members’ needs and those of
the general public. I salute the work ofprevious Executive Boards in bringing
us to this happy position.
Our search for a successor toMike Jones as Secretary-Treasurer(S-T) is afoot and you will have seen
the emailed calls to our general
membership for expressions ofinterest. This is a demanding but very
fulfilling role that puts the officer at theheart of ISTM operations. It carries
an honorarium and some overseas
travel requirements. Ideally, the STelect would benefit from at least ayear shadowing the incumbent in thisposition, but the S-T search committeethat I chair will take its time to identify
the most suitable candidate(s) for therole. Please email me at President@
ISTM.org if you would like to discuss
your interest in the position.
Rebecca Acosta chairs our Executive
Director search committee which is
working on refining the competencies
framework for the post and identifying
suitable commercial search firms
to assist it in its task of identifying
high caliber external candidates. Ourcurrent Secretariat will be encouraged
to put themselves forward forconsideration as internal candidates
once we have reached the application
stage. We are delighted that ourFinance Controller, Jaclyn Simon, a
trained chartered public accountant,
has agreed to dedicate more of her
professional time as an employee of
ISTM. Included in her additional duties
will be support of the Development
and Planning Committee (DPC),

chaired by Lin Chen. We are placing
a greater focus on sponsorship
activities ahead of CISTM19 as partof our efforts to avoid the financial
difficulties arising from the otherwise
highly successful CISTM18 in Basel.
Properly managed, sponsorshipincome should cover most if not all thecosts of staging a medical conference
and that is certainly our ambition
for New Orleans. I am grateful toMike Jones for his forensic analysis
in this newsletter and to several of
our committees of the factors which
contributed to the poor financial
outcome at CISTM18. As Chair of the
CISTM19 Oversight Committee,
I will be scrutinizing all aspects of the
management of our next conference.
I have waived my entitlement as
President to use business classtravel for intercontinental flights. The
year 2024 will see two international
trips (CISTM19 SPC/LOC meetings/
Leadership Council meeting site
visits, and Executive Board meeting)combined into a single trip, withconsiderable savings realized bybooking flights much earlier thanusual and not leaving the city of New
Orleans. I am grateful to Sheena
Vollmer, our events and meetings
specialist, for her assistance in getting
the best possible value for money for
ISTM. I have appointed Sheena and
Jaclyn as ex-officio members of theOversight Committee. I am gratefulto Mike Jones for making every effort
to recoup some of the hefty losses
realized at CISTM18. Mike wasinvolved in our decision to engage the
Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleansas our conference venue for CISTM19
and already the cost savings yielded
have justified that selection.
The Journal of Travel Medicine (JTM)
has had another very successful year
under the skilfull editorial leadershipof Annelies Wilder-Smith. Its impact
factor of 25.7 ranks it 4th of 96
journals in the Infectious Diseases
category, 9th of 167 journals in the
Medicine, General and Internal
category, and 5th of 207 in the Public,
Environmental and Occupational
Health category (Source: 2022
Clarivate Journal Citation Reports).
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I join Annelies in thanking all theauthors, reviewers, Associate andSection Editors who collectively help tomake our journal such an astounding
success.
Our Professional Education
Committee (PEC), ably led by Yen
Bui, has been busy organizing anddelivering our webinar program. Our
recent webinar on arbovirus infections,moderated by Annelies Wilder-Smith,
was a great success. I am grateful to
Valneva for their unrestricted supportof this educational event. I am also
very thankful to the DPC for securingsponsorship for our webinar programand our very popular Travel Medicine
Review and Update Course, which
will take place 23-24 February 2024.
Sheila Mackell and her course faculty
are busy preparing for this flagshipeducational event in our annual
calendar. Thank you to those whohave agreed to teach on the course
and/or moderate the discussions. I
have had early discussions with PEC
about the possibility of developing
a second TMRUC at a more
foundational level to meet the learningneeds of our wider membership.
Our online, proctored Certificate inTravel Health (CTH) examination is
being offered in January/February
2024, and places are filling up fast.
Our Examination Committee, with
Pierre Landry at its helm, continue
to do stellar work in preparing
examination questions which assess
the ISTM Body of Knowledge. Lookout for announcements of later
examination sittings in 2024. Requests
for corporeal examinations will beconsidered on a case-by-case basis
and where the candidate demand for
an in-person CTH exam would predicta financial surplus for ISTM.
I greatly enjoyed attending the Annual
Site Directors meeting of GeoSentinelin Munzingen, Germany just prior to
CISTM18. The Network continues
to make impressive strides towards
expanding its research activity. A
collaboration on artificial intelligencewith mathematical data scientists inEindhoven, The Netherlands, is an
example of the innovative approaches
being taken. In a challenging externalfunding environment, the partnership4

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between ISTM and GeoSentinel
has never been more important. I
thank the GeoSentinel leadershipteam and all its site directors for theircommitment to the Network’s researchand surveillance activities. Thank you
to the GeoSentinel Foundation for its
valued support throughout the past
year. I also extend special thanks to
Kristina Angelo for her outstanding
service to GeoSentinel. Kristina hasachieved promotion within CDC
and I wish her every success in her
new role. I am delighted that she
will continue to serve ISTM as an
Associate Editor with JTM and as
an Associate Chair on the SPC for
CISTM19.
ISTM will support several key regional
travel medicine conferences in 2024. I
have been invited to deliver a keynote
address on the health benefits oftravel at the NECTM9 conference tobe held in the charming Danish cityof Copenhagen, 22-24 May 2024(https://mkon.nu/nectm9). ISTM is
funding four North America-based
speakers who will present at the 6th
SLAMVI Latin American Congress inTravel Medicine in Rio de Janeiro, 7-9
August 2024 (https://www.infectorio.
com.br/). ISTM, SLAMVI and SIERJ(the Rio Society for Infectious
Diseases) have recently signed an
MOU formalizing this support andthe conference’s designation as
the 8th Regional Conference of the
ISTM. ISTM will also have a strong
presence at the 14th Asia-PacificTravel Health Society conference in
Kathmandu, Nepal, 18-21 September
2024 (https://www.apthc2024.org/).
In addition, the Australasian Collegeof Tropical Medicine, of which I wasrecently proud to become a Fellow,
will host the 7th Annual Southern
Cross Travel Medicine Conferencein Brisbane, 27-29 September 2024.
I am very heartened to see suchhigh-quality educational opportunities
available to ISTM members aroundthe world. While we wait with eager
anticipation for CISTM19 in thewonderful city of New Orleans,Louisiana, 11-15 May 2025, there will
be much to be gained by attending
and presenting research at as many ofthese regional meetings as possible.

Please support them as much as you
can and spread the word about thedates and venues.
Finally, I would like to thank you ourmembers and dedicated volunteers
for your steadfast support of ISTM
through challenging times. With
our modern new website and our
new Membership Committee led by
Jenny Visser, I am confident that
we will be better able to serve yourneeds in 2024 and beyond. Having
promised you in Basel that it would
not be “business as usual” during
my presidential term, I fully intend
to deliver on my goals to achieve
unity within ISTM around its core
mission, promoting excellence andprofessionalism in all of its activities; tobuild a strong global ISTM community
dedicated to the dissemination ofknowledge of the health benefits andrisks of international travel; to use
every opportunity to grow as an
academic and clinical discipline and tocollaborate with entities outside travel
medicine. May I take this opportunity
to wish you and your families every
peace, love and joy this Holiday
Season.
Prof. Gerard Flaherty, MD, PhD
ISTM President

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEEDITOR’S NOTESECRETARY TREASURER’S REPORT2024 VIRTUAL TRAVEL MEDICINE REVIEW & UPDATE COURSE
NEWS FROM THE SECRETARIATA NOTE FROM PRESIDENT-ELECT ANNE MCCARTHY
CODE OF CONDUCTISTM GEOSENTINELWEBSITE TASK FORCEPROFESSIONAL GROUPSINTEREST GROUPSCOMMITTEESJOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINESPECIAL HONORSIN MEMORIAM: DON COOK
LEADERS OF THE ISTM

Nancy Pietroski, Travel Medicine News Editor-in-Chief
Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Travel Medicine News Associate Editor
Gerard Flaherty, ISTM President
Sandra Grieve, ISTM Publications Oversight Committee Chair
Whitney Alexander, Interim Executive Director
LaVelle Johnson, Acting Deputy Director
Brian McGowan, ISTM Designer
The International Society of Travel Medicine
E-mail: ISTM@ISTM.org
Phone: +1.404.373.8282 | Fax: +1.404.373.8283
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over everywhere.”That’s just still seemwelcome and good luck to Whitney
member of one of the aforementioned
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are new vaccines for anthrax,
hurricanes,
cyclones,
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Alexander (and other ISTM staff, seegroups, please mark your calendars
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Buddhism’s core tenet of compassion,
Nancy Pietroski,
which he delivers especially for
Editor-in-Chief, Travel Medicine News
challenged healthcare providers. I’ll
mention another terrific book that
I took off my shelf and am currently
rereading: “Travel Medicine: Tales
Behind the Science.” If you are a
travel medicine provider, I recommend
it as required reading. Publishedin 2007 and comprised of essays
from 36 of the Who’s Who of Travel
Medicine (unfortunately some ofwhom are not with us anymore), it isW
TRegistration is now
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secretary treasurer’s
Mike Jones
Secretary-TreasurerIt is with great sadness that I write
this report following the tragic deathof our Immediate Past President
Prof Peter Leggat. Peter mentored
me as ST before he became President
Elect in 2019 and I knew him as akind, gracious, and quiet diplomat.
He combined these characteristics
with a wealth of experience in both
the Australian Armed Forces and at
James Cook University in Queensland.
He was my great colleague and goodfriend. I treasure his affirming email
in June of this year after he finished
his term as President, only a coupleof months before his final shortillness and death, and I am gratefulto the Finance Committee (FC) for
encouraging me to join Gerard,
representing ISTM at his funeral
where we were able to meet Pan, hiswife, and Bruce, his father. We alsolament the passing of Dawn Keough
who faithfully served ISTM over many
years as our website coordinator. She
died in mid-October, and we extend
our condolences to her family.
Switzerland is a beautiful, and wellgoverned country, held in special
affection by ISTM which was born
there at the first ever international
conference on travel medicine in
Zurich in 1988. It is however an
expensive country. Elizabeth and I
have loved skiing there for 25 years,
but we moderate costs by shoppingin Germany or France en route to
our timeshare, bring our own skis,
carry homemade refreshments
onto the slopes, and avoid eatingin restaurants. The financial costs
associated with CISTMs held in
Switzerland were first apparent when

we attended CISTM5 in Geneva in
1997. Elizabeth promptly moved fromthe conference hotel when we saw the
price of breakfast and returned to ourtimeshare!
In December 2019 the OversightCommittee visited three European
CISTM venues and of the three,
Basel was the clear front-runner. After
COVID-19 hit in 2020, two venues
were excluded by the EB, and Prof
Christoph Hatz and his colleagues
offered a wonderful LOC program andpersonal introduction to the Congress
Centre and a Professional Conference
Organizer (PCO). The first Scientific
Program Committee in February
2022 allowed us to visit the Congress
Centre and meet the PCO executives.
Each contract was in two parts, aflat initial fee, and a subsequentvariable fee to be presented after
the conference. The flat fees were inexcess of budget by a considerable
margin and were scrutinized by the
Finance Committee (FC). Our estimateof the variable fee element was basedon past CISTM’s and we hoped thata great attendance would enable us
to sustain a small positive margin.
I returned to Basel in July 2022 toreview hotels and the FC changed our
HQ hotel to the Hyperion which offered
more moderate costs.
Final invoices from both the PCO andCongress Centre for the variable fee
component were very substantiallygreater than we had predicted and I
was personally gutted. They delivereda great conference experience,in contrast to Washington DC,
where the venue provider seriously
underperformed. A substantial
reduction in fees moderated the ISTM
loss from USD $300,000 to $115,000.

Our final loss on the Basel conference
will be greater than the final settlement
for CISTM16 and marginally less thanthe deficit realized from the Rome
Migration Conference in 2018. We
are currently appealing the AV costs
which were very substantially beyond
our expectation. I immediately offered
my resignation to the President andEB, and at an EB meeting which I
requested and did not attend on 1st
November, the EB expressed fullconfidence in me in the role of ST.
We will do better with CISTM19 in
New Orleans. Jaclyn Simon, our
Accountant and Finance Controller,
Sheena Volmer, our Events Coordinator, and I have all independently
concluded that we need a simple cost
tracker versus budget spreadsheet
to be referenced and updated witheach cost decision. For CISTM16 in
Washington and other conferences,tracking was monitored by the
Executive Director.
 The oversight committee chairedby the President will change fromkeeping a traditional generalweather eye on costs to activeplanning, and meeting regularly.
 We will not use a PCO but will incursome costs from the New Orleans
Tourist Board.
 We will moderate other costs
wherever possible. The next EB
will take place in New Orleans inMarch on the back of the Scientific
Program Committee meeting andwill reduce EB travel costs.
Some rays of positive financial news
pierce the clouds. Firstly, I havenegotiated a two-year extension for
the CTH remote proctoring contract
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signed in late 2020 which included
a penalty for unused examination
slots. We are grateful to ProctorU forlistening to our appeal for clemency.
Secondly, it is highly likely that ISTM
will receive a further substantial grantfrom US Government COVID funds
to support employee retention. This
will constitute the final of three grants
since 2021 and our auditors expect
this to be credited by mid-2024.

When I took over as ST in May 2019,
I identified a loss of $500,000 on threesuccessive conferences over theprevious three years. I was determinedthat this would not happen again andam desperately disappointed that
CISTM18 demonstrated how difficult it
is to achieve income generating F2F
conferences. We are fortunate to befacing this challenge with adequate
reserves buoyed by a financiallysuccessful virtual CISTM in 2021. I
am confident that with stringent cost

tracking in place, a USA location
and a very competitive venue pricenegotiated by Sheena, we will achieve
this in 2025.
Mike Jones
Secretary-Treasurer

2024 ISTM VIRTUAL TRAVEL MEDICINE REVIEW & UPDATE COURSE

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he 2024 ISTM virtual Travel Medicine Review andUpdate course will be held February 23rd and 24th.
The organizing committee and I invite you to lookat our dynamic and interactive agenda, available
on the ISTM webpage. Topics for this year include
updates on vaccination, malaria, chemoprophylaxis, andtravelers’ diarrhea, along with sessions on dermatology,
rabies, and many other topics of interest to the travel
medicine practitioner. There will be ample time to interact
with faculty on the virtual platform.

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Travel Medicine NewsWe invite interested members and nonmembers to sign
up for notification of the opening of registration.
We look forward to a rewarding
educational experience for all and lookforward to seeing you.
Sincerely,
Sheila Mackell, MD
Course Director

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am writing to you now as I fly over the
clouds somewhere between Memphis,
Tennessee and New York, New Yorkon my way to my home in South
Carolina.

2023 has been a difficult, often turbulent,challenging and demanding year,
requiring our team, both leadership andstaff to harness courage, faith, hope andlove. I would like to take this opportunity
to applaud each one of them. They havepersevered, rolled up their sleeves,
hustled and are the reason why ISTM isable to achieve great things.
The end of Jodi Metzgar’s contract at
the end of 2022 posed an exceedingly
difficult transition. With the support ofPeter Leggat, and the whole Executive
Board, the Secretariat team engaged
the services of Transformational Coach,Jennifer McKenna. I thank Jennifer who
helped me understand my purpose, anddevelop my leadership skills. Her support
has been invaluable.
The Secretariat also owes its
achievements this year to ISTM Acting
Deputy Director and Membership
Coordinator LaVelle, Finance Controller
Jaclyn, Accounting Manager Elena,
Program Coordinator Kim, Events
Co-ordinator Sheena, Website andGraphic Artist Dawn Keough, andgraphics designer Brian McGowan. We
also acknowledge our Informational
Technology team, Steve, Rob andJim for their exceptional support andcalm demeanor. Thanks too to our
GeoSentinel OPI support team: Program
Manager Aisha, Data Controller Hannah,
and Consultant Steph. None of thiswould have been possible without theguidance and trust of our tremendousand hard-working, dedicated volunteer
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A Note From President-Elect

ANNE McCarthyWell, it has been about six
months since I started myterm as ISTM President-Elect,
and what a busy time it has
been. During this time, we had theunexpected and very sad passingof our immediate past president,Peter Leggat, whose longstanding
contributions to the society will begreatly missed.
I would like to thank all of you who
generously give so much time andenergy to the society. The strength of
the society rests on our members andvolunteers. It is a very exciting time intravel medicine as the world readjuststo the new normal of the COVID era.
We are already gathering excitement
about CISTM19 in NOLA, which
promises to be another great
experience for members/attendees. I
have been charged with our twentiethanniversary CISTM in 2027, andplanning is already getting underway.
We are hopeful that this historic
CISTM20 will be in an historic location.
There has been so much work in thepast 6 months by the Bylaws andPolicies and Procedures Working
Group. I would like to thank the very
hard work of Hilmir Ásgeirsson,
Christina Coyle, Mike Jones, and
LaVelle Johnson. Our assignment
also includes modernizing the ISTM
mission/vision statements. We arealmost through the update of theSocieties bylaws – and changes to thisdocument will be sent out for approval
by our membership.

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Travel Medicine NewsThe executive board approved a
Code of Conduct for ISTM leaders on
24 October 2023, presented below.
This policy will be signed annuallyby all ISTM leaders. It sets out the
expectations for respectful andconstructive interactions between
ISTM leaders and with the Secretariat.
Although ISTM members do not haveto sign the code of conduct, it is hopedthat the spirit of this policy will be
adopted in interactions between all
ISTM members.
Wishing you all a happy healthyholiday season, and a prosperous andpeaceful new year.
Anne McCarthy
President-ElectCode of Conduct for ISTM Officers and Leaders
ISTM expects the highest standards of conduct from its Officers andExecutive Board members.
ISTM is an international association with a globally diverse
membership which spans many countries. Different nationalities bringdiverse cultural standards and expectations to their membership of
the organization.

ISTM Structure
ISTM was formed in 1991 to promote high levels of education,
qualification, and the practice of travel medicine. To that end, a biennial
international conference, travel medicine update and review courses
and examinations became mainstream components of its activity. The
biennial international conference applies particular funding and staffing
stresses to the organization, with a year of preparation followed by themore intense activity of the conference year.
In 1995, GeoSentinel was founded as a joint enterprise with CDC
Atlanta as a global network of surveillance centers, in which ISTM
members also became Site Directors. It was jointly funded by ISTM
and a US Health and Human Services grant (HHS). In 2022, an active
research arm was added to GeoSentinel activity, also funded by an
HHS grant. GeoSentinel is administered by the Office of the Principal
Investigator (OPI) and is assigned staff members by the ISTM
Secretariat for administrative support. ISTM Secretariat staff members
also assign working time in varying proportions to GeoSentinel
activity, but remain primarily answerable to the Executive Director(ED) and Secretary Treasurer (ST) of ISTM.

Relationships between the Executive Board and
GeoSentinel OPI
The Principal Investigator and Surveillance and Research Officers of
GeoSentinel are appointed by the ISTM Executive Board.
All changes in the GeoSentinel work allocation of Secretariat staff
desired by the OPI are first discussed with, and approved by the ED
and ST before they are enacted.

The Secretariat
This staff unit is the direct responsibility of the ISTM Executive
Director and Deputy Director. Staff members have specialist areas ofexpertise. ISTM Policies and Procedures set out the “Whistleblower
policy”. All staff members may raise concerns by direct access to the
Executive Board which will normally take place after discussion with
the ST unless the ST is the subject of potential complaint, in whichcase the Secretariat may have direct access to the President.
The Secretariat has a work pattern which includes a constant flow ofemail enquiries initiated in different time zones due to the international
nature of the society. A two-year cycle of work results in high work
demands leading up to the biennial CISTM meeting.
Leaders are defined as elected members of the Executive Board,elected Officers of the Society (the President, Past President, andPresident-Elect), appointed Officers of the Society (the SecretaryTreasurer and Executive Director), Chairs of ISTM Committees andChairs of Professional/Interest Groups as well as members of the
Office of the Principal Investigator of GeoSentinel, Site Directors and
Co-Directors of GeoSentinel.

Effective leaders should cultivate selfawareness, i.e., develop a personalunderstanding of how their style of interaction
impacts on colleagues and subordinates.
Effective leaders are willing to delegate
important tasks and decision making andseek to enhance their interpersonal skills, andwill develop a collaborative, respectful management style. Effective
leaders are expected to always be respectful in their communications
including verbal and written (e.g., email). They will give constructive,
effective feedback, delivered with cultural sensitivity, affirmation in asafe way (not publicly) and will work to strengthen the self-awarenessof their colleagues.
ISTM Leaders therefore are expected to manifest the following
qualities:
Respect
Leaders will respect the equality represented within ethnic and gender
diversity, and the varying cultural and faith backgrounds. Leaders are
expected to be respectful in their understanding of the challenges
facing staff and to treat the Secretariat in a professional manner.
Courtesy
Leaders will be professional, understanding, and courteous in all theirdealings with their fellow leaders and staff members.
Self-control
Leaders will restrain themselves from open expression of anger andfrustration. Harassment and bullying behavior will not be tolerated.
Honesty
Effective leaders are expected to be honest in all dealings with theircolleagues.
Empathy
Empathy means the ability to feel what it is like to be in the shoes ofanother individual, particularly when a colleague or staff member isdealing with stressors in their personal life. It takes practice to achieve
empathetic skills but is essential for good working relationships.
Journeying towards greater empathy is essential for effective leaders.

Handling Miscommunications and Perceived Errors
Where perceived errors or miscommunications occur, the leader
should identify the problem with the individual and assist the staff
member or fellow leader to seek constructive solutions. If a behavior
is recurrent or there is no improvement and line management
intervention is required, then notification of the ED, ST, or Chair of the
EB should occur privately. The appropriate steps deemed by ISTM
leadership will be taken to address the issues raised. Note, public
humiliation(verbally or by email) of a staff member or other members of ISTM will
not be tolerated and will be addressed by the Executive Board.

Signed statement: 									Date:I have read the above statement and will strive to demonstrate the qualities mentioned above in my relationships with my ISTM colleagues andISTM staff members.

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is that travel has picked up
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tremendously in 2022, andHowever, I am happy to say that
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common for the near future. However,forward as planned in Copenhagen,network activities are all ramping up,
25-26 May 2024, immediately
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activities, and research projects.
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structure to help ensure the new website
are saddened
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website when it is ready to launch inelements such as updated colors andcolor branding. The website’s navigation his legacy and that of the society while2023!
graphics.
and function have been greatly
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sections
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website, along with the Secretariat team,memberslegacy,
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andblues, betterthe society.
With deep gratitude to all of those who
This project has been a collaborative
helped with this enormous task,effort by many dedicated and hardworking members of our society
Submitted by the Website Task Force:
including my fellow Website Task Force
Rebecca Acosta (Chair), Sarah Kohl,
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The opening of borders anda pre-conference workshop, nursing
the move to normalization
reception, and after the great successhas hopefully resulted in our Travelof theMedicine
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at CISTM16
in on the Steering Council. During the–members
experiencingaWashington, we are planning to host NPG networking event Claire WongEndof Year Review 2023
resurgence of travelers seeking travel
another social event. The NPG events was presented with The Distinguishedhealth advice. Having undertaken Thearegreat
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new colleagues
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trips for both work and leisure in the anddetails
willfollow
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our celebration in the field of travel NPG.
last six months, there is an obvious medicine and I would like to dedicate
Congratulations also to Lisa Scotland,Nash,enthusiasm and demand for all types thisCaroline
synopsis in honor of Professor
NPG Steering Council Member, who
Chair,NPG
of travel. Many of our members have Peter Leggat. Both internationally,
became the New Zealand Society ofSteering
enjoyed a return to travel by taking and nationally in Australia, we have
Travel Medicine President, the first
Committee
the opportunity to attend and present all been shocked and saddened
nurse in this role. Well done, Lisa!
at local and regional travel medicine with Peter’s passing. For many heconferences. I hope as an extension was a role model, a teacher and
The second half of the year hasof this, many NPG members will a friend and our thoughts are with
been busy with regular NPG Steering
attend CISTM18 in Basel, Switzerland his family, friends, and colleagues
Council meetings where we arein May 2023. There will be a number at this difficult time. He was a greatplanning and evolving ways to whichof NPG events at CISTM18, including supporter of nurses in travel medicine, we can assist with the promotion andeducation of nurses in travel medicine.
encouraging the formation of The
We have updated the NPG page onStanding Committee for Travel Healththe ISTM website, created an NPG
Nurses of Australia and New Zealand
resource library accessed through(THNANZ) which was established in
the ISTM Listserv and are involved in2020 to represent travel health nurses
planning education webinars. Janein Australia and New Zealand. I would
Chiodini has kindly agreed to work
like to take this opportunity to say
with us to develop an interactive
thank you to Peter for his hard work
Left to Right: Lisa Scotland and Claire Wong
resource list and NPG portal. We willand dedication to travel medicine on
also shortly announce the three newbehalf of the NPG Steering Council
members of the Steering Council who
and ISTM nurses.
we are delighted to have on the team
CISTM18 in Basel Switzerland in May, with their wealth of experience andpresented a wonderful opportunity forknowledge.
Nursing Professional Group (NPG)
We have appreciated all the feedback
members to network and engage
from our members and look forwardwith colleagues from all corners of
to working with you to assist andthe globe. The NPG Steering Council
promote nurses within the ISTM andhosted a pre-congress workshop,
travel medicine.
titled “Pre-Travel Health Consultation–
the New Normal,” which was wellattended. The NPG networking event(reception) and dinner were alsoCatherine Keil
opportunities for nurses to meet and
NPG Chair
Left to Right: Catherine Keil, Claire Wong, andnetwork. During the nurse reception
Lisa Scotland
we said thank you to Caroline
Nash, the outgoing Chair, for all her
contributions and guidance over thelast two years. The NPG are delighted
that Caroline has agreed to remain

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available
in
place
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on ISTM’s website
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at
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org.
org.
Larry
Larry Goodyer
Goodyerandand Karl
Karl Hess,
Hess,
Pharmacist
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Professional
Professional
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loss of Dr. Peter Leggat very
recently. It was so sudden andsuch a shock. For me personally I had
seen him at multiple meetings earlier
in the year, the last just a couple ofweeks prior to his passing. Many of
our leadership team are in Australia
and have felt his loss very acutely. He
was a great mentor to me in the morethan 20 years I had known him. Peter
was an amazing man and his reach
was very clear at his funeral withattendants from many parts of society
with which he had been engaged
inside or outside of work. Peter wasan essential member of both theAustralasian College of Tropical
Medicine (ACTM) and the ISTM,
being the immediate past president ofboth organizations. He leaves a large
legacy and we will miss him incredibly.

We had a meeting of our group at the
ISTM meeting in Switzerland earlier
in the year. Our leadership team had
been very busy prior to this creatingsome documents with which to move
forward. The meeting did not quite
go as planned, as it was not on theconference time listings, and there
was confusion as to the day of themeeting. I was the only member ofthe leadership team in attendanceand bolstered by a large South African
contingent. This issue has been
discussed at the ISTM Leadership
meeting after the conference in
Switzerland with regard to all special
interest groups. We made it clear thatthese groups are very important to
ISTM and its members and should begiven a place on the conference planso it is clear to everyone where andwhen the meeting is being held.
At present, our group has updated
its goals, available now on the
ISTM website. This will be updated
again with the advent of the new

website. We are creating a document
considering employer duty of carein relation to the pretravel visit of
an individual worker prior to postingoverseas on assignment. We
have also worked on a document
considering requirements in terms oflocation and length of assignment andrecommendations for constituentsof the pretravel process including
consultation and when medical exams
may be considered. We have had
feedback at the Leadership meetingthat we need to be very generic with
our documents and are currently
reviewing them, with this in mind,
within our leadership group. Once thishas been completed, we will distributethem to our members to obtain further
feedback.
Dr. Jennifer Sisson
Chair, Travel for
Work Interest GroupSAVE THE DATE!
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form part of POC engagement. The
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family.
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colleagues, both long-standing andthat and continue to support, liaise,recently arrived members, for theirand collaborate with other groups
support and engagement over the pastand committees when appropriate or
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invited.
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for giving their time and support to thecommittee.
Reviews and requests submitted
to the POC are dealt with by all
members in a timely manner andoccasionally reveal issues worthy offurther discussion and analysis. The
expertise within the POC is a valuableasset and much appreciated. To keep
everyone up to date the POC meet
online quarterly, often a challenge
given the geographical distribution ofmembers.

The new website continues to evolve.
The POC continued to liaise with thewebsite taskforce and is engaged
with the Digital Communications
Committee (DCC) in responding
to review requests. The DCC is
populating the new website and will
facilitate committees and groups torefresh and update their content. Useof the ISTM logo on materials is also
an important addition. I am continually
grateful to my colleagues for acting
as POC liaisons and their timely
response to incoming requests. We
enjoy a robust debate on issues thatarise, but I am always heartened by
the constructive discussions and swift
consensus. The POC expects more
involvement as the website and othernew work progresses.
The Journal of Travel Medicine (JTM)
Editor-in-Chief, Annelies WilderSmith, her editors and editorial
board continue to review and selectexcellent manuscripts for publication,
as demonstrated by the JTM impact
factor. During CISTM18, articles
related to topics under discussion
on the program were released tomembers and well received. Thankyou to all.
As reported in the last TMN, thePOC considered nominations for the
JTM awards 2023. Winners were
declared at the CISTM18 Membership
Assembly in Basel. Members areencouraged to submit articles forconsideration.
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and Assistant Editor Luis Furuya
Kanamori, continue to compile thecontent and inform the membership
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Medicine Society (WMS) Wilderness
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the Wilderness Medical Society.”
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and engagement on the TravelMed
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by Nancy. The discussions and varied
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the President, the Executive Board(EB) and members in the year
ahead. Thanks also to Whitney, theSecretariat team and the ISTM EB for
their support.

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Sadly, our wish for a more peacefulworld in 2023 has not materialized, if
anything, the global situation is evenmore uncertain. This will undoubtedly
affect global travel. For colleagues
working in areas of conflict or caught
up in countries affected we send ourbest wishes for a safe and better 2024.
 Chair: Alexandra Grieve,
United Kingdom
 J ournal of Travel Medicine
Editor: Annelies Wilder-Smith,
Switzerland

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Next year, as mentioned in theprevious newsletter, will give thecommittee more opportunity to write
exam questions and hopefully to meetagain for a time of review.

and organizations. Recognizing
this need, the Liaison Committee(LiCom) was somewhat special in the
structure of the Society — in that all
members are experts with a specificcompetency and area of expertise,and can only join this committee by
invitation. Currently we have theseven members who assure theliaisonhe
to Digitalthe following
institutions:
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In summary, the general feeling is that
TM is resuming and so is the demand
for the CTH in many parts of theCommittee(DCC),
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Barnett,
USA —Advisory
world. ISTM as a society is committing
in
2017,
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advanceCommittee on Immunization
itself to respond to this demand andthe useof digital information
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and communication technology in• Miguel Cabada, USA/Peru — Latin
best to keep a high standard exam
research and in engaging with our
America (SLAMVI)
ready for both online and in-person
members, travelers, and other health•
Tony Gherardin,— Asia-ofadministration.
professionals.
In Australia
2023, members
Pacific
TravelHealthSociety
the DCC have played a pivotal role
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happy Christmas and New Year!
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RobertSteffen,Chair, Liaison
Committee

22

Travel Medicine NewsIAs we close out the year 2022,
STM’s
Education
weProfessionalreflect on how
the world
Committee
remains
committed
toof travel is evolving.
For now,
providemembers
withhighqualityplanes, trains & automobiles
offerings.
We had get
stilleducational
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our travelers
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successful
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June
2023,
and
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travel practices and on the other
help, technicalhave
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year’sprogramtosoon,
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have sent
PEC
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programs
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to keep you
Groupsfor
topicsandpossibleabreast of the latest trends
so that you
collaborations.
canbe well prepared to assist yourtravelers.
PEC new Co-Chair, Scott Smith,with thethis
inputof Mary-Louise
Duringperiodof transitionScully,
withinSheilaMackell,PEC
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committee Past
has
Chair SarahtoKohl,
and myself,haveofcontinued
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medicinewithdifferent
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materials
aredesignedtoto aid you as you learn about new
meet
the
needs
of
students,
nurses,vaccines, outbreaks, and trends. Our
pharmacists,and others
committee
is physicians,
always welcoming
new
who
are
involved
inthepreparationofideas and members. If you wish to join
travelersfor
safe
international
travel.
us, simply contact Kim Gray (kgray@
We hope to make them available soon
ISTM.org).
on ISTM’s new website.
Sarah Kohl,
For practitioners who wish to
Chair,
further their knowledge in dealing
Professionalwith complex cases, Derek Evans
Education
continues to offer Challenging Cases,
Committee
in a slightly different format, with afocus
on self-learning.
Yen
Bui,
Co-Chair,
Sheila MacKell, our new Travel
Professional
Medicine Review & Update Course
Education
Director, has worked tirelessly on
Committee
2024’s program. We will have a
new platform for next year’s course
which should offer a more seamlessexperience to our attendees andspeakers.

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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONCOMMITTEE Continued
I wish you all a very Happy Holiday
Season, and thank you for yourcontinued support.
Yen-Giang Bui
Chair, PEC

DEVELOPMENT
AND PLANNING
COMMITTEEF

ollowing the May 2023 CISTM18
in Basel, Switzerland, theExecutive Board approved theactivation of the Development andPlanning Committee (DPC), which
is timely to respond to the significant
financial loss from CISTM18 in Basel,
Switzerland.
The long-standing DPC Charter in
ISTM Policies & Procedures has been
updated:The Development and Planning
Committee (DPC) is a committeeof the Board with the responsibility
for developing and facilitating shortand long-term strategic fundraising
initiatives through sponsorships andpartnerships.
 T he DPC is charged with assisting
the ISTM in developing an
integrated strategy to attract funds
for the society and its various
initiatives
 T he DPC is charged with providing
a projection of anticipated funding
to the finance committee as an
input to the annual budgeting
process

DPC Members:
Lin H. Chen (USA) – Chair
Lisa Danzig (USA) – Co-Chair
Eric Caumes (France)
Jan Fehr (Switzerland) – ex officio
Jeff Goad (USA)Karin Leder (Australia)
Francesca Norman (Spain)
Robert Steffen (Switzerland)
As the year 2023 draws to a close, theDPC members join in remembrance ofPeter Leggat, ISTM President 20212023 and Secretary-Treasurer 20152021, who supported ISTM solidly in
his quiet and calm manner. We also
remember fondly Don Cook, innovatorand founder of Shoreland Travax,
who contributed greatly to building
the discipline of travel medicine andprovided robust support for ISTM for
decades. Both have left their mark in
the field and for ISTM.
On behalf of the ISTM, DPC is gratefulfor ISTM members’ contributions, andwelcomes your suggestions/contact
information for potential partners whoare interested in and support our
Mission. In the spirit of holiday giving,
we invite you to donate to ISTM!
Lin H. Chen –DPC Chair,
ISTM Past
President

 T he DPC is charged withconnecting potential and committed
funders with a designated society
point of contact
 T he DPC is charged with reportingto the board in biannual meeting(at the discretion of the board) the
status of funding efforts at that time
The DPC members have been
pursuing educational funding andsponsorship for 2024 programs, anddeveloping strategies for long-term
partnerships. From the Secretariat,
Jaclyn Simon, CPA, is the designated
DPC support and brings her financial
insights and administrative expertise.

24

Travel Medicine NewsWe are grateful to theorganizations that havealready provided or pledged
generous grants for our
programs in 2023 and 2024
including Bavarian Nordic,
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, GeoSentinel
Foundation, Pfizer, Sanofi,
Shoreland, Takeda,
and Valneva.”

20 - 22 May 2024 / FijiINAUGURAL SOUTHERN CROSS
EXPEDITION AND WILDERNESSMEDICINE MEETINGSAVE THE DATE 20 - 22 May 2024
Please join us in Fiji for the Inaugural Southern Cross Expedition and
Wilderness Medicine Meeting. The meeting will be held over 3 days
from 20th to 22nd May 2024 at Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort.
The program will include:•

Expedition Traveller preparation & vaccinations•

Health personnel roles and preparation for expeditions & remote medicine•

Zoonosis and Animal Health threats in remote locations•

Resilience in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine•

Practical expedition skills stations - preparation, medical kits, water treatment,

We alsowelcome nursing
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first aid and management, jungle survival, water safety plus much more•

Preparation for special environments•

Humanitarian aid and disaster relief - preparation and response•

Social and networking opportunities•

And a whole lot more!

More information will be available shortly, or contact ACTM
on email: actm@tropmed.org or phone: +61 7 3872 2246
Hosted by The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine Scientific Committee
Prof Marc Shaw, Prof Richard Franklin, Prof Charmaine Tate, Dr Sundeep Dhillon

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Email: actm@tropmed.org

Phone: +61 7 3872 2246

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the journal of travel medicine continues to thrive

2T

023 marked an extraordinary
he Journal continues to receive
year for the Journal of Travelhigh quality manuscript submisMedicine, yet another year withsions, many of which are related
accomplishments in many areas
to SARS-CoV-2. Many thanks to
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the hard work of our Editorial Board
our authors, reviewers, and the JTM
and popularity of our published manuEditorial Board.
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impressive
39.194. era, it’s hearteningIn
the post-COVID
to witness a resurgence in focus
Beyond several dedicated issues on
on core travel medicine topics like
COVID-19, JTM published a collection
malaria, travelers’ diarrhea, altitude
on Disease Surveillance in 2022.
and wilderness medicine, antimicrobial
resistance,
migration,
andServing ISTM
through parasitic
JTM,
viral
diseases.
Notably,the
JournalAnnelies Wilder-Smith,hasalso embraced
forward-thinking
Editor-in-Chief,
Journalof Travel
subjects
such
as
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influence of AI in
Medicine
travel medicine and the implications ofclimate change.

Journal of Travel Medicine
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achieved
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everyone who contributed outstanding•manuscripts,
Pornthep Chanthavanich,Thailand
conducted thoroughreviews,
East
Asiaand provided unwavering
support to the Journal. The•exceptional
Guo Hui, North
China
volumeand quality ofmanuscripts we received last year

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played a pivotal role in elevating ourAustralia-New
Zealand
reputation.
Specialacknowledgment
Australia
is• Karin
due toLeder,
Associate
Editors Kristina
Angelo, Eyal Leshem, Federico Gobbi,
MiddleEast
Sarah
McGuinness,
and Colleen Lau,alongside
our Section• Ziad Memish,
Saudi Editors,
Arabia Clinical
Pearl Editors, and the entire Editorial
SouthAdditionally,
Asia
Board.
the sustainedbackingofthePublications
Oversight• Priscilla Rupali, India
Committee has been invaluable.

Journalof Travel Medicine
Section Editors
Editorial Board

Of the eight issues published this year,• Gerard
Sonder,
The toNetherlands
wedevotedone eachpivotal topics
likemalaria
andtravelers’
diarrhea.
Latin America
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Venezuela
Diseasesin Travel
Medicine,” wasparticularly noteworthy. It comprised
North America
manuscripts that delved into parasitic• Mary Wilson,
UnitedStates of
diseases,rare viral
infections,andAmerica
uncommon presentations of morefamiliar infections, offering our
Associate Editors
readership a comprehensive and• Kristina perspective.
Angelo, United States of
intriguing
AmericaYour ongoing support and commitment• Federico Gobbi, Italy
are the pillars that maintain the• Anita Heywood,
Australia
relevanceand esteemof our Journal•Colleen
Lau,
Australia
in the Travel Medicine community.
• Eyal you
Leshem,Thank
all forIsrael
contributing to a year
filledwithremarkable• MarkRiddle,Unitedachievements
States ofandfor propelling the Journal of Travel
America
Medicine to new heights of excellence.

DeputyEditor: Eli
Schwartz,
IsraelSkin Diseases
andSTI

Annelise• Aisha Khatib, Chair, Canada
Wilder-Smith• Sheila Mackell, United States ofAmerica• Sarah McGuinness, Australia• Deborah Mills, Australia• Sarah Kohl, United States ofAmerica

Latin America• Christina Greenaway, Canada
Jaime Torres, Venezuela

EuropeSocial Media Associate Editors

Special Populations

The ISTM would like to thank the• Elizabeth
UnitedStates oftireless
workBarnett,of the JTM
Editorial
America
Board for their continued support andcommitment to the JTM.

Global Health and Travel

Editor-in-Chief:
Wilder• Michele Barry, Annelies
United StatesofSmith,
United Kingdom
America• Eric Caumes,
FranceRegional
Advisors

Travelers Diarrhoea
AfricaLucilleBlumberg,
South
Africa• Charles
Ericsson,UnitedStates ofAmericaSoutheast Asia
Pornthep
Chanthavanich,Thailand
Non-Communicable
Diseases
East
Asia Flaherty, Ireland• Gerard
Guo Hui, North China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Australia-New Zealand• David
Freedman,
Karin
Leder,
AustraliaUnited States ofAmerica
Middle East
Malaria
Ziad
Memish, Saudi Arabia• Blaise Genton, Switzerland
South Asia
Priscilla
Rupali, India
Pharmacy
Europe• Larry Goodyer, United Kingdom
Gerard Sonder, The Netherlands

Migration

Laboratory
Medicine
North
AmericaMary
Wilson,UnitedAustria
States of America• Martin
Haditsch,Paediatric Travelers• Stefan Hagmann, United States ofAmericaAssociate Editors
Kristina Angelo, United States ofAmerica
Federico Gobbi, Italy
Anita Heywood, Australia
Colleen Lau, Australia
Eyal Leshem, Israel
Mark Riddle, United States of America

Social Media Associate
Editors
Aisha Khatib, Chair, Canada
Sheila Mackell, United States ofAmericaSarah McGuinness, Australia
Deborah Mills, Australia
Sarah Kohl, United States of America

Section Editors
Special Populations
Elizabeth Barnett, United States ofAmerica
Global Health and Travel
Michele Barry, United States ofAmerica
Skin Diseases and STI
Eric Caumes, France
Travelers’ Diarrhea
Charles Ericsson, United States ofAmerica
Non-Communicable Diseases
Gerard Flaherty, Ireland
Emerging Infectious Diseases
David Freedman, United States ofAmerica
Malaria
Blaise Genton, Switzerland
Pharmacy
Larry Goodyer, United Kingdom
Migration
Christina Greenaway, Canada
Laboratory Medicine
Martin Haditsch, Austria
Paediatric Travelers
Stefan Hagmann, United States ofAmerica

Sentinel Surveillance in Travelers
David Hamer, United States ofAmerica
Basic Science in Travel Medicine
Kevin Kain, Canada
Tropical Medicine
Michael Libman, Canada
Mass Gatherings
Harunor Rashid, Australia
Travel Medicine Education
Mary Louise Scully, United States ofAmerica
Vaccines
Robert Steffen, Switzerland
Extreme Travel
Jenny Visser, New Zealand
Drug Interactions
Derek Evans, United Kingdom
Editors for “Clinical Pearls”
Sapha Barkati, Canada
Emmanuel Bottieau, Belgium
Christina Coyle, United States ofAmerica
Jose Munoz, Spain
Joachim Richter, Germany
Cornelia Staehelin, Switzerland
Perry van Genderen, The Netherlands
Eyal Meltzer, Israel

Ralph Huits, Belgium
Tomas Jelinek, Germany
Luis Furuya Kanamori, Australia
Susan Kuhn, Canada
Thomas Küpper, Germany
Tamar Lachish, Israel
Nicky Longley, United Kingdom
Anne McCarthy, Canada
Ami Neuberger, Israel
Andreas Neymayr, Switzerland
Hans D. Nothdurft, Germany
Salim Parker, South Africa
Androula Pavli, Greece
Watcharapong Piyaphanee, Thailand
Camilla Rothe, Germany
Chris Sanford, United States ofAmerica
Marc Shaw, New ZealandTadishi Shinozuka, Japan
Fabrice Simon, France
Patrick Soentjens, Belgium
Mike Starr, Australia
Haibo Wang, China
Adrienne Willcox, United Kingdom
Saber Yezli, Saudi Arabia
Lorenzo Zammarchi, Italy
Rudolph A. Zimmer, Canada
Thomas Zoller, Germany

Editoral Board Members
Masatoki Adachi, Japan
Seif Al-Abri, OmanPaul M. Arguin, United States ofAmerica
Santosh Baniya, Nepal
Buddha Basnyat, Nepal
Ronald H. Behrens, United Kingdom
Miguel Cabada, Peru
Francesco Castelli, Italy
Santanu Chatterjee, India
Lin H. Chen, United States of America
Bradley A. Connor, United States ofAmericaJames Diaz, United States of America
Tyler Evans, United States of America
Vanessa Field, United Kingdom
Stefan Hagmann, United States ofAmerica
Travis Heggie, United States ofAmericaTravel Medicine News

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SPECIAL HONORSOn October 4, 2023, I was
decorated at the Cour d’honneur
des Invalides in Paris, following
my management of 15 war
casualties in poor medical settings andlow manning in healthcare personnel,
near the Sudanese border, during my
deployment in Chad, in August 2022.
The Hôtel des Invalides wascommissioned and financed by LouisXIV in 1670, in order to provide
hospital accommodation and care forwounded, sick, disabled and elderly
soldiers. The Cour d’honneur desInvalides is where major military andpresidential ceremonies are usuallyorganized to honor those who havedied or distinguished themselves inservice, the victims of terrorist acts,
and the deceased national figures.
A bientôt! Olivier Aoun

Looking to the futureA
s ISTM President, I accepted aninvitation from the Italian Societyof Travel and Migration Medicine(SIMVIM) to travel in November
to Bologna to speak on the topic
of “The Future of Travel Medicine– Challenges and Opportunities”.
The Italian Society is celebrating its
25th anniversary this year and theirimpressive and very well organized
congress program featured excellent
talks from leading lights in travel
medicine in Italy, including somewell-known ISTM leaders – Andrea
Rossanese, Francesco Castelli, andFederico Gobbi. The Italian Society isa vibrant one with over 600 members.
I took the opportunity to encourage
membership of the ISTM and topromote uptake of our Travel Medicine
Review & Update Course, CTH
examination, and of course attendanceat CISTM19 in New Orleans (May2025). I was delighted to see theSociety President, Dr. Alberto Tomasi,

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proudly wearing his CTH lapel badge.
Italy is one of my favorite places tovisit and as always, the gracious local
hospitality and cheerful company
made my short trip very pleasant. In
my presentation, I reflected on theimpact of COVID-19 on travel andtravel medicine before discussing
how travel medicine might look in
the future. The participants wereparticularly interested in my thoughts
on how artificial intelligence could
be integrated into travel medicine
practice. Our national travel medicine

societies serve a very important rolein the exchange of information, clinicalguidelines and peer support as well
as serving as a platform for deep
engagement with the global travel
medicine community through ISTM
and regional travel medicine societies.
To my friends and colleagues in Italy, I
say “Grazie mille” and I look forward towelcoming more of you into our ISTM
community.
Prof. Gerard Flaherty, MD, PhD
ISTM President

In Memoriam
Everyone at Shoreland was fortunate
to learn from Don and benefit from hisleadership. He was not one to starta project and then balk at adversity,
but he did know how to recalibrate.
Not every endeavor came to fruition,
but he was always ready to move onto the next. With sorrow, but a clear
vision from Don, we at Shoreland give
our thanks to him and move forward.

Remarks from David O.
Freedman, MD, FISTM
ISTM Secretary-Treasurer (2005-13)

Loss of Donald C. Cook
Shoreland is mourning the recent
passing of Don Cook, its longtime
leader. Don had a thirst for opportunity,
and it was the genesis of Shoreland –formed to identify an unmet need ina market and capitalize on it. He also
had a talent for surrounding himself
with quality people and bringing out
their best. He was not stingy withpraise, and he shared his pride forthe people working to achieve his
vision. Don cared deeply about the
wellbeing of everyone connected
to Shoreland (although perversely
expressed on occasion with a threat
to fire someone if they didn’t takebetter care of themselves since they
were so valuable to the company). He
always made sure to tell employeesthat putting family first was the mostimportant thing.
One long-time employee noted thatDon could be very inspiring, also
frustrating, and funny as hell when hewanted to be – no matter how many
dignitaries were in the room. They
could also see first-hand at countlessconferences and meetings how manyof the leaders in travel medicine hadgreat affection for Don. Another noted
Don was one of a kind and a realcharacter and, most importantly, agood person and good boss.

Sad news that on November 4, 2023,
Donald C. Cook, the founder and force
behind Shoreland Travax, passed
away peacefully and with family after along cancer-battle that barely slowed
him down until near the end. Since
1986, Don has been recognized bymany as one of the most visionary
founders of Travel Medicine as adiscipline. Neither a clinician nor an
academic, Don could go head-to-headwith any of us on the finer points andprevail over most.
Travax was a unique innovation when
Don recognized the gap that existed,
then he continued providing the
cutting-edge technology and analyticedge to the present day. Travax has
made so much difference to so many
travel health providers and mostimportantly to the travelers themselvesthat were very unaware of the entitythat allowed this impact on their safety.
Just last week, I was talking to a newneighbor here in Asheville who it turns
out had been a reluctant travelingHR person for Monsanto back in the
day and, when our stories coalesced,
expressed her gratefulness for the
Travax handouts she had gotten
before every trip she took.

the world for decades. Only a few
are aware of the contributions that
the Shoreland team under Don’sleadership has made over this time
to make the world a safer and freer
place.
Don served as a sounding board andconfidant to every North America
based ISTM President since ISTM’s
founding. In the early days of theinternet until 2011, Shoreland
generously developed and hosted,largely at its own expense, ISTM’s
website, back-office administrative
functions, and CISTM IT infrastructure.
As tributes have poured in, they
uniformly have the same sentiment,summarized as: Don was such a
one-of-a-kind creative and energetic
personality, a caring person, and I
enjoyed talking and working with him
on every occasion we met.
For me, a personal void has been leftby being unable to have any more of
the amazing conversations we hadover a period of 25 years. Don andTravax contributed so much to mycareer (and career satisfaction) as hedid with so many others. I am sure
this same void is felt by so many hetouched.
READ OBITUARY

Aside from individual practitioners,
Travax has provided customized
support to the world’s largest
corporations, public health agencies,
and military agencies throughout

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SAVE
THE
DATE

7th Southern Cross AustralasianFri 27 to Sun 29 September 2024 - Sofitel Brisbane Central
We are excited to announce the 2024 Southern Cross Australasian Travel Medicine and Tropical
Medicine Conference! Hear from local and international experts on travel medicine and tropical
medicine, and participate in interactive workshops.
Travel Medicine
Travel vaccinations, malaria prophylaxis, disease outbreaks, environmental hazards(e.g. altitude sickness, motion sickness, scuba diving), jet lag, mass gatherings.
Tropical Medicine
Neglected tropical diseases, malaria, arboviruses, clinical case studies, and more.
Workshops
The Practice of Travel Medicine, Yellow Fever,One Health, Research Methods, andmore.
Research
Abstracts will be accepted for oral and poster presentations. Poster tours.
Prizes for best presentations by early career researchers and students.
Networking
Social events.
Special networking dinner for early career researchers and students.

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Travel Medicine News#SCTMCISTM LEadership
ISTM Executive Board
President: Gerard Flaherty, Ireland*
Immediate Past President: Peter A.
Leggat, Australia* R.I.P.
President-Elect: Anne McCarthy, Canada*
Counselors:
Christina Coyle, United States of America*
Hilmir Asgeirsson, Sweden*
Francesca Norman, Spain*
Nahoko Sato, Japan*
Secretary/Treasurer: Michael Jones,
United Kingdom*Interim Executive Director: Whitney
Alexander, United States of America**Voting Members

ISTM Publication Editors
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Travel Medicine:
Annelies Wilder-Smith, Switzerland
Editor-in-Chief, Travel Medicine News:
Nancy Pietroski, United States of America
Travel Medicine News Associate Editor
Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Australia

ISTM Board Committees
Liaison
Chair and WHO Liaison: Robert Steffen,
Switzerland
Members:
Co-Chair and CDC Liaison: Phyllis
Kozarsky, United States of America
NECTM Liaison: Gerard Flaherty, Ireland
APTHS Liaison: Jenny Visser, New Zealand
China Liaison: Colleen Lau, Australia
South America Liaison: MiguelCabada, United States of America
Africa Liaison: Salim Parker, South Africa
Industry Liaison: Lin Chen, United Statesof America
US ACIP Liaison: Elizabeth Barnett,
United States of America
Special Recognitions
Chair: Charles D. Ericsson, United Statesof America
Co-Chair: Prativa Pandey, Nepal
Members:
Jane Chiodini, United Kingdom
Phyllis Kozarsky, United States of America
Leo Visser, The Netherlands

ISTM Standing Committees Continuing
Professional Development
Chair: Gail Rosselot, United States ofAmerica
Members:
Masatoki Adachi, Japan
Richard Dawood, United Kingdom
Jeffery Goad, United States of America
Karl Hess, United States of America
Androula Pavli, Greece
Digital Communications
Chair: Sarah McGuinness, Australia
Members:
Anny Huang, United Kingdom
Deborah Mills, Australia
Dipti Patel, United Kingdom
Jakrapun Pupaibool, United States ofAmericaNatalia Rodriguez Valero, Spain
Examination
Chair: Pierre Landry, Switzerland
Co-Chair: Brian Aw, Canada
Members:
Heather Connor, Canada
Kenneth Dardick, United States of America
Carlos Franco-Paredes, United States ofAmerica
Jeff Goad, United States of America
Martin Haditsch, Austria
Kosuke Haruki, Japan
Sonny Lau, Australia
Ula Maniewski, Belgium
Tulia Marcolongo, Canada
Elaine Rosenblatt, United States of America
Andrea Rossanese, Italy
Eli Schwartz, Israel
Trish Smith, Australia
Brian Stowe, Canada
Professional Education
Chair: Yen Bui, Canada
Co-Chair: Darvin Scott Smith, UnitedStates of America

Aisha Khatib, Canada
Sheila Mackell, United States of America
Nancy Piper-Jenks, United States ofAmerica
Susan L.F. McLellan, United States ofAmerica
Dipti Patel, United Kingdom
Gail Rosselot, United States of America
Mary-Louise Scully, United States ofAmerica
Dawd Siraj, United States of America
Jenny Visser, New ZealandPublications Oversight
Chair: Alexandra Grieve, United Kingdom
Members:
Journal of Travel Medicine: Annelies
Wilder-Smith, Switzerland
Travel Medicine News Editor: Nancy
Pietroski, United States of America
Travel Medicine News Associate Editor
Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Australia
Charles Ericsson, United States of America
Caroline Nash, Australia
Jakrapun Pupaibool, United States ofAmerica
Rudy Zimmer, Canada
Research and Awards
Chair: Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Australia
Co-Chair: Stefan Hagmann, United Statesof America
Members:
Jose Flores, Mexico
Katherine Gibney, Australia
Susan Hills, United States of America
Eyal Leshem, Israel
Sarah McGuinness, Australia
Francesca Norman, Spain
Harunor Rashid, Australia
Larry Selkow, United States of America
Dawd Siraj, United States of America
Hai-Bo Wang, China

Members:
Susan Anderson, United States of America
Olivier Aoun, France
Elizabeth Barnett, United States of America
Michele Barry, United States of America
Garth Brink, South Africa
I. Dale Carroll, United States of America
Lin Chen, United States of America
Christina Coyle, United States of America
Derek Evans, United Kingdom
Vanessa Field, United Kingdom
Philippe Gautret, France
Michael Holzer, United States of America

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Professional Group/
Leadership Councils
Nursing
Chair: Catherine Keil, Australia
Co-Chair and Chair-Elect:
Tara Lombardo, Canada
Immediate Past Chair: Caroline Nash,
Australia
Council Members:
Lisa Scotland, New ZealandAlexandra Stillwell, United Kingdom
Linda V. Bos, United States of America
Candace McAlester, United States ofAmerica
Janice Damons, South Africa
Pharmacy
Chair: Keri Hurley-Kim, United States ofAmerica
Chair-Elect: Sherilyn Houle, Canada
Past Chair: Karl Hess, United States ofAmericaCouncil Members:Peter Felkai, Hungary
Ryan Quinn, Canada
Patricia Schlagenhauf, Switzerland
Lisa Woodill, Canada

Interest Groups
Steering Councils
Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
Chair: Andrea Rossanese, Italy
Immediate Past Chair-Elect: Travis Heggie,
United States of America
Council Members:
Howard Backer, United States of America
Jim Bond, United Kingdom
Jenny Visser, New Zealand
Max Winkler, South Africa
Robin Wright, United States of America
Migrant and Refugee Health
Chair: Sapha Barkati, Canada
Council Members:
Masatoki Adachi, Japan
Federico Gobbi, Italy
Stefan Hagmann, United States of America
Anita Heywood, Australia
Godwin T. Igodo, United Kingdom
Susan Kuhn, Canada
Military Travel
Chair: Olivier Aoun, France
Co-Chair: Holly Doyne, United States ofAmericaSecretary/Treasurer Mildred CaseyCampbell, Canada
Steven Schofield, Canada

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Pediatrics
Chair: Natalie Prevatt, United Kingdom
Immediate Past Chair: Sheila Mackell,
United States of America
Council Members:
John Christenson, United States of America
Leah Kern, United States of America
Sarah Kohl, United States of America
Francisco Silva, United States of America
Mike Starr, Australia
Psychological Health of Travelers
Chair: Tullia Marcolongo, Canada
Council Members:
Tullia Marcolongo, South Africa,
Immediate Past ChairPeter Felkai, Hungary
Ross Tannebaum, United States of America
Thomas Valk, United States of America
Responsible Travel
Chair: Anne Maclean, United Kingdom
Immediate Past Chair: Aisha Khatib,
CanadaCouncil Members:
Joanne Grey, Australia
Tullia Marcolongo, Canada
Trish Smith, Australia
Caroline Nash, Australia
Student Travel Abroad
Co-Chair: Julie Richards, United States ofAmerica
Co-Chair: Catherine Ebelke, United Statesof America
Past Chair: Mark Newell, Australia
Council Members:
Ken McClain, United States of America
Mark Newell, Australia
Gail Rosselot, United States of America
Travel for Work
Chair: Jenny Sisson, Australia
Council Members:
Ian Cheng, Australia
Androula Pavli, Greece
GeoSentinel®
Principal Investigator: Michael Libman,
CanadaSurveillance Lead: Davidson Hamer,
United States of America
Research Lead: Ralph Huits, Italy
CDC Medical Epidemiologist: Daniel
Payne, United States of America
CDC Statistician: Ashley Brown,
United States of America
CDC ORISE Fellow: Teresa Smith,United States of America
Co-Investigators:
Committee Chair, External
Collaboration Committee (ECCo):
Patricia Schlagenhauf, Zurich

Senior Advisor: Phyllis Kozarsky,
United States of America
CanTravNet: Kevin Kain, Canada
EuroTravNet: Phillipe Gautret, France
CDC Data Analyst: Charlie Miller,
United States of America
Support Team Program Manager:
Aisha Rizwan, United States ofAmerica
Support Team Data Manager: Hannah
Emetulu, United States of America