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At the recent launch, we presented an overview of the wonderful input on GSIDD that we have already received from our community. Based on our engagement with organisations and direct input from so many of you, what we've heard is that GSIDD has the opportunity to support the community in six key ways: Knowledge exchange, Research impact, Career growth, Networking, Resource sharing, and Advocacy Under each of these themes, there are many possibilities - some immediately achie

We are excited to invite you to the official launch of the Global Society for Infectious Disease Dynamics (GSIDD) on February 26th, 2026. This launch marks an important milestone for our global community. We look forward to sharing our progress and gathering your feedback as we continue building GSIDD together. To make this accessible across all time zones, we'll host two identical virtual sessions. You're welcome to attend either one (or both!). Session 1 : When: February 26

Over the coming months, we hope you will join us and provide feedback on the proposed mission, values, and strategic goals for the GSIDD. This society belongs to all of us, and your input is essential to ensure it meets the diverse needs of researchers, practitioners, and educators worldwide. We don't anticipate us being a traditional professional society with a journal and annual meeting (at least not yet). There is an entire ecosystem that already exists within the modeling

As we develop GSIDD, we want to ensure that our approach is grounded in the needs and perspectives of our community. But with a global field as diverse as infectious disease dynamics, how do we gather meaningful input without overlooking critical voices? Our answer: start by consulting with the organizations that already serve our community. Why Organizations? We focused our initial outreach on networks, consortia, and other multi-institutional organizations within the infect

Founding Committee members at the first discussion of the global community. From left most and clockwise around the table: Eric Mooring, Valerie Isham (University College London), Cécile Tran Kiem (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center), Elizabeth Lee (Johns Hopkins University), Wirichada Pan-ngum (Mahidol University), Hans Heesterbeek (Utrecht University), Matt Keeling (University of Warwick), Emma McBryde (University of Queensland), James McCaw (University of Melbourne), Shweta Ba