How we got here

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 Bansal (Georgetown University), Robin Thompson (University of Oxford). [Also present at meeting: Denis Mollison (Heriot-Watt University), who took the photo]

In August 2024, a group of interested participants attending an infectious disease modeling workshop in Cambridge, UK, met to discuss the potential and need for a global society in infectious disease dynamics.

Through a series of discussions at the meeting, followed by regular zoom meetings from late 2024 to early 2025, a Founding Committee was established to develop proposals for the Mission, Values, and Strategic Goals for a society.

Reaching out through professional connections and existing organizations and networks, the committee will conduct a global engagement exercise, seeking the views from a wide range of potential society members and stakeholders, updating and refining those key documents and initial activities for the proposed organization.

The outcome of that process is a commitment to establish the Global Society for Infectious Disease Dynamics (GSIDD). The proposed purpose and activities are documented on this website.