Welcome
The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Inc. is an independent organisation,
founded in Melbourne in 1976 by an eminent group of physicians, pathologists and
scientists.
The aims of the society are to:
1. Advance postgraduate education in
infectious diseases in Australasia and internationally;
2. Promote research in all
aspects of infectious diseases; and
3. Advocate for sound and evidence-based
public health policy in matters related to infectious diseases.
Membership
encompasses Infectious Diseases Physicians, Clinical Microbiologists, Scientists,
Infection Control Practitioners, Public Health Physicians, Sexual Health Physicians,
Veterinarians and others eminent in the field of infectious diseases. ASID has
constituted several Special Interest Groups which bring together members with
interests in Paediatric infections, Hospital Infection Control, Mycology and Viral
Hepatitis. It has also recently established a clinical trials network and a guidelines
subcommittee.
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