American Society for Virology
The American Society for Virology (ASV) is an American
Founding and history
Historically, virology has been considered a subdiscipline of
The founding president of the ASV was
Activities
The ASV continues to host an annual scientific meeting every summer on a selected university campus in the United States or Canada. The society also hosts career and educational information—including an online jobs directory—and received a grant from the
Since April 2021, the society's president has been Dr. Colin Parrish of Cornell University.[6]
Organization
As of 2015, the ASV contained councils for seven subdisciplines:
The ASV is led by elected officers. The elected officers are a President, President-Elect, and Secretary-Treasurer—all of whom are elected by ASV members. The President-Elect is elected each year and serves one year in that role before serving as President in the following year. The Secretary-Treasurer is elected once every five years and serves one year as Secretary-Treasurer-Elect (unless succeeding themselves) and a five-year term as Secretary-Treasurer thereafter.[7]
Presidents of the ASV
- Wolfgang Joklik, 1981–1983
- Harold S. Ginsberg, 1983–1984
- Robert R. Wagner, 1984–1985
- Purnell W. Choppin, 1985–1986
- Julius S. Youngner, 1986–1987
- Paul J. Kaesberg, 1987–1988
- Kenneth I. Berns, 1988–1989
- Roland R. Rueckert, 1989–1990
- Bernard N. Fields, 1990–1991
- Max D. Summers, 1991–1992
- Sondra Schlesinger, 1992–1993
- Kathryn V. Holmes, 1993–1994
- Bernard Moss, 1994–1995
- Gail W. Wertz, 1995–1996
- Mary K. Estes, 1996–1997
- Thomas E. Shenk, 1997–1998
- Peter M. Howley, 1998–1999
- Diane E. Griffin, 1999–2000
- Dennis J. O'Callaghan, 2000–2001
- Robert A. Lamb, 2001–2002
- Charles M. Rice, 2002–2003
- Patricia G. Spear, 2003–2004
- Lynn W. Enquist, 2004–2005
- Peter Palese, 2005–2006
- Don Ganem, 2006–2007
- Ann C. Palmenberg, 2007–2008
- Harry B. Greenberg, 2008–2009
- Rozanne Sandri-Goldin, 2009–2010
- Terence S. Dermody, 2010–2011
- Bert L. Semler, 2011–2012
- Barbara Sherry, 2012–2013
- Paula Traktman, 2013–2014
- Vincent R. Racaniello, 2014–2015
- Grant McFadden, 2015–2016
- Rebecca E. Dutch, 2016–2017
- Stacey Schultz-Cherry, 2017–2018
- Andrew S. Pekosz, 2018–2019
- Kristen A. Bernard, 2019–2020
- Colin Parrish, 2021–
Source:[8]
References
- ^ PMID 16364755.
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- PMID 16326717.
- ^ "American Society for Virology Presidents" (PDF). American Society for Virology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ a b "American Society for Virology". American Society for Virology. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Cornell virologist elected president of world's foremost virology society". Cornell Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51db1668e4b0bc8869a106d4/t/5acfa0288a922debac12cbbb/1523556392442/ASV+Bylaws+-+2018+FINAL.pdf [dead link]
- ^ "Past Presidents". American Society for Virology. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
External links
- Official website
- Viruses from Structure to Biology, a website documenting the history of virology maintained by Sondra Schlesinger on behalf of the ASV.
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