About ISPPD

WHO ARE WE?

The International Society of Pneumonia and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD) is a non-profit, non-governmental association and has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The ISPPD was officially launched on 11 March 2012 during the ISPPD-8 Symposium in Foz de Iguaçu, Brazil. Currently, the main activity of the ISPPD is the biennial ISPPD international meeting, which is the leading event for those interested in pneumococci and pneumococcal diseases, bringing together professionals in the field to raise global awareness and improve standards of diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

The rationale for creating ISPPD originated with the need for a legal framework for the ISPPD Meeting. Initiated in 1998 at the 1st meeting in Denmark, ISPPD symposia have been organised every two years in different countries with local sponsors. The number of delegates has grown significantly over the years and each of the past few meetings have welcomed over 1000 delegates.

MISSION AND OBJECTIVES

The ISPPD mission is to improve the knowledge and understanding of pneumococcal biology, pathogenesis and epidemiology; the host response to pneumococcal carriage and infection; and the prevention and treatment of pneumococcal disease.

ISPPD pursues the following objectives:

• to facilitate scientific exchange through a biennial international ISPPD meeting
• to enable other symposia, educational activities, and/or publications as appropriate to the ISPPD mission
• to promote scientific collaboration and research
• to promote public awareness of pneumococcal disease, treatment and prevention

Visit the ISPPD website for more details about the society and contact information.

ISPPD BOARD

David Goldblatt (UK)

ISPPD President

David Goldblatt

Professor of Vaccinology and Immunology, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital

Cynthia Whitney (USA)

ISPPD Secretary

Cynthia Whitney

Research Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Principal Investigator and Executive Director, CHAMPS

Debby Bogaert (UK)

ISPPD Treasurer

Debby Bogaert

Chair of Paediatrics Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Honorary consultant, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Kate O'Brien (USA)

ISPPD Board Member

Kate O'Brien

Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals Department, World Health Organization, Switzerland

Catherine Satzke (Australia)

ISPPD Board Member

Catherine Satzke

Associate Professor, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital
The University of Melbourne, Australia

Kim Mulholland (Australia)

ISPPD Board Member

Kim Mulholland

Group leader, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Professor in Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Professor in Epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Samir Kumar Saha (Bangladesh)

ISPPD Board Member

Samir Kumar Saha

Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka Shishu Hospital

Upton Allen (Canada)

ISPPD Board Member

Upton Allen

The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada

ISPPD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Angela Brueggemann (UK)

ISPPD General Assembly Member

Angela Brueggemann

Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Big Data Institute | Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford

Steven Black (USA)

ISPPD General Assembly Member

Steven Black

Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Mathuram Santosham (USA)

ISPPD General Assembly Member

Mathuram Santosham

Professor, International Health and Pediatrics
Senior Advisor – International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC)
Director Emeritus, Center for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Amanda Leach (Australia)

ISPPD General Assembly Member

Amanda Leach

Leader, Ear Health Research Program, Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Northern Territory, Australia

Artu Palmu (Finland)

ISPPD General Assembly Member

Artu Palmu

Ingileif Jonsdotir (Iceland)

ISPPD General Assembly Member

Ingileif Jonsdotir

Hannah Nohynek (Finland)

ISPPD General Assembly Member

Hannah Nohynek

Keith Klugman (South Africa/USA)

ISPPD General Assembly Member

Keith Klugman

Director of the Pneumonia, Meningitis, Neonatal Sepsis, Antimicrobial Resistance and Surveillance and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Programs at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle WA

Shabir Madhi (South Africa)

ISPPD General Assembly Member

Shabir Madhi