Our Work
ASM embraces the responsibility to support scientists and stakeholders globally, leveraging fundamental and applied science to positively impact life on, and the sustainability of, our planet.
ASM Promotes and Supports the Future of the Microbial Sciences
The microbial sciences are rapidly expanding and we’re witnessing life-changing innovations. ASM can no longer simply react to the changes around us. It is our responsibility to empower and connect microbial scientists and stakeholders around the world to shape the future of the field. ASM embraces this responsibility, leveraging fundamental and applied science to positively impact life on, and the sustainability of, our planet.
Organized around key scientific disciplines, and guided by the principle that science must serve humanity, ASM's new Strategic Roadmap solidifies ASM's role as a global society. It calls upon leaders in science, industry and society to harness the transformative power of microbes to address the most pressing challenges of our time.
Defining ASM’s Scientific Units
To create a successful mechanism for gathering collegial input and developing scientific priorities, ASM will establish 3 scientific units with the goal of integrating diverse and dynamic perspectives. Each unit will have its own infrastructure, be led by a volunteer Scientific Chair and a full-time staff Scientific Director and be supported by expert Advisory Councils and additional support staff.
ASM Health
As part of ASM's recently adopted strategic framework, the ASM Health unit will empower microbial scientists and partners to advance the field for the benefit of society. To do this, the ASM Health unit will go beyond the traditional scientific society approach by adopting an expansive view of who is engaged in the space. This means fostering connections with and among anyone whose work touches on (or is touched by) the microbial sciences, not just “classic microbiologists.” It also involves identifying emerging science across disciplines, in institutions large and small and without regard for regional and geographic boundaries.
 The work of the ASM Health unit will inform ASM’s programs and services to meet the needs of the community, expand ASM’s reach and drive the future of the microbial sciences.
Subdisciplines
Areas included under ASM Health are as follows:
- Clinical and public health microbiology.
- Drug discovery and development.
- Vaccine and diagnostics development.
- Antimicrobial resistance and tolerance.
- Microbiome.
- Animal and plant health.
- Food microbiology.
Duke University
Duke University
University of Texas Southwestern
Vanderbilt University
Center for Disease Control
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
University of Tennessee
ASM Applied & Environmental °®¶¹´«Ã½
