Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Walter Orenstein, MD, FPIDS, an influential figure in public health and immunization efforts, including policy and hesitancy, is the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) 2025 Walter T. Hughes Distinguished Physician Award honoree. https://lnkd.in/ePh2TGtJ

PIDS has joined with IDSA, HIVMA, & SHEA to issue a response to this weekend's public health firings. Visit https://lnkd.in/eKWU7-5e to read the full letter.

Our October newsletter featured the final letter from the president of Bill Steinbach's tenure, fresh JPIDS content, an introduction to our meetID cohort for IDWeek, speakers for our virtual workshop with SHEA and more. Read Dr. Steinbach's letter at https://lnkd.in/ecTAVyF6

PIDS is pleased to welcome these 29 distinguished scientists as Fellows of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society for 2025. “PIDS has designated Fellowship as recognition of our colleagues whose collective work embodies academic, clinical, and educational accomplishment and excellence to distinguish themselves as being at the top of our field.” - Dr. Bill Steinbach, MD, FPIDS https://lnkd.in/esTciKCQ

Our September Member Spotlight is Dr. Chris Blyth. He is Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine, University of Western Australia and head of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases at The Kids Research Institute, Australia. Read the full spotlight at https://lnkd.in/ebe5TdxM

What is the Feigin Apprenticeship like? Check out our 10 Minutes With JPIDS podcast with our outgoing Feigins and JPIDS editor-in-chief to learn about the experience! To apply for the 2025-26 apprenticeship, visit our Apprenticeship Program page of the PIDS Foundation site. https://lnkd.in/ev_8N6eK

We are pleased to continue our partnership with the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) to bring you the next session in our Virtual Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Hospital Epidemiology Series: IPC in Immunocompromised Patients at 1:00 p.m., ET, today, September 4. Registration required for this case-based webinar. https://lnkd.in/eCpWW5Xe

Our August Member Spotlight is Andrea Green Hines, MD, FPIDS. She is Associate Professor, Adult & Pediatric ID at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She serves on the PIDS Workforce Development Committee, which she vice chairs, and on its Training Programs Subcommittee, which runs PIDS Pediatric Fellows' Day at IDWeek. Read the full profile at https://lnkd.in/ecX4fg_s

The Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (JPIDS) is looking for qualified applicants for Associate Editor – Member at Large (2). Applicants should have significant prior expertise and publications related to many diverse aspects of pediatric infectious diseases in the inpatient and/or outpatient setting. These AEs will handle papers across a variety of topics, including papers that do not easily fit into any other topic categories.  Contact staff for more. Deadline to apply is Friday, September 19.

Join CORE Grand Rounds today at 1pm ET for our Navigating Training as an IMG Fellow: Practical Tips, Support, and Success webinar. This session should be of particular interest to IMGs and program directors. Registration required: https://lnkd.in/e_wFt5JV