Global Partnerships & Advocacy Committee
Mission
The COVID-19 pandemic showed us that one of the most important things we can do to support ASV membership is to build collaboration across the field globally and strengthen the lay understanding of virology and public health around infection.
GPAC is working towards strengthening the global virology community through collaborations and outreach, using our combined voices to educate the public on the role of viruses in disease and health.
Goals
Under the Global Outreach Initiative, we will
- build relationship with sister societies across the globe, establishing new -and strengthening current- collaborations, especially with virologists in low to middle-income countries.
- ensure virtual access to the ASV conference, including registration scholarships for virtual or in-person attendance from people from underrepresented regions of the world, increasing the diversity and inclusion of the ASV family.
ASV Global Scholars are supported, in part, by a grant from the Gates Foundation.
Global Partnerships & Advocacy Committee
Miguel Quiñones-Mateu, Chair (2028)
Shan-Lu Liu, President (2025)
Kari Debbink (2027)
Rebecca Dutch (2028)
Felicia Goodrum (2027)
Pedro Jimenez-Bluhm (2028)
Andrew Muñoz (2028)
Stacey Schultz-Cherry (2028)
Carolyn Teschke (2027)