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IUSTI-Europe SCHOLARSHIPS for the 38th IUSTI-Eu Congress 2025 in Athens
IUSTI-Europe announces 7 scholarships to cover attendance at the course and the congress (combination ticket) and support transport or accommodation during the Congress - total amount of each scholarship of 600 EUR (reimbursement after the conference).
To be eligible for the scholarship you must be:
- a full member of IUSTI-Europe
- younger than 35 years
Applicants are required to submit a brief letter of intent and a condensed CV as well as the IUSTI-Europe membership certificate to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by July 4, 2025.
A confirmation of application receipt will be sent via e-mail. The names of the successful candidates will be published on the IUSTI-Europe main webpage on July 11, 2025.
Winners of the prizes at the IUSTI Europe Congress 2024 in Zagreb
The best posters and oral presentations were awarded with free registration for the next IUSTI-Europe congress in 2025 in Athens, Greece.
Congratulations!
Posters
Natasha Andrijasevic (Croatia), Ei T Aung (Australia), Benjaman Toh (UK)
Oral presentations
Boglarka Feher (Hungary), Katja Knapp (Austria), Diarmuid Nugent (UK)
IUSTI-Europe SCHOLARSHIPS for the 37th IUSTI-Eu Congress 2024 in Zagreb
IUSTI-Europe 2024 scholarship recipients:
- Kakha Bregvadze, Georgia
- Luisa Graça, Portugal
- Bethany Harrison, UK
- Edgars Kiecics, Latvia
- Francesca Pennati, Italy
- Laura Račkauskaitė, Lithuania
- Umar Sheikh, USA
- Viktor Simeonovski, North Macedonia
- Andrei Tanasov, Romania
- Matthew Valentino, Malta
Congratulations!
Karen Babayan
It is with great sorrow that we have to inform about the passing of our dear colleague and long-standing IUSTI-Europe Council member Karen Babayan from Armenia.
Karen was a very active member of the group and will be missed sadly.
Our thoughts are with Karen´s family.
Claudia Heller-Vitouch
George-Sorin Tiplica
Mpox multi-country outbreak
Over 61000 cases from 111 countries have been reported to WHO by 24 April 2023.
To keep up to date with the situation and response here are some useful links:
- WHO situation reports
- ECDC Mpox pages: factsheets, Q&A, resource sheets and epidemiology
- ECDC Public Health considerations for mpox
- BASHH UK monkeypox resource pages have lots of useful operational guidance
- Advice on Risk Communication and Community Engagement from ECDC
Dr. Andrew Winter
IUSTI-Europe Communications