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Causes: Health, Medical Disciplines Research
Mission: Pursue specific scientific and educational objectives in antiviral research thru sponsoring seminars and conferences on antiviral research and development and dissemnination of reports and publications relating to antiviral research
Programs: Sponsered an international conference on antiviral research held may 21-25,2017 in atlanta, georgia. Attended by 240 members and students from 24 countries (144 members and students from the united states), many of whom presented their latest research on antivirals. There were also 18invited speakers, 15 from the us, 1 from germany and 1 from canada.
provided education for young investigators by awarding travel support for 37 graduate students, post-docs, and other young investigators from many foreign countries to attend the annual international conference and by making small cash awards to 9 winners of competititon for young investigarots who presented thier research at the conference. Also, sponsored cash awards to three senior members of the society for their contributing research over a number of years.
provided information to memebers, potential memebers, and other interested individuals about the society,its activites, its annual anitviral research conference and other related conferences thru newsletters, emails, and a website. In 2017 there were 275 member from 26 different countries (151 from the united states).