African Society of Parasitology
President: Prof Dorothee Kinde Gazard
Email: jlndiaye(at)univ-thies.sn
Argentina
Argentine Society of Parasitology (website)
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE) (CONICET-UNLP), Boulevard 120 S/N entre Avda 60 y calle 64, La Plata (1900), Buenos Aires, Argentina, TE-FAX: +54 221 423 2327/4232140
President: Dra. Viviana R. Randazzo (UNS-IICS)
Tel: +54 223 4752426 (Int. 236)
email (lab): viviana.randazzo(at)uns.edu.ar
email : presidencia(at)apargentina.org.ar
Secretary:Dra. María A. Rossin (UNMdP-CONICET)
Tel: +54 223 4752426 (Int. 236)
email (lab): mrossin(at)mdp.edu.ar
email: secretaria(at)apargentina.org.ar
Australia
Australian Society for Parasitology (website)
President: Professor Aaron Jex
WEHI
email: president(at)parasite.org.au
Treasurer: Dr Samantha Emery-Corbin, Monash University
email: treasurer(at)parasite.org.au
Executive Secretary: Prof Jake Baum, UNSW
email: secretary(at)parasite.org.au
Bangladesh
Feder
President: Prof Hasanuzzaman Talukder
email: talukdermhasan(at)bau.edu.bd
Scandinavia and the Baltic countries
Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology (SBSP) (website: www.sbsp.eu)
President: Dr. Pikka Jokelainen
email: pijo(at)ssi.dk
Vice-president: Dr. Vaidas Palinauskas
Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Email: vaidas.palinauskas(at)gamtc.lt
Canada
Parasitology Section of the Canadian Society of Zoologists
President: Prof Heather Jamniczky
Contact: Dr Martin Oliver
email: martin.olivier(at)mcgill.ca
Food and Environmental Parasitology Network (website)
FEPN Chair: Dr Brent Dixon
email: chair(at)fepn.net
FEPN Co-chair: Momar Ndao
email: chair(at)fepn.net
FEPN Secretary: Rasha Maal-Bared
email: info(at)fepn.net
Canadian Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (website)
Chair: Dr Alison Krentel
email: info(at)cnntd.org
Vice-chair: Maneesh Phillip
Advocacy and Policy Officer: Tina Lines
Host Parasite Interactions Research Training Network
Chair: Prof John Gillieard
email: pch1(at)ualberta.ca
Chile
Chilean Society of Parasitology
President: Prof Fernando Fredes
email: c.alvarezrojas(at)uc.cl
Czech Republic
Czech Society of Parasitology
President: Libor Mikeš
email: libor.mikes(at)natur.cuni.cz or krtek(at)paru.cas.cz
Denmark
Danish Society for Parasitology
President: Professor Lars Hviid
email: lhviid(at)sund.ku.dk
France
Société Francaise de Parasitologie (website)
President: Prof Isabelle Villena
email: gregory.karadjian(at)anses.fr
Germany
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Parasitologie(German Society for Parasitology) (website)
President: Prof Markus Engstler,
email: markus.engstler(at)uni-wuerzburg.de
Honduras
Parasitology and Mycology Research Group
President: Gustavo Fontecha
Email: gustavo.fontecha(at)unah.edu.hn
India
Indian Society for Parasitology (website)
President: Prof (Dr) Abdul Mabood Khan
Director, MJS Health Research Foundation Lucknow, Former Scientist G & Head Division of Epidemiology &
Communicable Diseases (ECD-II), Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi- 110029
email: president.isp.1973(at)gmail.com; abdulmaboodkhan(at)gmail.com
Secretary: Dr. Satish Mishra
Senior Principal Scientist, Division of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (website), Lucknow, INDIA.
Phone: +91 9452539390
email: satish.mishra(at)cdri.res.in; isparasitology(at)gmail.com
Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology
President: Prof Asangaran
email: dranandakj(at)yahoo.co.in
International
International Commission of Trichinellosis
President: Prof. Dr. med. vet. Karsten Neckler
Email: Karsten.Noeckler(at)bfr.bund.de
IBN – International Blastocystis Network (website)
President: Dr Rune Stensvold
email: run(at)ssi.dk
Tropical Council for Companion Animals (TroCCAP)
President: Dr Filipe Dantas Torres,
email: rebecca.traub(at)unimelb.edu.au
Iran
Iranian Society for Parasitology (website)
Contact: Dr Mohammad B. Rokni
email: ijpa[at]tums.ac.ir
email: mbrokni[at]gmail.com
Ireland
Irish Society for Parasitology
President: Dr Christopher Coates
email: irishsoc.parasitology@gmail.com
Israel
Israel Society of Parasitology (website)
Contact: PROF. ELI SCHWARTZ
email: kostasm(at)ekmd.huji.ac.il
Italy
Societa Italiana di Parassitogia
President: Prof. Fabrizio Bruschi,
email: lrinaldi(at)unina.it
Japan
Japanese Society of Parasitology (website)
President: Taisei Kikuchi
email: taisei.kikuchi(at)edu.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp
JSP Office email: jsp.office.2015(at)gmail.com
Korea
Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (website)
President: Prof Myeong Heon Shin,
email: keeseon.eom(at)gmail.com
Contact: Prof Tai-Soon
email: tsyong212(at)gmail.com
Malaysia
Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (website)
President: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain, Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
email: nsheena(at)um.edu.my
Past President: Dr. Chandrawathani Panchadcharam, Division of Research and Innovation, Department of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry, Putrajaya, Malaysia
email: chandra1959(at)gmail.com
Vice President: Dr. Sam Mohan Aruputnam, 24, Jalan USJ 11/2G, 47600 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
email: sam_mohan(at)yahoo.com
Secretary: Mr. Heo Chong Chin, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital,, 47000 Selangor, MALAYSIA
email: secretarymsptm@gmail.com
email: chin@salam.uitm.edu.my
Mexico
Sociedad Mexicana de Parasitologia (website)
President: Luis Fernando Anaya-Velázquez
email: gortega(at)cinvestav.mx
Netherlands
Dutch Society for Parasitology (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Parasitologie ) (website)
Contact: Professor Foekje Stelma,
Secretaris Nederlandse Vereniging voor Parasitologie,
Meta Roestenberg m.roestenberg(at)lumc.nl
New Zealand
New Zealand Society for Parasitology (website)
President: Dr Ash Keown
Email: ashley.k(at)vetora.nz
Secretary: Augusto Barbosa
Email: a.barbosa(at)auckland.ac.nz
Nigeria
Nigerian Society for Parasitology and Public Health
President: Prof Sammy O. Sam-Wobo
Contact: chinyere ukaga
Email:chinyukaga(at)yahoo.com
Poland
Polish Society of Parasitology (website)
President: Prof. Agnieszka Perec-Matysiak,
email: agnieszka.perec-matysika(at)uwr.edu.pl
Vice-presidents:
Vice-presidents:
Prof. Beata Szostakowska
Email: beata.szostakowska(at)gumed.edu.pl
Prof. Jacek Karamon
Email: j.karamon(at)piwet.pulawy.pl
Dr. Katarzyna Goździk
Email: kj.gozdzik(at)uw.edu.pl
Secretary: Prof. Joanna Hildebrand
Email: joanna.hildebrand(at)uwr.edu.pl
Treasure: Dr. Dagmara Dyczko
Email: dagmara.dyczko2(at)uwr.edu.pl
Romania
Scientifica Parasitologica
President: Prof Vasile Cozma
email: georgiana.deak(at)usamvcluj.ro
Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden)
Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology (SBSP) (website: www.sbsp.eu)
President: Adj. prof. Pikka Jokelainen
Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen Denmark /
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland /
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
email: pijo(at)ssi.dk
Vice-president: Dr. Vaidas Palinauskas
Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Email: vaidas.palinauskas(at)gamtc.lt
Serbia
Serbian Society for Parasitology (website) (Membership to be ratified at ICOPA)
President: Prof Olgica Djurković Djaković,
National Reference Laboratory for Toxoplasmosis, Institute for Medical Research
University of Belgrade,
email: olgicadj(at)imi.bg.ac.rs
Contact: Aleksandra Uzelac
email: aleksandra.uzelac(at)imi.bg.ac.rs
South Africa
Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA) (website)
President: Prof Sonja Matthee
Contact: info(at)parsa.ac.za
Or Prof Nico Smit
email: Nico.Smit(at)nwu.ac.za
Or Dr Kerry Malherbe
email: Kerry.Malherbe(at)nwu.ac.za
email:
Website manager: Prof Kerry Hadfield-Malherbe,
email: parsa.news(at)yahoo.com
Spain
Spanish Society of Parasitology (La Sociedad Española de Parasitología – SEP) (website)
President/Secretary: Professor A. Osuna,
Universidad de Granada, Spain
email: secretaria(at)socepa.org
Switzerland
Swiss Society for Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (website)
President: Britta Lundström-Stadelmann, University of Bern
email: britta.lundstroem(at)vetsuisse.unibe.ch
Secretary: Ramon Eichenberger, University of Zurich
email: ramon.eichenberger(at)uzh.ch
Taiwan
Taiwan Society of Parasitology
President: Prof Chia-Kwung Fan,
email: tedfan(at)tmu.edu.tw
Thailand
Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Association of Thailand (website)
President: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pratap Singhasivanon
Contact Banchob Sripa
email: banchob(at)kku.ac.th
Ukraine
Ukrainian Scientific Society of Parasitologists (USSP) (website)
President: Prof Vitaliy Kharchenko
Secretary: Dr Hab Vitality A. Kharchenko,
email: vit(at)izan.kiev.ua
Vice-Secretary: Dr Tetiana Kuzmina,
email: taniak(at)izan.kiev.ua
United Kingdom
British Society for Parasitology (website)
President: Prof Colin Sutherland
email:Colin.Sutherland(at)lshtm.ac.uk
USA
* Associate Members of the American Society of Parasitologists are designated below by an asterisk.
American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists (website)
President: Susan E Little, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA,
Secretary: Dr Alan Marchiondo, Pfizer Animal Health, Kalamazoo, USA,
email: alan.marchiondo(at)pfizer.com
American Society of Parasitologists (website)
President: Prof Tamara J. Cook
Contact: Janine Caira
email: janine.caira(at)uconn.edu
ASP Meeting
Professor Don Duszynski,
Planner: email: eimeria(at)unm.edu
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (website)
President: Thomas E Wellems, NIAID, Rockville, USA,
email: twellems(at)niaid.nih.gov
Secretary: Josh Berman, Rockville, USA,
email: jbe9320457(at)aol.com
Annual Midwestern Conference of Parasitologists * (website)
President: Daniel Howe, University of Kentucky, USA,
email: dkhowe2(at)uky.edu
Secretary: Douglas Woodmansee, Wilmington College, USA,
The Helminthological Society of Washington * (website)
President: Prof Kelly Weinersmith
Contact: Dr Jimmy Bernot
email: jimmybernot(at)gmail.com
New England Association of Parasitologists (NEAP) (website)
President: Patrick Skelly, Tufts University, USA,
email: patrick.skelly(at)tufts.edu
Secretary: Jon Vermeire, Yale University, USA,
email: jon.vermeire(at)yale.edu
New Jersey Society of Parasitology * (website)
New York Society of Tropical Medicine
Northern California Parasitologists (NCP) * (website)
President: Ravinder Sehgal, San Francisco State University, USA,
email: sehgal(at)sfsu.edu
Secretary: Chindi Peavey, San Mateo Mosquito Abatement District, USA,
email: cpeavey(at)smcmad.org
Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists * (website)
President: Prof Kirsten Jensen
email: jensen(at)ku.edu
Society for Intervertebrate Pathology
Society of Nematologists (website)
President: Dr Ann E MacGuidwin,
email: aem(at)plantpath.wisc.edu
Southeastern Society of Parasitologists (SSP) * (website)
President: Vina Diderrich-Faulkner, Lincoln Memorial University, USA,
email: vina.faulkner(at)lmunet.edu
Secretary: Vince Conners, University of South Carolina, USA,
Southern California Parasitologists *
Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (SWAP) * (website)
President: Prof John Shea
email: kherzog(at)unmc.edu