Dr Chris Beyrer new president of International AIDS Society

The new president of the International AIDS Society, Dr Chris Beyrer

Dr Linda-Gail Bekker (South Africa) is new president-elect and Dr Anton Pozniak (UK) is re-elected treasurer.

Beyrer is Professor of Epidemiology, International Health and Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland and takes over from outgoing president, Professor Françoise Barré-Sinoussi of France.

Dr Bekker is deputy director and Professor of Medicine at the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town and chief operating officer of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation.

Dr Pozniak is consultant physician and honorary senior lecturer and director of the HIV service at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London. He is an executive member of the European AIDS Clinical Society, president of the European AIDS Treatment network (NEAT) and a trustee of the HIV charity St Stephens AIDS Trust.

IAS Governing Council (GC) 2014-2016

The following members will serve on the IAS Governing Council until 2016.

• Africa
  Serge Paul Eholié, Côte d'Ivoire
  John Idoko, Nigeria
  Alex Muganga Muganzi, Uganda
  Faustine Ndugulile, Tanzania

• Asia, the Pacific Islands
  Roy Chan, Singapore
  Andrew Grulich, Australia
  Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Malaysia
  Sai Subhasree Raghavan, India

• Europe
  Sergii Dvoriak, Ukraine
  Jens Lundgren, Denmark
  Jürgen Rockstroh, Germany
  Stefano Vella, Italy

• Latin America, the Caribbean
  Celia DC Christie-Samuels, Jamaica
  Horacio Salomon, Argentina
  Mauro Schechter, Brazil
  Luis Soto-Ramirez, Mexico

• US, Canada
  Adaora Adimora, United States
  Judith Auerbach, US
  Marina Klein, Canada
  Kenneth Mayer, USFor more information, go to www.iasociety.org.