Leaders Behind the Launching of the International Society of Travel Medicine, The Journal of Travel Medicine and Helping to Define a New Medical Discipline

Journal Article Accepted manuscript Leaders Behind the Launching of the International Society of Travel Medicine, The Journal of Travel Medicine and Helping to Define a New Medical Discipline Get access Herbert L DuPont, MD , Herbert L DuPont, MD Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, HoustonDepartment of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and the Department of Infectious Diseases, MD Anderson Cancer Hospital, all Houston, TX, USA To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Robert Steffen, MD , Robert Steffen, MD Writing - review & editing Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Department of Public and Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travelers' Health, University of Zurich, Hirschengraben 84, CH-8001 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin, Houston, TX, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7917-1141 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Phyllis E Kozarsky, MD , Phyllis E Kozarsky, MD University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Department of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Charles D Ericsson, MD Charles D Ericsson, MD Division of Infectious Diseases (Emerita), Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Travel Medicine, taaf083, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaf083 Published: 28 August 2025 Article history Received: 01 July 2025 Accepted: 15 August 2025 Published: 28 August 2025