ISAC Travel Grants
This year, ISAC awarded two types of grants to allow colleagues to travel to the International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ICC) in Istanbul in November 2024. Both grants were awarded based on the merits of applicants' abstracts.
ISAC Young Investigator Travel Awards
Open to applicants from ISAC Member Societies under 35 years old.
Eastern Europe Travel Grants
Open to colleagues residing in Eastern Europe. No age restrictions.
The two highest scoring abstracts submitted from countries with limited resources via ISAC’s Young Investigator Travel Award application process were awarded the Tom Bergan Memorial Award and the John David Williams Memorial Award in memory of two former Presidents of ISAC.
Tom Bergan Award: Shaista Urooj
J. D. Williams Award: Rithik Dharan
View photos of the awardees from the ICC.
Read testimonials from previous awardees here.
| ISAC Young Investigator Awards | |||
| Awardee | Abstract | Country | Member Society |
| Shaista Urooj | Surface Interactions and Mechanical Properties Shaping Biofilm Dynamics in S. aureus and P. aeruginosa | Pakistan | MMIDSP |
| Rithik Dharan | Vital Signs or Lab parameters: Evaluation of National Early Warning Score2(NEWS2) and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Scores for Sepsis screening in Low resource hospital setting | India | SIDP |
| Marit Bot | DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RAPID ESBL NP® TEST DIRECTLY ON URINE SAMPLES IN PATIENTS WITH A URINARY TRACT INFECTION | Netherlands | NVMM |
| Trang Quynh Le | CONTEXT-SPECIFIC IMPACT OF ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP ON ANTIBIOTIC USE AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN HOSPITALS IN A LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY - RESULTS FROM IMPLEMENTATION STUDY WITH A CONTROLLED INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES DESIGN IN VIETNAM | Vietnam | APUA |
| Saniya Zaidi | Role of Nocardia sp. bioactives in regulating the key molecular checkpoints in quorum-sensing pathways P. aeruginosa: application towards improved fabrication of medical devices | India | IFCAI |
| Luca Mezzadri | Comparison of meropenem-vaborbactam with ceftazidime-avibactam in the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infections | Italy | BSAC |
| Rabia Ilyas | Virulence Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistant Clinical Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae circulating in Pakistani Population | Pakistan | MMIDSP |
| Sidrah Asghar | Development of a Bacteriophage Cocktail and Evaluation of In Vitro and In Vivo Therapeutic Efficacy against ESBL-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae | Pakistan | MMIDSP |
| Eastern Europe Travel Awards | ||
| Attendees | Abstract | Country |
| Rrezarta Bajrami - Halili | Deeplex sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Kosovo | Kosovo |
| Gordana Dragović Lukić | No preterm relative telomere length shortening in patients on successful cART | Serbia |
| Milos Gostimirović | THE INFLUENCE OF COVID-19 ON THE ANTIBIOTIC CONSUMPTION IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN BELGRADE (SERBIA) | Serbia |
| Edjola Lulja | Syphilis frequency and features among newly diagnosed HIV cases | Albania |
| Amila MURATSPAHIĆ | MEASLES OUTBREAK IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN 2024: CAN WE TRUST NUMBERS TO PREDICT THE DISEASE COURSE AND BURDEN TO THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM? | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Lul Raka | Addressing barriers in antimicrobial stewardship: a guide from research to implementation | Kosovo |
| Valentin Năstasă | Plasma-activated water efficacy in the management of experimental wounds infected with {Staphylococcus aureus} in mice | Romania |
| Amina Obradović Balihodžić | Distribution and antifungal susceptibility profile of Candida species from vaginal swabs of outpatients | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Robert Capota | HYPERIMMUNE EGG-BASED IGY-RICH FORMULATIONS AS ADJUVANT THERAPY IN A MURINE MODEL OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION | Romania |
| Greta Lila | EVALUATION OF CURETIS UNYVERO, A MULTIPLEX PCR-BASED TESTING SYSTEM, FOR RAPID DETECTION OF BACTERIA AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF SEVERE PNEUMONIA IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS. | Kosovo |
| Velida Mulabdic | Treatment and Outcome of HIV-associated Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in Resource Limited Settings: Case Report | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Tarik Pasagic | ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PATTERN OF CLINICAL ISOLATES IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Amela Dedeić-Ljubović | Distribution of anaerobic bacteria in clinical specimens-an 8 year retrospective study | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Natalia Konova | ANALYSIS OF ANTIBIOTIC USAGE IN BULGARIAN HOSPITALS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP SOFTWARE SOLUTION TO IMPROVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LOCAL ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP POLICIES | Bulgaria |
| Tomasz Jarzembowski | Heterogenic bacterial resistance to low concentration of ketamine | Poland |
| Florin Horhat | MANAGEMENT OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN BURN PATIENTS: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMAL CARE | Romania |
| Arlinda Osmani | EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF PATIENTS WITH CLOSTRIDOIDES DIFFICILE INFECTION | North Macedonia |
| Ahmed Velic | A case report of a healthy newborn naturally born to HIV-positive parents | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
