The International Organization of Mycoplasmology is governed by a Board of Directors and a set of At-large Board Members, both elected bi-annually.
2023-2025 IOM Board of Directors
Chair-Elect
Amir Hadjinoormohammadi
University of Melbourne
AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 3 8344 7342
Email: amir.hadjinoormohammadi@unimelb.edu.au
Past-Chair
Steven J. Geary
University of Connecticut
61 N. Eagleville Rd.
Storrs, CT 06269
USA
Phone: +1 860 486-0835
Email: steven.geary@uconn.edu
Secretary General
Pascal Sirand-Pugnet
INRAE – University of Bordeaux
IBVM, 71 Ave. E. Bourlaux
33882 Villenave d’Orlon
FRANCE
Phone: +33 5 57 1223 59
Email: pascal.sirand-pugnet@inrae.fr
Treasurer
Edan Tulman
University of Connecticut
College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science
61 N Eagleville Rd, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Phone: (860) 486-2794
Email: edan.tulman@uconn.edu
Membership-Secretary
Sabine Pereyre
University of Bordeaux, Campus Carreire, USC EA 3671
Mycoplasmal and chlamydial infections in humans
146 rue Leo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux
FRANCE
Phone: + 33 5 57 57 16 25
Email: sabine.pereyre@u-bordeaux.fr
Information Officer
Yonathan Arfi
INRAE – University of Bordeaux
IBVM, 71 Ave. E. Bourlaux
33882 Villenave d’Orlon
FRANCE
Phone: +33 5 57 1223 59
Email: yonathan.arfi@u-bordeaux.fr
2023-2025 At-Large Members
Emma Sweeney
University of Queensland
Centre for Clinical Research – Faculty of Medicine
AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 7 334 65580
Email: e.l.sweeney@uq.edu.au
Prescott Atkinson
University of Alabama at Birminghan
Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology
1601 4th Avenue South
CPP II, Suite 220
Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
Phone: +1 (205) 638-6467
Email: tatkinso@uabmc.edu
Chih-Horng Kuo (IRPCM Liaison)
Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica
128 Sec. 2, Academia Rd.
Taipei 11529
TAIWAN
Phone: +886 2 2787 1127
Email: chk@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Ana Sofía Ramírez Corbera
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Autovía Bañaderos a Las Palmas nº 80, km 6,5
SPAIN
Phone: +34 928457432
Email: anasofia.ramirez@ulpgc.es
Joerg Jores
University of Bern
Institut für Veterinärbakteriologie
Länggassstrasse 122 Postfach
3001 Bern, SWITZERLAND
Phone: +41 31 684 24 14
Email:joerg.jores@vetsuisse.unibe.ch
Shigeyuki Kakizawa
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Bioproduction Research Institute
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
JAPAN
Phone: +81029-849-1519
Email: s.kakizawa@aist.go.jp