THE GERMAN SOCIETY FOR HYGIENE AND MICROBIOLOGY

DGHM has been founded in 1906 and has currently around 1,900 members. It brings together medical scientists, microbiologists, hygienists and clinicians interested in basic and clinical research on infectious diseases. DGHM is a member of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS), International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) and cooperates with the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID).

Board 2023/24

President: Jan Buer / Essen
Secretary: Martin Aepfelbacher / Hamburg
Treasurer: Helmut Fickenscher / Kiel
Vice- Presidents:
Bettina Löffler/Jena
Simone Scheithauer/Göttingen
Gabriele Pradel/Aachen

→ Board

Activities

Scientific Meetings

Awards

by DGHM Foundation: Career, Junior, Diagnostic, Research and Doctoral Awards
→ Awards

Standardization

MIQ: Quality Standards for the Microbiological Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
→ MIQ

Standard values for the orientation of microbial contamination in food
→ Standard Values for Food

Education & Policy

Courses in Hospital Hygiene
Certificate for Scientists in Med. Microbiology
Medical practice guidelines and regulations
Statements to ministerial draft bills

Paper of the Month & Highlight in Clinical Mircobiology and Infectionprevention

best papers published by DGHM members
→ Paper of the Month & Highlight

Young DGHM

the organisation by and for young physicians and researchers
→ jDGHM