BIA Elections
BIA Elections 2025
The following posts will become vacant in 2025, we will alert all members when elections open.
1. Vice-President/President elect (David Partridge)
2. Workforce and Training Secretary (Anna Goodman)
3. Guidelines Secretary (Sam Moses)
4. Secretary for Membership, Engagement and Representation (Megan Jenkins)
5. Sustainability Secretary (Luke Hunt co-opted)
6. Associate Members’ Secretary (Bee Ng co-opted)
7. Higher Specialist Scientist Trainee Professional Affairs Secretary (Hannah Pymont)
8. Trainee Communications Secretary (Muhammad Fahad)
9. Secretary for Overseas Members (Abdullah Yusuf)
BIA encourages applications from every membership, striving for a diverse and inclusive membership and leadership structure. BIA welcomes a proposal to role share; if you can identify a candidate who could share the role with you, please contact us on admin@britishinfection.org before completing the nomination form. Please see below the eligibility critera for all positions.
Role Profiles
Role profiles can be found on the Council members page.
Eligibility Criteria for Candidates
All posts on Council shall be elected from among the Association's membership according to the eligibility criteria outlined in the table below.
Eligibility criteria for BIA Council Members candidates are outlined in the table below:
|
Role |
Eligibility: see key* |
Duration of office (years) |
BIA Principal Officer |
Vice-president/President elect |
A |
2 + 2 |
BIA Principal Officer |
Honorary Secretary |
A |
3 |
BIA Principal Officer |
Honorary Treasurer |
A |
3 |
BIA Principal Officer |
Meetings Secretary |
B |
3 |
BIA Council Member |
Clinical Services Secretary MMMV |
C |
3 |
BIA Council Member |
Clinical Services Secretary ID |
D |
3 |
BIA Council Member |
Secretary for Membership, Engagement and Representation |
B |
3 |
BIA Council Member |
Scientific and Research Secretary |
A |
3 |
BIA Council Member |
Workforce and Training Secretary |
B |
3 |
BIA Council Member |
Guidelines Secretary |
B |
3 |
BIA Council Member |
Sustainability Secretary |
E |
3 |
BIA Council Member |
Secretary for Members from Devolved UK Administrations |
F |
3 |
BIA Council Member |
Medical Trainee, Professional Affairs Secretary |
G |
2 |
BIA Council Member |
Medical Trainee, Meetings Secretary |
G |
2 |
BIA Council Member |
Higher Specialist Scientist Trainee Professional Affairs Secretary |
H |
2 |
BIA Council Member |
Trainee Communications Secretary |
I |
2 |
BIA Council Member |
Secretary for Associate Members |
J |
3 |
BIA Council Member |
Secretary for Overseas Members |
K |
3 |
*Key
- Consultant or equivalent grade (Infection specialties) and BIA full member working in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.
- Medical Consultant (Infection Specialties) and BIA full member working in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.
- Consultant in Medical Microbiology or Medical Virology, or Consultant Clinical Scientist in Microbiology or Virology, and BIA full member working in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.
- Consultant in Infectious Diseases and BIA full member working in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.
- Any BIA member with appropriate interest and experience working in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.
- Medical consultant (Infection Specialties) and BIA full member working in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales.
- BIA trainee member and Infection Specialty Trainee (with National Training Number) training in the UK or Republic of Ireland.
- BIA trainee member and Higher Specialist Scientist Trainee (microbiology or virology) training in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.
- BIA trainee member and medical Infection Specialty Trainee (with National Training Number), HSST (microbiology or virology) or Associate Specialist trainee in the UK or Republic of Ireland.
- BIA Associate member working in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.
- Consultant (Infection specialties) or equivalent BIA full member based outside the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.