British Society for Medical Mycology

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British Society for Medical Mycology
Historical notes The British Society for Medical
Mycology (formerly the British Society for
Mycopathology) evolved in 1964 from a specialist
subcommittee the Medical Research Council
originally created in 1953. The following pages
contain data on former officials, meetings,
publications and other activities of the BSMM
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PAST OFFICERS OF THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL
MYCOLOGY President Honorary Secretary Honorary
Treasurer Meetings Secretary 1964 J.
Ramsbottom 1964 C.N.D. Cruickshank 1964 P.M.
Stockdale 1997 E.M. Johnson 1967 A.J.E.
Barlow 1967 J.C. Gentles 1969 R. Hurley 2000 D.J.
Sullivan 1970 G.C. Ainsworth 1970 R.R.
Davies 1974 Y.M. Clayton 1973 C.H.
Whittle 1973 M. Richards 1979 B.M.
Partridge 1976 C.J. La Touche 1976 F.W.
Chattaway 1984 G. Midgley 1979 J.
Curry 1979 D.W.R. Mackenzie 1989 D.W.
Warnock 1982 J.G. OSullivan 1982 E.G.V.
Evans 1994 G.S. Shankland 1985 F.W.
Chattaway 1985 F.C. Odds 1988 R.R.Davies 1988 M.D.
Richardson 1991 D.W.R.Mackenzie 1991 J.H.
Edwards 1994 E.G.V.Evans 1994 N.R.
Blatchford 1997 R.J. Hay 1997 D.W.
Warnock 2000 R.J.Hay 2000 R.A. Barnes PAST
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
SOCIETY 1964 1966 G.C. Ainsworth 1982
1985 R.J. Hay 1965 1968 J.G. OSullivan 1984
1987 M.V. Martin 1966 1967 A.J.E. Barlow 1985
1987 M.D. Richardson 1967 1969 R.
Hurley 1987 1990 W.C. Noble 1968 1971 J.
Curry 1987 1990 D.T. Roberts 1969
1970 R.R. Davies 1990 1993 V. Hopwood 1970
1972 G.A. Pepin 1990 1993 G.S. Shankland 1971
1974 S.O.B. Roberts 1993 1996 D.W.
Denning 1972 1975 M.P. English 1993
1996 K.A. Haynes 1974 1977 E.G.V. Evans 1994
1997 N.A.R. Gow 1975 1978 C.O. Dawson 1997
2000 R.A. Barnes 1977 1980 C.K. Campbell 1997
2000 A.J. Hamilton 1978 1981 D.C.E Speller
2000 2003 C.C. Kibbler 1981 1984 F.C.
Odds 2000 2002 H.R. Ashbee
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ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY
Year Location Local Organisera 1965 Birmingham C.N
.D. Cruickshank 1966 Glasgow J.C.
Gentles 1967 Huddersfield A.J.E.
Barlow 1968 London R. Hurley 1969 Dublin J.T.
Baxter 1970 Manchester J. Curry 1971 Edinburgh G.W
. Beveridge 1972 Cambridge S.O.B.
Roberts 1973 Bristol M.P. English 1974 Leeds E.G.V
. Evans 1975 Glasgow J.C. Gentles 1976 Cardiff G.
M. Colombo 1977 Weybridge G.A. Pepin 1978 Leiceste
r F.C. Odds 1979 Birmingham C.N.D.
Cruickshank 1980 Liverpool C.F.H. Vickers 1981b
Cambridge S.O.B. Roberts 1982 Bristol D.W.
Warnock 1983 Sheffield M.V.Martin 1984 Nottingham
J. Crowley 1985 Canterbury P.F. Troke a From
1980 1994 the local organiser of the annual
scientific meetings was co-opted on to the
Executive Committee for one year period prior to
the meeting since 1993 the local organiser has
been co-opted on to the Executive Committee for
two years. b Joint meeting with the Danish
Society for Mycopathology
Year Location Local Organisera 1986 Cardiff J.H.
Edwards 1987 Exeter T.A. Ford 1988 Glasgow M.D.
Richardson 1989 Oxford N.R. Blatchford 1990 York E
.G.V.Evans 1991 Bath E.M. Johnson 1992 Egham G.
Midgley 1993 Manchester M.M. Roberts 1994 Chester
P.R.Hunter 1995 Cambridge D. Kerridge 1996 Cardiff
C.M. Philpot, R.A. Barnes 1997 Leeds V.
Hopwood 1998c Glasgow G.S. Shankland 1999 Dublin
D. Sullivan 2000 Stratford E.M.
Johnson 2001 London K.A. Haynes 2002 Aberdeen N.A.
R. Gow 2003d Manchester D.W. Denning 2004 Bradford
P. McWhinney c Fourth Congress of the European
Confederation of Medical Mycology. The other
members of the Organising Committee were E.G.V.
Evans, R.J. Hay, E.M. Johnson, and M.D.
Richardson d Joint meeting with the British
Mycological Society
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• IAN MURRAY MEMORIAL LECTURES
• 1978 G.C. Ainsworth The training of a
  mycopathologist
• 1979 K.J. Kwon-Cung Serotypes, epidemiology and
  the sexual life cycle of Cryptococcus neoformans
• 1980 F. Mariat Sporothrix and sporotrichosis
• 1981 E.S. Mahgoub Mycetoma
• 1982 R. Vanbreusegehem Rhinosporidiosis and
  Rhinosporidium seeberi clinical and
  epidemiological considerations
• 1983 H.B. Levine Spores, dust and valley fever
• 1984 N.J.W. Kreger-van Rij Aspects of the
  taxonomy of medically important yeasts
• 1985 D.A. Stevens Advances in antifungal therapy
• 1986 D. Armstrong Problems in the management of
  opportunistic fungal infections
• 1987 D. Kerridge Antifungal drugs perspectives
  and prospects
• 1988 D.R. Soll High frequency switching in
  Candida
• 1989 H. Smith Progress in studies of the
  determinants of fungal pathogenicity
• J. Domer The host-parasite relationship in
  candidiasis many theories, few proofs
• 1991 J.R. Graybill Changing spectrum of systemic
  mycoses in the USA
• 1992 T.J. Walsh An integrated approach to the
  diagnosis of fungal infections
• 1993 J. Faergemann Pityrosporum ovale-related
  diseases newer developments and their therapy
• 1994 L. Polonelli Antibioantibodies
  antifungal-like anti-idiotypic antibodies

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BRITISH SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL MYCOLOGY AWARD
LECTURES 1987 N.A.R. Gow Regulation of cell
polarity in pathogenic fungi 1993 A.J.
Hamilton Purification and characterization of a
novel antigen of Cryptococcus neoformans 2003 D.
Sullivan The epidemiology and virulence of
Candida dubliniensis
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WORKING GROUPS OF THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL
MYCOLOGY Organization, education and research
(1971 1975) R. Hurley (Convenor) C.N.D.
Cruickshank, E.G.V. Evans, J. Everall, J.C.
Gentles, I.G. Murray, J.G. OSullivan Fungal
antigens (1972- 1976) E.G.V. Evans
(Convenor) H.R. Buckley, P. Callaghan, C.O.
Dawson, R.R. Davies, J.H. Edwards, J.A. Faux,
K.T. Holland, F.C. Odds Nomenclature of
pathogenic fungi (1975-1977) D.W.R. Mackenzie
(Convenor) G.C. Ainsworth, P.K.C. Austwick,
A.J.E. Barlow, C.N.D. Cruickshank, J.C. Gentles,
P.M. Stockdale Methods for antifungal drugs
(1980-1985) D.C.E. Speller (Convenor) R.Y.
Cartwright, E.G.V. Evans, R.J. Hay, D.W.R.
Mackenzie, L.J.R. Milne, F.C. Odds, D.W. Warnock,
H.J. Wingfield Manpower and training
(1990-1991) D.W.R. Mackenzie (Convenor) E.G.V.
Evans, R.J. Hay, L.J.R. Milne, M.D. Richardson,
D.W. Warnock Future directions (1992 1994) M.D.
Richardson (Convenor) R.A. Barnes, N.R.
Blatchford, D.W. Denning, D. Kerridge, D.T.
Roberts Diagnostic mycology (1992 1997) D.W.
Denning (Convenor) E.G.V. Evans, C.C. Kibbler,
M.D. Richardson, M.M. Roberts, T.R. Rogers, D.W.
Warnock, R.E. Warren Manpower and training (2000
C.C. Kibbler (Convenor) H.R. Ashbee, R.A.
Barnes, E.G.V. Evans, L. Fenelon, A.J. Hamilton,
E.M. Johnson, M.K. Moore, C. Roberts, G.S.
Shankland
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BSMM PUBLICATIONS Working Group on Fungal
Antigens Serology of Fungal Infection and
Farmers Lung Disease. A Laboratory Manual.
Leeds University of Leeds, 1976 Working Group
on Nomenclature of Pathogenic Fungi Nomenclature
of Fungi Pathogenic to Man and Animals. Medical
Research Council Memorandum No. 23. Fourth
Edition. London Her Majestys Stationery
Office, 1977 Working Group on Methods for
Antifungal Drugs Laboratory methods for
flucytosine (5-fluorocytosine). Journal of
Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 1984 14 1-8 Working
Group on Diagnostic Mycology Management of
genital candidiasis. British Medical Journal
1995 310 1241-1244 Fungal nail disease a guide
to good practice. British Medical Journal 1995
311 1277-1281 Fungal infections a survey of
laboratory services for diagnosis and treatment.
CDR Review 1996 6 R69-R75a Guidelines for the
investigation of invasive fungal infections in
haematological malignancy and solid organ
transplantation. European Journal of Clinical
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 1997
16424-436 British Society for Medical Mycology
proposed standards of care for patients with
invasive fungal infections. The Lancet
Infectious Diseases 2003 3 230-240 a joint
publication with a working group of the British
Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY
1969 G.C. Ainsworthd 1969 J.T. Ingramd 1969 J.
Ramsbottomd 1969 C.H. Whittled 1970 C.J La
Touched 1973 P.H. Gregoryd 1973 M.
Marples 1977 A.J.E. Barlowd 1977 J.
Curryd 1980 M.P. English 1980 R.
Vanbreuseghemd 1983 F.W. Chattawayd 1983 C.N.D.
Cruickshankd 1983 J.G. OSullivand 1983 G.
Segretain 1985 J.M. Beare 1985 J.C.
Gentlesd 1985 F. Mariatd 1987 R.R.
Davies 1987 P.M. Stockdaled 1989 R. Hurley d
deceased
1990 E. Drouhetd 1990 E.S Mahgoub 1990 B.M.
Partridge 1991 P.K.C Austwick 1991 J.L.
Longbottom 1991 J.F. Ryley 1992 M.
Pereiro-Migeuns 1992 A. Stenderupd 1994 R.A.
Forster 1995 D.W.R. Mackenzie 1996 S.O.B.
Roberts 1998 C. De Vroey 1998 E.G.V.
Evansd 1998 V.M. Hearn 1998 D. Kerridge 1998 J.
Muller 1998 D.C.E. Speller 1999 W.C.
Noble 2000 C. Roberts 2000 G. Midgley 2002 R.J.
Hay
2003 M.M. Roberts 2003 J.H. Edwards 2003 L.J.R.
Milne 2004 C.C. Kibbler 2004 G.S. Shankland