IUIS was accepted as a member of the International Council for Science (previously the International Council of Scientific Unions) in 1976. This is the highest international organization for interaction between scientific unions. The member of IUIS with responsibility for liaison with ICSU is listed below.

As a non-governmental organization, IUIS was admitted into official relations with the World Health Organization by the Executive Board of WHO at its 49th session (January 1972). The member of IUIS with responsibility for liaison with WHO is listed below.

IUIS is also an associate member of the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (C.I.O.M.S.).

Five international scientific societies are formally affiliated with IUIS. Each of these societies is entitled to appoint a delegate to the General Assembly and to the IUIS Council. The current presidents and secretaries of these societies are listed below.

 

ICSU Liaison Fritz Melchers Biozentrum, Department of Cell Biology University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50 - 70 CH - 4056 Basel, Switzerland Phone: 0041 61 267 2066 Fax: 0041 61 267 2078 E-mail: fritz.melchers@unibas.ch	WHO Liaison Pascal Launois WHO/IRTC University of Lausanne 155 Chemin des Boveresses CH - 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland Phone: 0041 21 6925703 Fax: 0041 21 692 7505 E-mail: pascal.launois@unil.ch
The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS)
President: Gerald T. Nepom, MD, PhD Benaroya Research Institute President-Elect: Jonathan Braun, MD, PhD University of California - Los Angeles Secretary Treasurer: P.J. Utz, MD Standford University	FOCIS Office: 11950 West Lake Park Dr. Suite 320 Milwaukee, WI 53224 Phone: (414) 359-1670 Fax: (414) 359-1671 Email: info@focisnet.org Web: www.focisnet.org
International Society of Immunopharmacology (ISIP)
President Karl Masek Academy of Sciences Institute of Pharmacology Videnska 1083 CZ - 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic Phone: 0042 02 617 11 026 Fax: 0042 02 475 21 09 E-mail: karelmasek@c-box.cz	Secretary-General Françoise Audibert 22 rue Emeriau 75015 Paris France E-mail: Keroustad@aol.com
The International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology (ISDCI) Website: http://www.isdci.org/
President Prof.Dr. Kenneth Söderhäll Department of Comparative Physiology Uppsala University Norbyvägen 18 A 752 36 Uppsala Sweden Phone: +46-18-471 28 18 Fax +46-18-471 64 25 E-mail: kenneth.soderhall@ebc.uu.se	Secretary-Treasurer Norman W. Miller Associate Professor Department of Microbiology University of Mississippi Medical Center 2500 North State Street Jackson, MS 39216, USA Email: nmiller@microbio.umsmed.edu
International Society for Immunology of Reproduction (ISIR)
President Koji Koyama, M.D. Professor and Chairman Dept. of OB/GYN Hyogo College of Medicine 1-1, Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya Hyogo 663-8501 JAPAN Phone: +81-(0)798-45-6480 Fax: +81-(0)798-46-4163 E-Mail: kkoyama@hyo-med.ac.jp	Secretary-General Prof. Rayna Georgieva, MD Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Acad. K. Bratanov Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 73 Tzarigradsko Shosse 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria E-mail: raynageorgieva@hotmail.com web: http://ibir.bas.bg
Society for Mucosal Immunology (SMI)
President Hiroshi Kiyono, D.D.S.,Ph.D. Division of Mucosal Immunology Department of Microbiology and Immunology The Institute of Medical Science The University of Tokyo 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku Tokyo 108-8639 Japan Phone: 81-3-5449-5270 FAX: 81-3-5449-5411	Secretary-Treasurer Peter Ernst Child Health Research Center Room 2.300 Children's Hospital UTMB 301 University Boulevard Galveston, TX 77555-0366 USA Tel: +1 409 772 3831 or 772 1750 Fax: +1 409 772 1761 E-mail: pernst@utmb.edu
Executive Director Mark H. Epstein, ScD 5272 River Road, Suite 630 Bethesda, MD 20816 Phone: 301.718.6516 x6537 Fax: 301.656.0989 Email: SMI@paimgmt.com
World Allergy Organization (WAO)
President: Prof. Michael A. Kaliner, MD FAAAAI Medical Director, Institute for Asthma and Allergy Chevy Chase and Wheaton, Maryland Professor of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC E-mail: info@worldallergy.org	Secretary-General: Prof. Connie Katelaris MB BS PhD FRACP (FAAAAI FACAAI) Clinical Associate Professor Dept of Clinical Immunology and Allergy Westmead Medical Centre Westmead, Australia E-mail: info@worldallergy.org

 

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