Scientific abstract writing: Get ready for AIDS 2026!

Alberto Rossi obtained a PhD in molecular biology from the Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine and the University of Padova – Italy in 2010; he completed his postdoctoral studies at the University of Colorado Boulder and BioFrontiers Institute in the USA. Alberto has worked in the publishing industry since 2017 and joined the Journal of the International AIDS Society as Managing Editor in 2021.

Anna Grimsrud is the Senior Technical Advisor at IAS – the International AIDS Society – within the HIV Programmes & Advocacy department. She holds a Master’s in Public Health and a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dr Grimsrud worked at the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and in implementation science and epidemiology as a scientist and lecturer at the University of Cape Town before joining IAS. Her academic work includes close collaborations with the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She has led projects funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Global Fund and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr Grimsrud is a Deputy Editor at the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) and serves on a number of national, regional and global technical working groups on HIV.