Since becoming an Incorporated Society in March 1999, ASA membership now covers a diverse background of professions interested in the study of antimicrobials, including:

• clinical microbiologists

• infectious diseases physicians

• respiratory and ICU physicians

• medical and non-medical microbiologists

• scientists

• pharmacists

• veterinarians

• undergraduate and postgraduate students

• industry representatives from pharmaceutical and diagnostic/research biomedical companies.

Although ASA’s membership is primarily based in Australia and New Zealand, it extends to Asia, North America, Europe and the United Kingdom.