Jonathan Sprent, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Brief Bio
Jonathan Sprent is a professor, a senior principal research fellow, and the head of the Cellular Immunity Laboratory at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Dr. Sprent was president of the American Association of Immunologists from 1998 to 1999 and served on the AAI Council from 1993 to 2000. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 and was elected a Distinguished Fellow of AAI in 2019.
Oral History - Full Interview
Interview Date: Sunday, May 10, 2015
Location: New Orleans, LA
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Oral History - Transcript
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AAI Service History
Joined: 1980
President: 1998–1999
Vice President: 1997–1998
Councillor: 1993–1997
The Journal of Immunology
Associate Editor: 1979–1983
Committees
Publications Committee: 2001–2005
Other Service
Faculty Member, AAI Course in Advanced Immunology: 1988–1993
AAI Representative to IUIS Council: 1995–1999
AAI Representative to IUIS General Assembly: 1995–2000
President's Address
"
Stimulating Naïve T Cells," Delivered April 17, 1999
The Journal of Immunology 163, no. 9 (1999): 4629–36.
Awards and Honors
- J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, 1995
- Fellow, Royal Society, 1998
- Fellow, Australian Academy of Science, 2006
- Honorary Member, British Society for Immunology, 2006
- Achievement Award, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia), 2010
- Lifetime Achievement Award, AAI, 2015
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2017
- Distinguished Fellow, AAI, 2019
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