2007 AAI Award Recipients
 

  AAI PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
 In recognition of his outstanding scientific and administrative leadership at the National Institute on Aging and his commitment
to advancing immunological research related to aging

Richard J. Hodes, M.D., Director, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
http://www.nia.nih.gov/AboutNIA/Directors+Biography.htm

 

  AAI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
In recognition of distinguished scientific accomplishment and extraordinary service to the AAI

Ellen S. Vitetta, Ph.D., Cancer Immunobiology Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/findfac/professional/0,2356,17609,00.html

Dr. Vitetta has established a career of leading and sustained accomplishments in basic science and in the development of innovative immunotherapeutic modalities. Her distinguished scientific achievement, passionate dedication to mentoring, and outstanding service to the AAI, including as past president, have earned Dr. Vitetta AAI’s highest honor. 

  AAI DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
For dedicated leadership as Director of the AAI Advanced Course in Immunology (2004-2006)

Olivia M. Martinez, Ph.D., Comprehensive Cancer Center; Stanford University Medical School  http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Olivia_Martinez/
Dr. Martinez provided exemplary leadership of AAI Advanced Courses in Immunology by creating a dynamic learning experience for all participants. Her efforts helped promote the AAI mission and dedication to outstanding professional education.

  AAI EXCELLENCE IN MENTORING AWARD
In recognition of exemplary career contributions to a future generation of scientists

Eli Sercarz, Ph.D., Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
http://www.tpims.org/scientists_eli-sercarz.asp
Dr. Sercarz has had a distinguished research career in which he trained numerous immunologists who went on to become notable scientists. In nurturing them, he instilled a love for the field and a desire to emulate the lab culture that he created.

  AAI-DANA FOUNDATION AWARD IN HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH
 For significant and sustained achievement in immunology research pertinent to human disease pathogenesis, prevention, and therapy

Thomas A. Waldmann, M.D., Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health  http://ccr.cancer.gov/staff/staff.asp?profileid=5774
Dr. Waldmann is being honored for a distinguished career focused primarily on human immunology. Over several decades his research has yielded many fundamental discoveries, especially in the cytokine field concerning IL-2, IL-15, and their receptors. This knowledge has culminated in a number of immunotherapeutic strategies currently under development.

  AAI-HUANG FOUNDATION MERITORIOUS CAREER AWARD
For outstanding research contributions to the field of immunology
Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D., HHMI Investigator, CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Harvard Medical School; Children's Hospital Boston -- http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/alt_bio.html

Dr. Alt’s research career has produced a series of groundbreaking discoveries regarding immune receptor gene assembly and expression. This body of work has had a major impact in immunology, cancer biology, and DNA recombination and repair.

  AAI-BD BIOSCIENCES INVESTIGATOR AWARD
For outstanding, early-career research contributions to the field of immunology

Ulrich von Andrian, M.D., CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Harvard Medical School  http://www.cbrinstitute.org/labs/vonandrian/Pages/LabContacts-A.html
Dr. von Andrian is an international leader in the development of the methodology of intravital imaging used to explore immune cell interactions. Through the application of this method, he has made important contributions to our understanding of immune responses.
 

2007 AAI Young Investigator Award Recipients

2007 AAI Travel Award Recipients
Cynthia Chambers Memorial-eBioscience Junior Faculty Award

AAI-Huang Foundation Trainee Achievement Awards

Pfizer-Showell Award		 AAI Minority Scientists Travel Awards

AAI Junior Faculty Travel Awards

 
 


The 2007 AAI Awards will be conferred at IMMUNOLOGY 2007TM, May 18-22, in Miami Beach, Florida. 
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