AAI AWARDS HISTORY

AAI-BD Biosciences
Investigator Award
AAI Councillors Award AAI-Dana Foundation Award in
Human Immunology Research
AAI Distinguished Service Award AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award
AAI-Invitrogen Meritorious
Career Award
AAI-Invitrogen Trainee
Achievement Award
AAI Junior Faculty Travel Award AAI Lifetime Achievement Award AAI Minority Scientist Travel Award
AAI Public Service Award AAI Trainee Abstract Award Behring-Heidelberger Award Cynthia Chambers Memorial-
eBioscience Junior Faculty Award
Pfizer-Showell Travel Award

AAI Lifetime Achievement and Lifetime Service Award

2009   Steven J. Burakoff, M.D., The Tisch Cancer Institute, Mout Sinai Medical Center
2008   Robert R. Rich, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
2007   Ellen S. Vitetta, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2006   Hugh O. McDevitt, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine
2005   Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., NIAID, NIH
2004   Richard W. Dutton, Ph.D., Trudeau Institute
2003   Philippa Marrack, Ph.D., HHMI, National Jewish Medical & Research Center
2002   William E. Paul, M.D., NIAID, NIH
 
2001   Charles A. Janeway, Jr., M.D., HHMI, Yale University School of Medicine
2000   Max D. Cooper, M.D., HHMI, University of Alabama, Birmingham
1999   Henry Metzger, M.D., NIAMS, NIH
1998   Leonard A. Herzenberg, Ph.D., Stanford University School of Medicine
1997   Herman N. Eisen, M.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1996   Frank W. Fitch, M.D., Ph.D., University of Chicago
1995   Elvin A. Kabat, Ph.D., Columbia University
1994   David W. Talmage, M.D., University of Colorado

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AAI Councillors Award

2000

  Ernest C-M. Huang, Ph.D., President, Huang Foundation
   

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AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award

2009   David Baltimore, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
2008   Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D., Harvard School of Public Health; Harvard Medical School
2007   Eli Sercarz, Ph.D., Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
2006   Norman R. Klinman, M.D., Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute
2005   John J. Cebra, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
2004   Frank W. Fitch, M.D., Ph.D., University of Chicago
 
2003   Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D., HHMI, Children's Hospital, Boston, and
Judith A. Owen, Ph.D., Haverford College
2002   Ellen S. Vitetta, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center
2001   Baruj Benacerraf, M.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2000   Michael J. Bevan, Ph.D., F.R.S., HHMI, University of Washington
1999   Ray D. Owen, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
1998   Matthew D. Scharff, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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AAI Distinguished Service Award

2009   John G. Monroe, Ph.D., Genentech -- For dedicated leadership as Chair of the AAI Program Committee (2006-2009)
2008   Ellen Kraig, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio-- For dedicated leadership as Chair of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs (2005-2007)
2007   Olivia M. Martinez, Ph.D., Stanford University Medical School -- For dedicated leadership as Director of the AAI Advanced Course in Immunology (2004-2006)
2006   Leslie J. Berg, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School -- For dedicated leadership as the Chair of the AAI Program Committee (2003-2006)
2005   Elizabeth D. Mellins, M.D., Stanford University -- For dedicated leadership as Director of the AAI Advanced Course in Immunology (2002-2004)

John G. Monroe, Ph.D.
, University of Pennsylvania -- For dedicated leadership of AAI's Education Committee (2002-2005) and as Director of the AAI Introductory Course in Immunology (2003-2005)

Jennifer A. Punt, V.M.D., Ph.D., Haverford College --
For outstanding teaching and assistance with developing the AAI Introductory Course Curriculum
2004   John R. Schreiber, M.D., Case Western Reserve University -- For dedicated efforts in directing and promoting AAI's John H. Wallace High School Teachers Program

David W. Scott, Ph.D., American Red Cross, Holland Lab --
For dedicated efforts in directing and advancing the mission of AAI's John H. Wallace High School Teachers Program
2003   Jeffrey A. Frelinger, Ph.D., University of North Carolina -- For outstanding leadership in public affairs for the AAI and for service as Chair, Committee on Public Affairs (2000-2003)

Richard M. Locksley, M.D.
, University of California, San Francisco -- For distinguished service as AAI Annual Meeting and Program Committee
Chairman, 2000 - 2003
2002   Frank W. Fitch, M.D., Ph.D., University of Chicago -- For outstanding service as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Immunology (1997-2002)
 
2001 Lewis L. Lanier, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco -- For service as Program Committee Chair
2000 n/a
1999   Robert R. Rich, M.D., Emory University -- For outstanding leadership in public affairs for the AAI
1998   Harvey R. Colten, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine -- For 6 years of service as Secretary-Treasurer

Paul W. Kincade, Ph.D., Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation --
For service as Program Committee Chair

Peter E. Lipsky, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center -- For service as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Immunology
(1992-1997)
1997   Stephen M. Hedrick, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego -- For his contributions as Education Committee Chair (July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1996)
1996   Joseph D. Feldman, M.D. (awarded posthumously), The Scripps Research Institute -- For outstanding contributions and dedicated service to The Journal of Immunology
1995   Joseph F. Saunders, Ph.D. (awarded posthumously) -- For his contributions as Executive Director of AAI (1986 -1992)
1994   Eleanor S. Metcalf, Ph.D., USUHS -- For outstanding service as Chair of the Committee on the Status of Women
1993   J. Donald Capra, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center -- For service as Program Committee Chair

Carol L. Reinisch, Sc.D.,
Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine -- For outstanding service as co-chair of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs and as AAI representative to the FASEB Public Affairs Executive Committee

J. Wayne Streilein, M.D., University of Miami School of Medicine -- For outstanding service as chair of the AAI Committee on Public Affairs
1986   Henry Metzger, M.D., NIAMS, NIH -- For his dedication and unique contributions to immunology

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AAI-Invitrogen Meritorious Career Award
(formerly AAI-Huang Foundation Meritorious Career Award, 1999-2007)

2009   Michael J. Bevan, Ph.D., HHMI, University of Washington
2008   Richard A. Flavell, Ph.D., FRS, HHMI, Yale University School of Medicine
2007   Frederick W. Alt, Ph.D., HHMI Investigator, CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Harvard Medical School; Children's Hospital Boston
2006   Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health
2005   Jeffrey V. Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D., The Rockefeller University
 
2004   Michel C. Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D., HHMI, The Rockefeller University
2003   Warren J. Leonard, M.D., NHLBI, NIH
2002   Marc K. Jenkins, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
2001   Arthur Weiss, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
2000   Anjana Rao, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
1999   Eugene C. Butcher, M.D., Stanford University

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AAI-Dana Foundation Award in Human Immunology Research

2009

  Jacques Banchereau, Ph.D., Baylor Institute for Immunology Research

2008

  James P. Allison, Ph.D., HHMI, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

2007

  Thomas A. Waldmann, M.D., Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
 

2006

  Max D. Cooper, M.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham, School of Medicine

2005

  Fred S. Rosen, M.D., CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Harvard Medical School

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AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award
(formerly AAI Investigator Award, AAI-PharMingen Investigator Award, 1993-2003)

2009   Chen Dong, Ph.D., The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
2008   Pamela L. Schwartzberg, M.D., Ph.D., National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
2007   Ulrich von Andrian, M.D., CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Harvard Medical School
2006   Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., HHMI-Yale University School of Medicine
2005   Jason G. Cyster, D. Phil., University of California, San Francisco
2004   David G. Schatz, Ph.D., HHMI, Yale University
2003   Pamela S. Ohashi, Ph.D., Ontario Cancer Institute, University of Toronto
2002   Sankar Ghosh, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine
2001   Leslie J. Berg, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Medical School
 
2000   Gary A. Koretzky, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
1999   Alexander Y. Rudensky, Ph.D., HHMI, University of Washington School of Medicine
1998   Christopher Goodnow, Ph.D., John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University
1997   John J. Monaco, Ph.D., HHMI, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
1996   Pamela J. Bjorkman, Ph.D., HHMI, California Institute of Technology
1995   Alessandro Sette, Ph.D., Cytel Corporation
1994   B. J. Fowlkes, Ph.D., NIAID, NIH
1993   Arthur Weiss, M.D., Ph.D., HHMI, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

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AAI Public Service Award

2007   Richard Hodes, Director, NIA, NIH   2000   Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, NIAID, NIH
2006   Vicki and Fred Modell, Co-founders of the Jeffrey Modell Foundation (JMF)   1999   Rep. Dan Miller (R-FL, now retired)
2005   Frankie Trull, President, National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) and Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR)   1997   Sen. Connie Mack (R-FL, now retired)
and Sam Donaldson, ABC News
2004   Mort Kondracke, journalist/commentator and Roll Call Executive Editor   1996   Bradie Metheny, former publisher, Washington FAX

2003

  Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA)   1995   Sen. Mark O. Hatfield (R-OR, now retired)

2002

  Dr. Ruth Kirschstein, former Acting Director/Deputy Director, NIH   1994   Rep. John Porter (R-Ill, now retired)

2001

  Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)        

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Pfizer-Showell Travel Award

2009   Brian A. Cobb, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
2008   Jessica A. Hamerman, Ph.D., Assistant Member, Immunology Program, Benaroya Research Institute
2007   Shane Crotty, Ph.D., Faculty Member, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology
2006   Joanne Turner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
2005   Kim, Chang H., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, Purdue University
2004   Veena Taneja, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
2003   Sergio Rutella, M.D., Ph.D., Catholic University Medical School, Italy
 
2002   Ian Marriott, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Kelly M. McNagny, Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Sergio Rutella, M.D., Ph.D., Catholic University Medical School, Italy
David H. Wagner, Ph.D.
2001   Pia Björck, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Chen Dong, Ph.D., University of Washington
Arthur A. Hurwitz, Ph.D., SUNY Upstate Medical University
2000   Mark H. Kaplan, Ph.D., Indiana University School of Medicine
Christopher L. Kepley, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Chandra Mohan, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center
1999   Hui Xu, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

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Cynthia Chambers Memorial-eBioscience Junior Faculty Award

2009   Jack D. Bui, Ph.D., M.D., Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego  

2007

  Jianguo Liu, M.D., Ph.D., Instructor, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
2008   Wei Cao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center  

2006

  Barbara L. Kee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Chicago

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AAI-Invitrogen Trainee Achievement Award
(formerly AAI-Huang Foundation Trainee Achievement Award, 1999-2007)
2009
    Omer Dushek, Graduate Student, The University of British Columbia
Pui Y. Lee, Graduate Student, University of Florida
Martin Prlic, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Washington
  Jie Sun, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Virginia
Joseph C. Sun, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California San Francisco
Fengyi Wan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NIAID, NIH

2005-2008 Recipients

1999-2004 Recipients


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AAI Minority Scientist Travel Award

2009

 

CATEGORY I: FACULTY MEMBER- MINORITY TRAINEE AWARD

Laurent Brossay, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Leon Toussaint, Graduate Student
Brown University

Gary S. Gilkeson, M.D., Professor
DeAnna A. Baker, Ph.D. Candidate
University of South Carolina

Susan E. Kovats, Ph.D., Assistant Member
Sandra Bajana, M.D., Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

James W. Lillard, Jr., Ph.D., Professor
LaSharon D. Mosley, Ph.D. Candidate
Ashley S. Triplett, Ph.D. Candidate
University of Louisville

Lonnie P. Lybarger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Maria L. Ordaz, Graduate Student
University of Arizona

Craig M. Walsh, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Jeniffer Hernandez, Graduate Student
University of California, Irvine

Ram P. Singh, M.D., Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor
Michelle Wray, Graduate Student
Paola R. Lepe, Graduate Student
University of California, Los Angeles

 

CATEGORY II: TRAINEE-JUNIOR FACULTY AWARD

Mohammed S. Aiyegbo, Ph.D. Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Margaret S. Bynoe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Kim Cardenas, Graduate Student, University of Texas
Louis E. Gonzalez, Graduate Student, University of Miami
Joanna Gonzalez-Lergier, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Abdel R. Hamad, D.V.M., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Amber L. Mathews, Ph.D. Candidate, Louisiana State University
Maria L. Mouchess, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
Brenda L. Soto,Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bolaji Thomas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology
Audrea M. Troutman, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago
Hector F. Valenzuela, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Whittier College
Brian A. Cobb, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Ana P. Castano, M.D., Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Aleishia Harris, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford School of Medicine
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2005 Recipients

2004 Recipients

2003 Recipients

 


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AAI Junior Faculty Travel Award

2009

Maureen Ajuebor, Ph.D.
Ellen J. Beswick, Ph.D.
Sarah Elizabeth Blutt, Ph.D.
Alina Boesteanu, Ph.D.
Ramireddy Bommireddy, Ph.D.
Jack D. Bui, M.D., Ph.D.
Andrei I. Chapoval, Ph.D.
Vinita S. Chauhan, Ph.D.
Haidong Dong, M.D., Ph.D.
Sinisa Dovat, M.D., Ph.D.
DeLisa Fairweather, Ph.D.
Deyu Fang, Ph.D.
Jian Fu, Ph.D.
Marcos E. Garcia-Ojeda, Ph.D.
Neetu Gupta, Ph.D.
Chyi-Song Hsieh, M.D., Ph.D.
Dawn M. Jelley-Gibbs, Ph.D
Aaron J. Johnson, Ph.D.
Jessica M. Jones, Ph.D.
Jacob E. Kohlmeier, Ph.D.
Martina Kovarova, Ph.D.
Uday Kumaraguru, Ph.D.
Cynthia A. Leifer, Ph.D.
Bin Li, Ph.D.
Jianguo Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Bei Liu, M.D.
Ashutosh K. Mangalam, Ph.D.
Madhan Masilamani, Ph.D.
Stephen O. Mathew, Ph.D.
Andrei E. Medvedev, Ph.D.
Booki Min, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Anil Mishra, Ph.D.
Srinivas Nagaraj, M.S., Ph.D.
Christina L. Nance, Ph.D.
Roza I. Nurieva, Ph.D.
Julie K. Olson, Ph.D.
Thandi M. Onami, Ph.D.
Kimberly J. Payne, Ph.D.
Giorgio Raimondi, Ph.D.
Govindarajan Rajagopalan, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Shashikumar K. Salgar, Ph.D.
Amr H. Sawalha, M.D.
Jane M. Schuh, Ph.D.
Nithianandan Selliah, Ph.D.
Karnail Singh, Ph.D.
Ronald B. Smeltz, Ph.D.
Jianxun Song, Ph.D.
Dong-Ming Su, Ph.D.
Susmit Suvas, Ph.D.
Felix Ngosa Toka, Ph.D.
Jinghua Wang, Ph.D.
Scott A. Wetzel, Ph.D.
Deepak Yadav, Ph.D.
Junqi Yang, Ph.D.
Yu Yang, M.D.
Dengping Yin, M.D., Ph.D.
Qigui Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
Shiguang Yu, Ph.D.
Colby Zaph, Ph.D.
Zhu-Xu Zhang, Ph.D.
Song Guo Zheng, M.D.
Juhua Zhou, Ph.D.
Li Zhou, M.D.
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2004 Recipients 2003 Recipients 2002Recipients 2001Recipients

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AAI Trainee Abstract Award

2009

Hemant Agrawal, Ph.D.
Rama S. Akondy, Ph.D.
Lindsey A. Alexander
Soren Beinke, Ph.D.
Bryan D. Bell
Jami L. Bennett, Ph.D.
Cristina Bergamaschi, Ph.D.
Kim T. Cardenas
Esther Carreras-Margalef, Ph.D.
Ana P. Castano, M.D.
John T. Chang, M.D.
Kitty P. Cheung
Sung Hoon Cho, Ph.D.
Meredith J. Crane
Juan Pablo DeRivero Vaccari, Ph.D.
David J DiLillo
Sherrie J. Divito
Melissa Dullaers, Ph.D.
Alexis D. Dunkle
Omer Dushek
Kristina Edfeldt, Ph.D.
Eva-Stina I. Edholm
Lauren I. Richie Ehrlich, Ph.D.
David R. Gibb
Dapeng Gong, Ph.D.
Claire Lee Gordy
John P. Graham
Xiaohua Guo, Ph.D.
Prajwal Gurung
Caroline H. T. Hall
Shengli Hao, Ph.D.
Aleishia Harris
Hye Jin Hong
Yong Woo Jung, Ph.D.
Charlly C. Kao, Ph.D.
Ae Kim
Young-A Kim, Ph.D.
Aaron P. Kithcart
Kathryn A. Knoop
Heather Kiyom Komori, Ph.D.
Nandini Krishnamoorthy
Courtney C. Kurtz, Ph.D.
Ryan A. Langlois
Keunwook Lee, Ph.D.
Pui Y. Lee
Wei Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Andre Limnander, Ph.D.
Gloria Hoi Ying Lin
Lin Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
Carrie L. Lucas
Katherine C. MacNamara, Ph.D.
Alicia R. Mathers, Ph.D.
Jodi McGill
Karen D. Meeks
Halima Moncrieffe, Ph.D.
Helena Mueller
Sumanta Mukherjee, Ph.D.
Melissa E. Munroe, M.D., Ph.D.
Haitao Niu, Ph.D.
Sarah K. Norton
Selene Nunez-Cruz, Ph.D.
Catherine O’Conor
Oludare A. Odumade
Dmitry V. Ostanin, Ph.D.
Antonio Peixoto, Ph.D.
Martin Prlic, Ph.D.
Himabindu Ramachandrareddy
Hemanth Ramaprakash
Hilario J. Ramos
William Redmond, Ph.D.
Gabrielle A. Rizzuto, Ph.D.
Gregory R. Robbins
Steven A. Saenz
Jilian A. Sacks
Ram Savan, Ph.D.
Charles C. Scherer, Ph.D.
Sharvan Sehrawat, Ph.D.
Yokananth Sekar
Min Shi
Rajesh Singh, Ph.D.
Heidi M. Snider
Michael David Stadnisky
Ingunn M Stromnes, Ph.D.
Jie Sun, Ph.D.
Joseph C. Sun, Ph.D.
Keer Sun, Ph.D.
Felix N. Toka, Ph.D.
Tamar Kathy Tomassian
Audrea M. Troutman
Amit Tuli
Michael S. Turner, Ph.D.
Aaron J. Tyznik, Ph.D.
Fengyi Wan, Ph.D.
Chuanwu Wang
Hong-Cheng Wang, Ph.D.
Laura M. Watts, Ph.D.
Viskam Wijewardana, Ph.D.
Lijun Xin, M.D., Ph.D.
Mahesh Yadav, Ph.D.
Qi Yang
Jui-Hung Yen
Tangsheng Yi
Catherine C. Yin
Elizabeth Yan Zhang
Aizhi Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
Erin C. Zook

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Behring-Heidelberger Award (expired 1999)

1999   Klaus Rajewsky, M.D., Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne (Germany)
1997   Mark M. Davis, Ph.D., Stanford University
1995   John W. Kappler, Ph.D., HHMI, National Jewish Medical & Research Center

Philippa Marrack, Ph.D., HHMI, National Jewish Medical & Research Center
 
1993   Herman N. Eisen, M.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1992   Hugh O. McDevitt, M.D., Stanford University
1990   David Baltimore, Ph.D., The Rockefeller University

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