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The AAI Education Committee is dedicated to promoting science education and helping its members in science outreach activities. This page is dedicated to those efforts.

We sponsor a Summer Research Program for Teachers and make available the exercises produced by former participants. In addition, on this page we will present additional exercises that can be used at different K-12 grade levels, as well as how to advice in mentoring a teacher or student or visiting a school in your area. Potential mentors are encouraged to contact Dr. Brian A. Cobb, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology/Room 6532, Wolstein Research Building, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7288; Tel: (216) 368-1263; Fax: (216) 368-0494; brian.cobb@case.edu) or Michael Cuddy at AAI headquarters, for additional materials.

2007-2008 AAI High School Teachers Program Participants 

Teacher: Laurie E. Asermily, Seneca Falls Central School, Seneca Falls, NY
Mentor: Jennifer Anolik, M.D., Ph.D., Univ. of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
 
Teacher: Teresa R. Burke, Westford Academy, Westford, MA
Mentor: William Walker Cruikshank, Ph.D., Boston Univ. School of Medicine, Boston, MA
 
Teacher: Emily K. Faulconer, Lakeland High School, Suffolk City Public Schools, Suffolk, VA
Mentor: Robert Eugene Ratzlaff, Ph.D., Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA
 
Teacher: Dawn M. Martell, Wilmington High School, Wilmington, MA
Mentor: William Walker Cruikshank, Ph.D., Boston Univ. School of Medicine, Boston, MA
 
Teacher: Scott Troy, West High School, Denver Public Schools, Denver, CO
Mentor: Raul M. Torres, Ph.D., Univ. of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, CO
 
Teacher: Elizabeth Withum, A.W. Coolidge Middle School, Reading, MA
Mentor: Rachel M. McLoughlin, Ph.D., Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

2006-2007 AAI High School Teachers Program Participants 

Teacher: Ann Brokaw, Rocky River High School, Rocky River, OH
Mentor:
Brian A. Cobb, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH 

Teacher: Philip Lundy, Brighton Area Schools, Brighton, MI
Mentor:
Nicholas W. Lukacs, Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Teacher: Debra Paul, F.H. Tuttle Middle School, South Burlington, VT
Mentor:
Ralph C. Budd, M.D., Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 

Teacher: Mark Paul, Essex High School, Essex Junction, VT
Mentor:
Ralph C. Budd, M.D., Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT

 

In addition, other programs involving immunologists are at these websites:

Rochester Science Mentoring Program is about a local alliance and mentoring program at the University of Rochester.

Another useful site is "Access Excellence," a national educational program, sponsored by Genentech, that puts high school biology teachers in touch with scientists, colleagues, and sources of new scientific information through its on-line network.

Finally, there is an excellent book, SCIENCE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS, by Art Sussman (Univ. California, 1993) which tells how to get started with these programs! It describes a number of things you can do in your district. Pick and choose!

2007-2008 Committee Members

(For complete, up-to-date contact information on committee members, visit the online FASEB Directory.)

 

 

JENSEN, PETER E., M.D., CHAIR (09)

Professor and Chair

Department of Pathology

Emma Eccles Jones Medical Research Building

15 North Medical Drive East, Suite 1100

Salt Lake City, UT  84112-5650

Tel: (801) 585-6217

Fax: (801) 585-7376

peter.jensen@path.utah.edu

 

KEEGAN, ACHSAH D., Ph.D. (08)

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center

University of Maryland at Baltimore

800 West Baltimore Street, Room 313

Baltimore, MD  21201

Tel: (410) 706-8174

Fax: (410) 706-8234

akeegan@som.umaryland.edu

 

PENNELL, CHRISTOPHER A., Ph.D. (08)

Associate Professor

University of Minnesota

Laboratory of Medicine & Pathology/CCRB

MMC 86, 420 Delaware Street SE

Minneapolis, MN  55455-0374

Tel: (612) 625-7138

Fax: (612) 626-5135

Penne001@umn.edu

 

ECKHARDT, LAUREL A., Ph.D. (09)

Hesselbach Professor

Hunter College of CUNY

Department of Biological Sciences

695 Park Avenue

New York, NY  10065

Tel: (212) 772-5237

Fax: (212) 772-5227

eckhardt@genectr.hunter.cuny.edu 

 

SHEIL, JAMES M., Ph.D. (09)

Associate Professor and Vice Chairman

Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology

West Virginia University School of Medicine

P.O. Box 9177; Health Sciences North

WVU Health Sciences Center

Morgantown, WV  26506-9177

Tel: (304) 293-7416

Fax: (304) 293-7823

jsheil@hsc.wvu.edu

 

STRANFORD, SHARON A., Ph.D. (10)

Associate Professor

Mount Holyoke College

Department of Biological Sciences

50 College Street

South Hadley, MA  01075

Tel: (413) 538-2573

Fax: (413) 538-2548

stranford@mtholyoke.edu

 

COBB, BRIAN A., Ph.D. (10)

Assistant Professor

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Department of Pathology/Room 6532

Wolstein Research Building

10900 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, OH  44106-7288

Tel: (216) 368-1263

Fax: (216) 368-0494

brian.cobb@case.edu

 

HURWITZ, ARTHUR A., Ph.D. (10)

Principal Investigator

Tumor Immunity and Tolerance Section

Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation

FCRF, CCR, NCI, NIH

Building 567, Room 211

Frederick, MD  21702-1201

Tel: (301) 846-5443

Fax: (301) 846-7350

hurwitza@ncifcrf.gov

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Department of Urology

Weiskotten Hall 2217

SUNY Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, NY  13210

 

LUKACHER, ARON, M.D., Ph.D. (10)

Associate Professor

Department of Pathology, WMRB 7307

Emory University School of Medicine

101 Woodruff Circle

Atlanta, GA  30322

Tel: (404) 727-1896

Fax: (404) 727-5764

alukach@emory.edu
 



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