American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

Minority Affairs Committee

 

List of AAI Minority Members

   
 

The AAI Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) has developed this voluntary listing of AAI members who are under-represented minority scientists*.  The MAC is dedicated to enhancing diversity among immunologists, and including minority scientists in AAI activities.

* As defined by eligibility to participate in the Minority Access to Research Resources (MARC) Program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH.  Eligible groups include: African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans (including Alaska Natives); and Natives of the U.S. Pacific Islands (Hawaii, Guam).

To add your name to this roster or update your listing, please download and submit the List of Minority Members Request Form or send an e-mail to mwcuddy@aai.org.
 


   

Raymond F. Adebiyi, Ph.D.

Professor

Ross University Medical School

P.O. Box 266

Roseau, Dominica

West Indies

Tel: (767) 445-5367, x. 230

Fax: (767) 445-3457

E-mail: radebiyi@rossmed.edu.dm

Degree: Ph.D. (1985), University of Ibadan

Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Microbiology

Research Interest: Malaria immunology

AAI Member Since: 2002

 

Maureen Ajuebor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Louisian State University Health Sciences Center
Department of Physiology
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71105
Tel: (318) 675-4199

Fax: (318) 675-4156

E-mail: majueb@lsuhsc.edu

Degree: Ph.D. (1998), The William Harvey Research Institute, University of London, UK

Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Physiology; Virology

Research Interest: Liver inflammation

AAI Member Since: 2007

 

Claudia R. Amura, M. Sc., Ph.D.

Instructor

Department of Medicine

University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center

BRB 744B - 4200 E. 9th Ave - B-158

Denver, CO 80206

Tel: (303) 315-3538
Fax: (303) 315-3507

E-mail: Claudia.amura@uchsc.edu

Degree: Ph.D., 1995, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; M.Sc., University CAECE, Argentina

Scientific Specialty: Cell Biology; Immunology; Molecular Biology

Research Interest: Signaling-cell differentiation

AAI Member Since: 1997

 

Elida M. Bautista-Peck, Ph.D.

Scientist

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.

2621 North Belt Highway

St. Joseph, MO 64506

Tel: (816) 390-0640

Fax: (816) 390-0423

E-mail: ebautis2@bi-vetmedica.com

Degree: Ph.D. (1998), University of Minnesota

Scientific Specialty: Virology, Immunology

Research Interest: Viral Immunology

AAI Member Since: 2005

 

Prosper N. Boyaka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University
Department of Veterinary Biosciences
VMAB Room 354
1900 Coffey Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1093
Tel:: (614)247-4671
Fax: (614)292-6473
E-mail: boyaka.1@osu.edu

Degree: Ph.D., Universite Dennis Diderot (Paris VII)
Scientific Specialty: Immunology
Research Interest: Mucosal immunology
AAI Member Since: 1998

 

Randy R. Brutkiewicz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Indiana University School of Medicine

Walther Oncology Center

Research Institute #2

950 W. Walnut Street, Room 302

Indianapolis, IN  46202-5181

Tel: (317) 274-7589

Fax: (317) 274-7592

E-mail: rbrutkie@iupui.edu

Degree: Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Medical Center (1994)

Scientific Specialty: Cell Biology; Immunology; Virology

Research Interest: Antigen processing and presentation; signal transduction

AAI Member Since: 1999

 

Cherie L. Butts, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Section on Neuroendocrine Immunology & Behavior

National Institute of Mental Health

National Institutes of Health

5625 Fishers Lane, Room 4N15

MSC 9401

Bethesda, MD  20892

Telephone: (301) 594-5853

Fax: (301) 496-6095

E-mail: buttsc@mail.nih.gov

Degree: Ph.D. 2003 (UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)

Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Neuroimmunology

Research Interest: Tumor immunology; hormonal regulation of immunity; mucosal immunology

AAI Member Since: 2001

 

Antonio Campos-Neto, M.D., Ph.D.

Senior Member of the Staff

The Forsyth Institute

140 The Fenway

Boston, MA  02115

Tel: (617) 892-8393

Fax: (617) 892-8326

E-mail: acampos@forsyth.org

Degree: M.D., Medical School of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil (1968); Ph.D., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/Harvard Medical School, Rio de Janerio, RJ, Brazil (1978)

Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Microbiology; Parasitology

Research Interest: Immunology of infectious diseases

AAI Member Since: 1988

 

Gregory Carey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

University of Maryland

Room 313, Biopark I, CVID

800 W. Baltimore Street

Baltimore, MD  21201

Telephone: (410) 706-8191

Fax: (410) 706-8234

Email: gcarey@som.umaryland.edu

Degree: Ph.D. (1995) Medical Coll. of VA, Virginia Commonwealth University

Scientific Specialty: Biochemistry; Cell Biology

Research Interest: Cancer

AAI Member Since: 2001

 

Stephen K. Chapes, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Professor

Kansas State University

231 Ackert Hall

Manhattan, KS  66506-4901

Tel: (785) 532-6795

Fax: (785) 532-6653

E-mail: SKCBIOL@KSU.EDU

Degree: Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana (1981); M.P.H., University of Illinois Medical Center (1976)

Scientific Specialty: Immunology

Research Interest: Gravitational immunology; infectious disease immunology

AAI Member Since: 1984

 

Martin R. Correa, M.D., M.Sc.

Florida Center for Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

8970 S.W. 87th Court, Suite 100

Miami, FL  33176

Tel: (954) 472-4848

Fax: (954) 472-8500

E-mail: user136986@aol.com

Degree: M.D., 1986, University of Cartagena, Colombia; M. Sc., Immunology, 1990, University of Antioquia, Colombia

Scientific Specialty:

Research Interest: Immunodeficiencies (XLP)

AAI Member Since: 2002

 

Vidal F. de la Cruz, Ph.D.

Vice President, Business Development

Cytokine PharmaSciences, Inc.

150 South Warner Road, Suite 420

King of Prussia, PA 19460

Tel: (610) 687-1776, x203

Fax: (610) 687-4340

E-mail: vvidalyn@aol.com

Degree: Ph.D. (1985), University of California, Los Angeles

Scientific Specialty: Immunology, Molecular Biology

Research Interest: Inflammation

AAI Member Since: 1990

 

Luis A. Diaz, M.D.

Professor and Chairman
Department of Dermatology

University of North Carolina

3100 Thurston-Bowles Building, CB #7287

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Tel: (919) 843-7226

Fax: (919) 843-5766

E-mail: ldiaz@med.unc.edu

Degree: M.D. (1968), Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Peru

Scientific Specialty: Dermatology

Research Interest: Autoimmune Skin Diseases

AAI Member Since: 1980

 

Rafael Fernandez-Botran, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

University of Louisville

Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Louisville, KY  40292

Tel: (502) 852-5375

Fax: (502) 852-1177

E-mail: Rafael@louisville.edu

Degree: Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center, 1985

Scientific Specialty: Biochemistry; Immunology; Microbiology

Research Interest: Cytokine biology

AAI Member Since: 1988

 

Claudette L. Fuller, Ph.D.

Senior Investigator

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals

709 Swedeland Road, UE0359

King of Prussia, PA 19406

Tel: (610) 270-4847

Fax:

E-mail: claudette.1.fuller@gsk.com

Degree: Ph.D. (2000), University of Virginia

Scientific Specialty: Virology, Immunology

Research Interest: Host Resistance and Autoimmunity – Innate Immunity

AAI Member Since: 2004

 

Kristine M. Garza (Tina), Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Texas at El Paso
500 West University Avenue
El Paso, TX 79968-0519
Tel: (915) 747-6562
Fax: (617) 747-5808
E-mail: kgarza@utep.edu
Degree: Ph.D. (1998), University of Virginia
Scientific Specialty: Immunology
Research Interest: T cell – DC interactions
AAI Member Since: 2002

 

Na Tosha N. Gatson, M.D./Ph.D. Candidate
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics

460 W. 12th Ave., 760A Biomedical Research Tower
Columbus, OH 43210

Tel: 614-292-5014
Fax: 614-292-9805
E-mail: natosha.gatson@osumc.edu

Degree: B.A., Indiana University, 1999

Scientific Specialty: Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology

Research Interest: Genetic basis of autoimmune disease

AAI Member Since: 2006 (Trainee)

 

Tomar Ghansah, Ph.D.

Research Fellow

University of South Florida

Moffitt Research Center

12902 Magnolia Drive

Tampa, FL  33612

Tel: (813) 903-6848

Fax: (813) 979-7264

E-mail: ghansat@moffitt.usf.edu

Degree: Ph.D. (1999), Meharry Medical College

Scientific Specialty: Biochemistry; Immunology; Molecular Biology

Research Interest: Graft versus host disease

AAI Member Since: 2001

 

Richard A. Goldsby, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Amherst College

CB 2237/P.O. Box 5000

Amherst, MA 01002

Tel: (413) 542-2045

Fax: (413) 542-7955

E-mail: ragoldsby@amherst.edu

Degree: Ph.D. (1961), University of California, Berkeley

Scientific Specialty: Immunology

Research Interest: Antibody mediated immunity to microbial pathogens and their toxins

AAI Member Since: 1995

 

Gregorio Gomez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Virginia Commonwealth University

P.O. Box 980263

Richmond, VA 23298-0263

Tel: (240) 687-1642

Fax: (804) 828-0283

E-mail: gomezg@alumni.utexas.net

Degree: Ph.D. (1999), University of Texas, Austin

Scientific Specialty: Immunology

Research Interest: Mast cell biology

AAI Member Since: 2000

 

Larry Herrera, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Oncology

Texas A&M University Health Science Center

2401 S. 31st Street

Medical Research Building, Room 216

Temple, TX  76508

Tel: (254) 742-7052

Fax: (254) 742-7191

E-mail: lherrera@swmail.sw.org

Degree: M.D., Texas A&M HSC, 1991

Scientific Specialty: Cell Biology; Medicine (Oncology, Immunotherapy)

Research Interest: Use of Mabs, ITs for childhood leukemia

AAI Member Since: 2000

 

Onyinye Iweala, M.D./Ph.D. Candidate

Harvard Medical School/MGH

Laboratory of Cathryn R. Nagler

Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID)

149 13th Street, Mailstop 149-8301

Charlestown, MA 02120

Tel: (617) 201-6602

Fax: (617) 726-5651

E-mail: iweala@gmail.com

Degree: A.B. (2002), Harvard College

Scientific Specialty: Immunology

Research Interest: Mucosal immunology

AAI Member Since: 2005

 

James N. Jarvis, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics and
Section Chief: Pediatric Rheumatology

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Basic Sciences Building, #235 A

Oklahoma City, OK  73104

Tel: (405) 271-4755

Fax: (405) 271-2281

E-mail: James-Jarvis@ouhsc.edu

Degree: M.D., University of Vermont (1979)

Scientific Specialty: Genetics; Immunology

Research Interest: Genetics of rheumatic disease in Native American populations

 

Harlan P. Jones, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Emory University School of Medicine

1256 Briar Cliff Road, N.E., Room 510N

Atlanta, GA  30306

Tel: (404) 712-8321

Fax: (404) 712-9755

E-mail: hpjones@emory.edu

Degree: Ph.D., 2000 (University of North Texas Health Sciences Center)

Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Molecular Biology

Research Interest: Tumor immunology

AAI Member Since: 2001

 

Mariana J. Kaplan, M.D.

Assistant Professor

University of Michigan

5520 MSRBI

1150 W. Medical Center Drive

Ann Arbor, MI  48109-0680

Tel: (734) 763-3031

Fax: (734) 763-4151

E-mail: makaplan@umich.edu

Degree: M.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City (1992)

Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Medicine (Rheumatology) Research

Research Interest: Lupus, autoimmunity

AAI Member Since: 2002

 

Adriana T. Larregina, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

University of Pittsburgh

190 Lothrop Street

Lothrop Hall, Suite 145

St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Tel: (412) 383-9842

Fax: (412) 383-5857

E-mail: adrianal@pitt.edu

Degree: M.D. (1983), University of La Plata; Ph.D. (1996), University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine

Scientific Specialty: Pathology, Immunology

Research Interest: Tissue resident antigen presenting cells, genetic immunization

AAI Member Since: 2005

 

James W. Lillard, Jr., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Smith & Lucille Gibson Chair in Medicine
Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Microbiology & Immunology
Senior Scientist, James Graham Brown Cancer Center
University of Louisville
Baxter II Room 304
580 S. Preston Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Off: (502) 852-2174
Fax: (502) 852-3842
Cell: (502) 263-8196

Email: james.lillard@louisville.edu

Degree: Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Scientific Specialty: Immunology

Research Interest: Mucosal immunology

AAI Member Since: 1997

 

Juan Leon, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Emory University

Rollins School of Public Health

1518 Clifton Road, NE, 7th Floor

Atlanta, Georgia 30322

Tel: (404) 727-7443

Fax: (404)-920-3496

Email: juan.leon@emory.edu

Degree: Ph.D., Northwestern University 2003; M.P.H., Northwestern 2003

Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Parasitology; Public Health & Epidemiology; Virology

Research Interest: Immunology of Norovirus Infection

AAI Member Since: 2004

 

Rocio D. Marchese, Ph.D.

Senior Research Immunologist

Merck & Co., MRL

Tel: (215) 652-8492

E-mail: rocio_marchese@merck.com

Degree: Ph.D., Hahnemann University, 1998

Scientific Specialty: Genetics; Immunology

Research Interest: Vaccines

AAI Member Since: 2002

 

Ernesto Marques, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences
725 Wolf Street, Bldg. Biophysics, Room 307A
Baltimore, MD 21210 USA
Tel: (410) 955-8477 / (410) 955-8478
Fax: (410) 502-3066/ (410) 955-1894
Email: emarques@jhmi.edu
Chefe do Laboratorio de Vacinologia e Terapia Experimental Centro de Pesquisa Aggeu Magalhaes, FIOCRUZ Av. Moraes Rego S/N; Campus da Cidade Universitaria Recife, PE, CEP 50670-420, Brazil
Tel: 81 2101 2564 / 81 2101 2619
Fax: 81 2101 2651

Email: emarques@cpqam.fiocruz.br
Degree: M.D., UFPE (1993); Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University (1999) Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Medicine; Molecular Biology;
Pharmacology; Parasitology

Research Interest: Vaccinology; Ag trafficking and processing
AAI Member Since: 2002

Josephine Martin, Ph.D. Candidate

University of Minnesota

312 Church Street SE, 6-120 Jackson Hall

Minneapolis, MN 55455

Tel: (612) 624-5983

Fax: (612) 625-8408

E-mail: marti170@umn.edu

Degree: B.S. (1996), University of Minnesota

Scientific Specialty: Pharmacology, Immunology

Research Interest: Chronic morphine modulation in an infected wound model

AAI Member Since: 2005 (trainee)

 

James Martiney, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Pace University

Biology Department

861 Bedford Road

Pleasantville, NY  10570

Tel: (914) 773-3947

Fax: (914) 773-3634

E-mail: jmartiney@pace.edu

Degree: Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1991)

Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Parasitology

Research Interest: Malaria pathogenesis; parasitology

AAI Member Since: 1998

 

Olivia Martinez, Ph.D.
Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
1201 Welch Road, MSLS P312
Stanford, CA 94305-5492
(650) 498-6247
Fax: (650) 498-6250
Email: omm@stanford.edu
Degree: Ph.D., UC Berkeley (1982)
Scientific Specialty: Immunology
Research Interest:Transplant Immunology
AAI Member Since: 1991

 

Jaime Modiano, VMD, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

University of Colorado Health Science Center

AMC Campus, 1600 Pierce Street

Denver, CO 80214

Tel: (303) 239-3408

Fax: (303) 239-3560

E-mail: jaime.modiano@uchsc.edu

Degree: VMD (1991), University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D. (1991), University of Pennsylvania

Scientific Specialty: Cell Biology, Cancer Biology, Pathology, Immunology

Research Interest: Cancer Biology

AAI Member Since: 1997

 

Ana L. Mora, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Emory University

615 Michael Street, Suite 215

Atlanta, GA  30322

Tel: (404) 712-2168

Fax: (404) 712-2974

E-mail: amora@emory.edu

Degree: M.D., Universidad Nacional de Colombia (1987)

Scientific Specialty: Immunology

Research Interest: Lung immunology

AAI Member Since: 2002

 

Manuel Moro, Ph.D., DVM

Assistant Professor

Kansas State University

1800 Denison Avenue

Manhattan, KS 66506

Tel: (785) 532-4602

Fax: (785) 532-4851

E-mail: mmoro@vet.ksu.edu

Degree: Ph.D. (1993), Iowa State University; DVM (1985), University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru

Scientific Specialty: Parasitology, Immunology

Research Interest: Tick-borne diseases: Lyme disease, Babesiosis

AAI Member Since: 2001

 

Waithaka Mwangi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Texas A&M University

VTPB MS: 4467

College Station, TX 77843

Tel: (979) 845-4615

Fax: (979) 862-2344

E-mail: wmwangi@cvm.tamu.edu

Degree: Ph.D. (2002), Washington State University

Scientific Specialty: Immunology

Research Interest: Vaccine

AAI Member Since:  2002

 

Adaobi I. Nwaneshiudu

Predoctoral Trainee: M.D./Ph.D. Candidate

Temple University School of Medicine

Department of Microbiology & Immunology

3400 North Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA  19140

Tel: (215) 707-1902

Fax: (215) 707-5149

E-mail: anwanegr@temple.edu

Degree: B.A., Haverford College (2003)

Scientific Specialty: Genetics; Immunology

Research Interest: Cutaneous immunology in health and disease

AAI Member Since: 2006 (Trainee)

 

Tricia Nardiello, Ph.D. Candidate

Mount Holyoke College

2747 Blanchard Student Center

South Hadley, MA 01075

Tel: (203) 910-3532

Fax: (413) 538-2548

E-mail: tlnardie@mtholyoke.edu

Degree: B.A. (2007), Mount Holyoke College

Scientific Specialty: Immunology, Vaccine Research

Research Interest: Vaccine Research

AAI Member Since: 2007

 

William Ofosu-Appiah, Ph.D.
Manager, Medical Writing
BioWa, Inc
29 Emmons Drive, Suite C-10
Princeton, NJ 08540
Tel: (609) 734-3429
Fax: (609) 734-3455
E-mail: ofosu-appiah@biowa.com
Degree: Ph.D., University of Manitoba (1988)
Scientific Specialty: Immunology
Research Interest: Autoimmunity and Oncology
AAI Member Since: 1994

 

Thandi Onami, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

University of Tennessee

1414 W. Cumberland Ave. WLS M409

Knoxville, TN  37996

Telephone: (865) 974-6229

Fax: (865) 974-4007

Email: tonami@utk.edu

Degree: Ph.D. (1999) University of California, San Diego

Scientific Specialty: Virology; Immunology; Microbiology

Research Interest: CD8 T Cell Immunity

AAI Member Since: 2006

 

Santiago Partida-Sanchez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Columbus Children’s Research Institute &
The Ohio State University
700 Children’s Drive, Room W512
Columbus, OH 43205-2696
Tel: (614) 722-4092
Fax: (614) 722-2818
E-mail: partidas@ccri.net
Degree: Ph.D. (1998), National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
Scientific Specialty: Immunology
Research Interest: Ion channels in immune cells
AAI Member Since: 2001

 

Francisco J. Quintana, Ph.D.

Research Fellow

Harvard Medical School Center for Neurological Diseases

77 Ave. Louis Pasteur HIM 720

Boston, MA 02115

Tel: (617) 671-9793

Fax: (617) 525-5300

E-mail: fquintana@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Degree: Ph.D. (2003), The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Scientific Specialty: Immunology

Research Interest: Systems immunology, genetic control of the immune response

AAI Member Since: 2003

 

Jayne Stewart Reuben, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Michigan

MSRBI, Room 7514

1301 Catherine Road

Ann Arbor, MI  48109

Tel: (734) 647-2921

Fax: (734) 647-4308

E-mail: jreuben@umich.edu

Degree: Ph.D., 2001 (Florida A & M University)

Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Pathology; Pharmacology

Research Interest: Mechanisms of lung injury during Ischemia and Reperfusion

AAI Member Since: 2002

 

Amariliz Rivera, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

1275 York Avenue, Box 9

New York, NY 10021

Tel: (646) 888-2361

Fax: (212) 717-3432

E-mail: riverama@mskcc.org

Degree: Ph.D. (2001), UMDNJ

Scientific Specialty: Immunology

Research Interest: CD4+ T cell responses to fungi

AAI Member Since: 2005

 

Jesus Rivera-Nieves, M.D.

Assistant Professor

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 800708

Charlottesville, VA  22906

Telephone: (434) 924-1932

Fax: (434) 243-6169