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.
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
Paul E. Clavijo, M.S.
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Maryland
10315 Royal Woods Court
Montgomery Village, MD 20886
Tel: (240) 246-7702
E-mail:
pclavijo@umd.edu
Degree: B.S., Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (2001);
M.S., The Johns Hopkins University (2005)
Scientific Specialty: Cell Biology;
Immunology
Research Interest: T cell immunology and cell
biology
AAI Member Since: 2007 (Trainee)
José Conejo-Garcia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Dartmouth Medical School
Borwell 640 W., HB 7556
1 Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, NH 03766
Tel: (603) 650-6822
Fax: (603) 650-6228
E-mail: jrcg@dartmouth.edu
Degree: M.D. (1990), University of Zaragoza, Spain; Ph.D. (1998),
University of Alcala, Spain
Scientific Specialty: Immunology; cancer
Research Interest: Tumor immunology and immunotherapy; tumor
microenvironment
AAI Member Since: 2009
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
Emmanuella Delva, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place, MS 351
Memphis, TN 38105
Tel: (901) 595-6336
Fax:
(901) 595-5766
E-mail:
emmanuella.delva@stjude.org
Degree: B.S. Chemistry (2002), University
of Richmond; Ph.D. (2009),
Emory University
Scientific Specialty: Biochemistry,
Cell Biology, Immunnology
Research Interest: Estrogen and
Autoimmunity in Women
AAI Member Since: 2009
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
Marcos E. García-Ojeda, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Natural Sciences
University of California, Merced
5200 North Lake Road
Merced, CA 95343 USA
Tel: (209) 228-6986
Fax: 209-228-4053
E-mail:
mgarcia-ojeda@ucmerced.edu
Degree: Ph.D.
AAI Member Since: 2006
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
Qyana Kelly Griffith
Predoctoral Trainee: M.D., Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Molecular Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
650 Albany Street, EBRC 6th Floor, Room 630
Boston, MA 02127
Tel: (617) 414-4803
Fax: (617) 414-5280
E-mail: Qyana@bu.edu
Degree: B.S., University of California, Irvine (2003)
Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Microbiology
Research Interest: Host-parasite interaction; schistosomiasis
AAI Member Since: 2010 (Trainee)
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Maria Antonieta Guerrero-Plata, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard, Children's Hospital
Department of Pediatrics, Room 2-330G
Galveston, TX 77555-0366
Tel: (409) 772-2548
E-mail: maaguerr@utmb.edu
Degree: Ph.D. (2001), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Scientific Specialty: Immunology, molecular biology, virology
Research Interest: Anti-viral immune response to respiratory
viruses
AAI Member Since: 2007
De'Broski R. Herbert, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Division of Immunology ML0563
Cincinnati, OH 45267
Tel: (513) 861-3100, x. 5149
Fax: (513) 475-6415
E-mail:
herberdr@ucmail.uc.edu
Degree: Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University
Scientific Specialty: Immunology, pathology, parasitology
Research Interest: Macrophage polarization; mucosal
inflammation, Helminth immunity
AAI Member Since: 2009
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
Tanisha Jackson
Doctoral Candidate
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1825 University Blvd.
Shel Suite 401
Birmingham, AL 35294
Tel: (205) 975-7205
Fax: (205) 975-7218
E-mail: tjacks9@uab.edu
Degree: B.S., Spelman College (1999), M.S., University of Georgia (2002)
Scientific Specialty: Microbiology, Immunology
Research Interest: B cell development
AAI member Since: 2005 (Trainee)
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
Marvin Ambrose Lai, B.S.
Graduate Student
University of Washington, Seattle
6310 60th Ave., N.E., Apt. 202
Seattle, WA 98115
Tel: (919) 607-7816
E-mail:
malai@u.washington.edu
Degree: B.S., Biology, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill (2006)
Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Pathology
Research Interest: Host-pathogen interaction
and innate immunity
AAI Member Since: 2009
Joseph Larkin III, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science
University of Florida
P.O. Box 110700
Gainesville, FL 32611
Tel: (352) 392-6884
Fax: (352) 392-5922
E-mail: jlarkin3@ufl.edu
Degree: Ph.D. (2000), University of
Florida
Scientific Specialty: Immunology
Research Interest:
Immune tolerance, regulatory T cells
AAI Member Since: 2008
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.
Professor of Microbiology, Biochemistry, & Immunology
Assistant Dean for Research
Morehouse School of Medicine
Hugh Gloster Room 349C
720 Westview Drive SW
Atlanta GA 30310-1495
Tel: 404-752-1863
Fax:404-752-1179
Cell: 678-697-5220
Email: jlillard@msm.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
Marcel Mario Nociari, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cornell University
Phone: 212-746-8482
Fax: 212-746-8675
Email: mnociari@med.cornell.edu
Degree:
Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Virology
Research Interest: Innate immunity to viruses
AAI Member Since: 2005
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
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William Ofosu-Appiah, Ph.D.
Manager, Clinical Trials
Kyowa Hakko Kirin
Pharma, Inc.
212 Carnegie Center, Suite 101
Princeton, NJ 08540
Tel: 609-580-7367
Fax: 609-919-1111
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
Anthony Quinn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Toledo
2801 West Bancroft
Toledo, OH 43606
Tel: (419) 530-1593
Fax: (419) 530-7737
E-mail: aquinn@utnet.utoledo.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Center
Scientific Specialty: Immunology
Research Interest: Autoimmunity
AAI Member Since: 2008
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
Email:
jr3u@virginia.edu
Degree: M.D. (1990) University of Puerto Rico
Scientific Specialty: Medicine
(Gastroenterology)
Research Interest: Adhesion Molecules/IBD
AAI Member Since: 2003
Phillip Ruiz, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
University of Miami
1611 N.W. 12th Avenue
JMH Holtz Center ET 2101
Miami, FL 33136
Tel: (305) 585-7344
Fax: (305) 329-0149
E-mail: pruiz@med.miami.edu
Degree: M.D., George Washington University (1985); Ph.D.,
University of Florida
(1981)
Scientific Specialty: Immunology; pathology
Research Interest: Transplantation immunology
AAI Member Since: 1990
Rachelle Salomon, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital
Virology Division, Department of Infectious Diseases, Mail Stop 330
332 N. Lauderdale St.
Memphis, TN 38105
Telephone: (901) 495-3412
Fax: (901) 523-2622
Email: rachelle.salomon@stjude.org
Degree: Ph.D. (2005) Brown University School of Medicine
Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Virology
Research Interest: Molecular basis of pathogenicity of H5N1 avian
influenza
AAI Member Since: 2000
Eduardo A. Santiago-Delpin, M.D.
Chief Transplant
Auxilio Mutuo Hospital
P.O. Box 362403
San Juan, PR 00936
Telephone: (787) 765-7650
Fax: (787) 766-4038
Email:
prtp@coqui.net
Degree: M.D. (1965) University of Puerto Rico;
M.S. (1972) University of Minnesota
Scientific Specialty: Medicine (Transplant
Surgery and Immunobiology)
Research Interest: Immunosuppression
AAI Member Since: 1985
Duane Sewell, M.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania
CRB 135; 415 Curie Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Telephone: (215) 746-0134
Fax: (215) 573-1934
Email:
dsewell@mail.med.upenn.edu
Degree: M.D. (1994) University of Pennsylvania
Scientific Specialty: Cancer Immunotherapy
Research Interest: Cancer Immunotherapy
AAI Member Since: 2005
Luis J. Sigal, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Member
Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19111
Tel: (215) 885-8539
E-mail: Luis.Sigal@FCCC.edu
Degree(s): D.V.M., Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1984; Ph.D., University of
Nebraska, 1994
Scientific Specialty: Immunology
Research Interest: Antigen presentation, viral immunology
AAI Member Since: 1997
Eduardo M. Sotomayor, M.D.
Associate Professor of Oncology and Medicine
Chief, Lymphoma Section
Division of Malignant Hematology and Division of Immunology
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa, FL 33612-9497
Tel: (813) 632-1386
Fax: (813) 979-7264
E-mail: sotomed@moffitt.usf.edu
Degree: M.D., Federico Villarreal Medical
School, Lima,
Peru (1988)
Scientific Specialty: Immunology, medicine
(medical oncology/hematology)
Research Interest: Immune tolerance/cancer
immunotherapy
AAI Member Since: 2002
Catherine St. Hill, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
C339 VMC
1352 Boyd Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
Tel: (612) 626-5787
Fax: (612) 624-0751
E-mail:
sthil001@umn.edu
Degree: Ph.D. (1999), University of Minnesota; D.V.M.
(2000), University of Minnesota
Scientific Specialty: Cancer Biology/Immunology
Research Interest: Cancer Biology/immunology
AAI Member Since: 2002
Marcela Torres, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue, Forchheimer 411
Bronx, NY 10461
Tel: (718) 430-3730
Fax: (718) 430-8701
E-mail:
mtorres@aecom.yu.edu
Degree: Ph.D. (2006), Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Scientific Specialty: Immunology,
Molecular Biology, Surface Plasmon Resonance
Research Interest: Influence of the
immunoglobulin constant heavy chain on antibody-antigen binding affinity
and specificity
AAI Member Since: 2004
Vincent K. Tsiagbe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Oral Biology and Department of Pathology
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
MSB C-636
185 South Orange
Newark, NJ 07103
Phone: 973-972-2612
Fax: 973-972-0045
E-mail: tsiagbvk@umdnj.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison WI (1986)
Scientific Specialty: Immunology
Research Interest: Tumor Immunology;
endogenous retroviral superantigens
AAI Member Since: 1992
Anibal J. Valentin-Acevedo
Ph.D. Candidate
Rutgers University
604 Allison Road, Room B318
Piscataway, NU 08854
Phone: 732-445-2195
Fax: 732-445-0104
Email: ajvalent@eden.rutgers.edu
Degree: B.S., University of Puerto Rico - Aguadilla (2003)
Scientific Specialty: Immunology; Molecular Immunology
Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms of cell survival in EBV infected B
cells and the role of NFĸB proteins, especially C-REL, in these pathways
AAI Member Since: 2007
Paulo Henrique Verardi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut
61 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3089
Storrs, CT 06269-3089
Tel: (860) 486-3420
Fax: (860) 486-2794
E-mail: paulo.verardi@uconn.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of California, Davis (1997)
Scientific Specialty: Immunology;
Molecular Biology; Virology
Research Interest:
Vaccine development, viral pathogenesis, viral immunology, viology, molecular
biology
AAI Member Since: 2003
Dave Vigerust M.S., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
Program in Vaccine Sciences
1161 21st Avenue South
T-0107 MCN (Mailing)
T-2219 MCN (Lab)
Nashville, TN 37232-2007
Phone: (615) 343-8263
Fax: (615) 936-8014
E-mail: david.j.vigerust@vanderbilt.edu
Degree: M.S., Texas Tech University (1999); Ph.D., Vanderbilt University School
of Medicine (2004)
Scientific Specialty: Immunology, Medicine, Infectious Disease
Research Interest: Innate response to influenza and respiratory syncytial
virus, surfactant proteins and macrophage biology
AAI Member Since: 1999
Colleen Winstead
Ph.D. Candidate
University of
Minnesota
312 Church Street SE, NHH 6-280
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Tel: (612) 626-4261
Fax: (612) 624-6404
E-mail:
wins0022@umn.edu
Degree: M.S. (2001), Miami University
Scientific Specialty: Immunology,
Cancer Biology
Research Interest: Regulatory T cell
function
AAI Member Since: 2006
Benjamin Wizel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Texas Health Center
11937 US Hwy. 271
Tyler, TX 75708
Telephone: (903) 877-5872
Fax: (903) 877-7537
Email:
bwizel@uthct.edu
Degree:
Scientific Specialty: Parasitology;
Immunology; Microbiology
Research Interest: T Cell
Immunity/Intracellular Pathogens
AAI Member Since: 2005
Robert Woodland, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Department of Molecular Genetics and
Microbiology
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655
Tel: (508) 856-2465
Fax: (508) 856-5920
E-mail:
Robert.woodland@umassmed.edu
Degree: Ph.D. (1974), University of Pennsylvania
Scientific Specialty: Immunology
Research Interest:
AAI Member Since: 1980
Albert Zlotnik, Ph.D.
Vice President of Research, Biology
Senomyx
4767 Nexus Denter Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
Tel: (858) 646-8446 (office); (858) 603-9320 (cell)
E-mail:
albertzlotnik@gmail.com
Degree: Ph.D. (1981), University of
Colorado
Scientific Specialty: Immunology,
Molecular Biology
Research Interest: Chemokines
AAI Member Since: 1985
Norberto Zwirner, Ph.D.
Independent Researcher
Hospital de Clinicas
Laboratory of Immunogenetics
Av. Cordoba 2351 3er Piso
Buenos Aires, C1120AAF, Argentina
Telephone: 54-11-5950-8756
Fax: 54-11-5950-8758
Email:
nwz@sinectis.com.ar
Degree: Ph.D. (1993) University of La Plata,
Argentina
Scientific Specialty: Immunology
Research Interest: Tumor Immunology, NK Cells
AAI Member Since: 2004 |
