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Need Help Complying with the New NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy? AAI Has Resources That Can Help

NIH has announced the implementation of its Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy, which requires that all applications submitted on or after January 25, 2023, include a DMS plan. AAI has developed two new resources to help immunologists draft DMS plans that comply with this new policy.

AAI Resources and Recommendations
for the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy

AAI Guide to Developing Your NIH Data
Management and Sharing Plan

These resources were developed by the AAI Data Management and Sharing Working Group, established by the AAI Committee on Public Affairs. Please contact AAI Science Policy Analyst Emily Kansler, Ph.D., if you have any questions.

AAI Issues Statement Decrying Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs; Moves IMMUNOLOGY2024™ from Phoenix to Chicago

After carefully considering Arizona’s abortion law, which drastically restricts access to abortion services and related health care, and which went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, AAI has moved IMMUNOLOGY2024™ from Phoenix to Chicago. AAI is delighted to bring its annual scientific meeting back to Chicago for the first time since 1983.

In conjunction with this announcement, AAI issued a statement articulating its deep concern about the Dobbs decision’s deleterious impact.

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AAI Issues Statement on Whether the COVID-19 Pandemic is Over

AAI Committee on Public Affairs Chair Peter Jensen, M.D., recently issued a statement responding to questions regarding whether the COVID-19 pandemic is over. The statement highlights the extraordinary progress that has been made in combatting COVID-19, including the rapid development of safe and effective vaccines. Jensen cautions, however, that “[w]hile remarkable progress has been made, hundreds of Americans are still dying from COVID-19 each day and millions are suffering from symptoms of Long COVID,” and urges all who are eligible “to get fully vaccinated and boosted.”

Read the full statement