Six members of the Program Committee are elected by the membership of AAI, and six members are appointed by Council. Members serve staggered three-year terms. Members are to be chosen to represent different institutions and areas of the country. The Chair is a non-voting member of Council.
The Committee is charged with the responsibility for planning and implementing the scientific program presented at each annual meeting of the AAI, subject to approval by Council.
The AAI Program Committee is dedicated to selecting topics and speakers for the AAI annual meeting that represent the entire field of immunology and include scientists at a variety of career stages. The committee manages the following parts of the meeting:
David Masopust, Ph.D. (’21), Chair Professor University of Minnesota Medical School
Rachel Gerstein, Ph.D. (’21) Associate Professor University of Massachusetts Medical School
Troy D. Randall, Ph.D. (’21) Professor University of Alabama, Birmingham
Jeffrey C. Rathmell, Ph.D. (’21) Professor Vanderbilt University
Kimberly S. Schluns, Ph.D. (’21) Associate Professor MD Anderson Cancer Center
José Alberola-Ila, M.D., Ph.D. (’22) Associate Member Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Irina Grigorova, Ph.D. (’22) Assistant Professor University of Michigan Medical School
Gianna Hammer, Ph.D. (’22) Assistant Professor Duke University
June L. Round, Ph.D. (’22) Associate Professor University of Utah
Claudia Kemper, Ph.D. (’23) Senior Investigator NHLBI, NIH
Eric Meffre, Ph.D. (’23) Associate Professor Yale School of Medicine