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:
Cathryn R. Nagler, Ph.D. (’24), Chair Professor University of Chicago
Claudia Kemper, Ph.D. (’23) Senior Investigator NHLBI, NIH
Eric Meffre, Ph.D. (’23) Associate Professor Yale School of Medicine
Francisco Javier Quintana, Ph.D. (’23) Professor of Neurology Brigham & Women's Hosp, Harvard Medical School
Dennis O. Adeegbe, Ph.D. (’24) Assistant Professor Moffitt Cancer Center
Chandrashekhar Pasare, Ph.D. (’24) Professor Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Marion Pepper, Ph.D. (’24) Associate Professor University of Washington
Jeffrey C. Rathmell, Ph.D. (’24) Professor Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Russell E. Vance, Ph.D. (’24) Professor University of California, Berkeley
Shannon Dunn, Ph.D. (’25) Associate Professor St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
Andrea Schietinger, Ph.D. (’25) Associate Member Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Calvin B. Williams, M.D., Ph.D. (’25) Professor Medical College of Wisconsin