The American Association of Immunologists

Leslie J. Berg, Ph.D.

Brief Bio

Leslie J. Berg is the chair of and professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine on the Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Berg was president of The American Association of Immunologists from 2011 to 2012 and served on the AAI Council from 2006 to 2013. She is served as the first co-editor-in-chief of ImmunoHorizons with Michael S. Krangel from 2017 to 2019. She was awarded the AAI Distinguished Service Award in 2006 and the AAI-PharMingen Investigator Award (now the AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award) in 2001, and was elected a Distinguished Fellow of AAI in 2020.

Oral History - Full Interview

Interview Date: Thursday, November 1, 2012
Location: Worcester, MA

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Oral History - Transcript

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Oral History - Clips

Family Background (5:21)
Early Interest in Science (2:11)
Undergraduate Years at Harvard and Interest in Molecular Biology (6:26)
"Weird Criteria" that Led to Immunology (5:21)
Postdoc at Stanford (2:55)

Research Highlights (3:52)
AAI Presidency (4:33)
Balancing Professional and Family Life (4:36)
What Do You Do for Fun? (1:10)
Women in Science (4:24)

AAI Service History

Joined: 1994
President: 2011–2012
Vice President: 2010–2011
Councillor: 2006–2010

The Journal of Immunology
Associate Editor: 1994–1999
Section Editor: 2000–2004

ImmunoHorizons
Co-Editor-in-Chief: 2017–2019

Committees
Education Committee: 1996–2000, 2000–2002 (chair)
Program Committee: 2003–2006 (chair)

Other Service
Director, AAI Introductory Course: 2002
Director, AAI Advanced Course: 2012–2015

President's Address

"Signaling Pathways That Regulate T Cell Development and Differentiation," Delivered May 4, 2012

The Journal of Immunology 189, no. 12 (2012): 5487-5488

President's Message

"AAI President’s Message," July 26, 2011

AAI Newsletter (August 2011), 3–5.

Awards and Honors

AAI-PharMingen Investigator Award, 2001
AAI Distinguished Service Award, 2006
Lamar Soutter Award for Excellence in Medical Education, University Massachusetts Medical School, 2010
Distinguished Fellow, AAI, 2020

Institutional/Biographical Links

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus profile