AAI-Thermo Fisher Trainee Achievement Award Past Recipients

(formerly AAI-Huang Foundation Trainee Achievement Award, 1999–2007;
AAI-Invitrogen Trainee Achievement Award, 2008–2010;
AAI-Life Technologies Trainee Achievement Award, 2011–2014 )

This award recognizes up to six promising trainees in the field of immunology. Click here for more information on this award.

1999–2022 Awardees

Year Recipient Position Institution Sort Name
2023 Tanushree Dangi Postdoctoral Fellow Northwestern Univ., USA Dangi
2023 Andrew G. Harrison Graduate Student UConn Hlth., USA Harrison
2023 Fiona A. Raso Graduate Student Univ. of Massachusetts Med. Sch., USA Raso
2023 Chin Yee Tan Graduate Student Duke Univ. Sch. of Med., USA Tan
2023 Sonya J. Wolf-Fortune Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Michigan, USA Wolf-Fortune
2023 Insha Zahoor Postdoctoral Fellow Henry Ford Hlth., USA Zahoor
2022 Jing Li Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford Univ. Li
2022 Jorge F. Ortiz-Carpena Graduate Student Univ. of Pennsylvania Ortiz-Carpena
2022 Nataliya Prokhnevska Graduate Student Emory Univ. Prokhnevska
2022 Daniel F. Zegarra Ruiz Postdoctoral Fellow Mem. Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr. Zegarra Ruiz
2022 Zinan Zhang Graduate Student Harvard Med. Sch. Zhang
2021 Adeleye O. Adeshakin Graduate Student Univ. of Chinese Acad. of Sci. Adeshakin
2021 Elliot H. Akama-Garren Graduate Student Harvard Med. Sch. Akama-Garren
2021 Ian C. Boothby Graduate Student Univ. of California, San Francisco Boothby
2021 Elizabeth S. Borden Graduate Student Univ. of Arizona Col. of Med. Borden
2021 Betsabel J. Chicana Graduate Student Univ. of California, Merced Chicana
2021 Masato Ogishi, M.D. Graduate Student The Rockefeller Univ. Ogishi
2020 Han Dong, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Dana-Farber Cancer Inst. Dong
2020 Devon J. Eddins Graduate Student Emory Univ. Sch. of Med. Eddins
2020 Annie Elong Ngono, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow La Jolla Inst. for Immunology Ngono
2020 Leonardo Ferreira, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of California, San Francisco Ferreira
2020 John B. Grigg Graduate Student Weill Cornell Grad. Sch. of Med. Sci. Grigg
2020 Hui Fern Koay, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Peter Doherty Inst. for Infection and Immunity, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia Koay
2019 Billur Akkaya, M.D., D.Phil. Postdoctoral Fellow NIAID, NIH Akkaya
2019 Lalit Beura, BVSc, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Minnesota Beura
2019 Meng Deng, B.D.S., M.S. Graduate Student Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Deng
2019 Robert Haines Graduate Student Emory Univ. Haines
2019 Simone L. Park, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Melbourne, Australia Park
2019 Derek J. Theisen Graduate Student Washington Univ. in St Louis Theisen
2018 Munir Akkaya, M.D., D.Phil. Postdoctoral Fellow NIAID, NIH Akkaya
2018 Yuefeng Huang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow NIAID, NIH Huang
2018 Jessica Kotov Graduate Student Univ. of Minnesota Kotov
2018 Stephen Mok, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Ctr. Mok
2018 Spencer C. Wei, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Ctr. Wei
2018 Qifan Zhu Graduate Student Univ. of Tennessee Hlth. Sci. Ctr. Zhu
2017 Oscar A. Aguilar Graduate Student Univ. of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Inst. Aguilar
2017 Semir Beyaz Graduate Student Harvard Med. Sch. Beyaz
2017 Michael G. Constantinides, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow NIAID, NIH Constantinides
2017 Rajendra Karki, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow St. Jude Children's Res. Hosp. Karki
2017 Hadi Maazi, D.V.M., Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Southern California Maazi
2017 Kelsey Voss Graduate Student Uniformed Serv. Univ. of the Hlth. Sci. Voss
2016 Timotheus Y.F. Halim, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow MRC Lab. of Molecular Biol. Halim
2016 Emma L. Kuan, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate Benaroya Res. Inst. Kuan
2016 Si Ming Man, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow St. Jude Children's Res. Hosp. Man
2016 Timothy E. O'Sullivan, Ph.D. Research Scholar Mem. Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr. O'Sullivan
2016 Xiaodi Wu Graduate Student Univ. of Washington Sch. of Med. Wu
2016 Zhenyu Zhong, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of California, San Diego Zhong
2015 Aimee M. Beaulieu, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Mem. Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr. Beaulieu
2015 Michael Jeffrey Cho Graduate Student Univ. of Pennsylvania Cho
2015 David J. DiLillo, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Rockefeller Univ. DiLillo
2015 Lindsey E. Padgett Graduate Student Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham Padgett
2015 Amy V. Paschall Graduate Student Georgia Regents Univ. Paschall
2015 Pablo A. Penaloza-MacMaster, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr., Harvard Med. Sch. Penaloza-MacMaster
2014 Dingding An, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard Med. Sch. An
2014 Baoyu Liu, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Georgia Inst. of Technol. Liu
2014 Carrie L. Lucas, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow NIAID, NIH Lucas
2014 Nathan Mathewson Graduate Student Univ. of Michigan Med. Sch. Mathewson
2014 Melissa Tjota Graduate Student Univ. of Chicago Tjota
2014 Noah J. Tubo, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Minnesota Tubo
2013 Greg M. Delgoffe, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow St. Jude Children's Res. Hosp. Delgoffe
2013 Sivapriya Kailasan Vanaja, D.V.M., Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Tufts Univ. Sch. of Med. Vanaja
2013 Feng-Yen Li,Ph.D. MD-PhD Student Univ. of California, San Francisco Li
2013 Gabriel B. Loeb MD-PhD Student Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional Loeb
2013 Laurel A. Monticelli PhD Student Perelman Sch. of Med., Univ. of Pennsylvania Monticelli
2013 Jae-Kwang Yoo,Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Virginia Yoo
2012 Burton E. Barnett Graduate Student Univ. of Pennsylvania Sch. of Med. Barnett
2012 Jarish N. Cohen Graduate Student Univ. of Virginia Cohen
2012 Chao Ma Graduate Student California Inst. of Technol. Ma
2012 Rebecca Mathew, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Chicago Mathew
2012 Caroline J. Padro Graduate Student Ohio State Univ. Padro
2012 Jakob von Moltke Graduate Student Univ. of California, Berkeley von Moltke
2011 Jennifer M. Bomberger, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Dartmouth Med. Sch. Bomberger
2011 Patricia C. Fulkerson, M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Fellow Cincinnati Children's Hosp. Med. Ctr. Fulkerson
2011 Braedon McDonald Graduate Student Univ. of Calgary McDonald
2011 Jeffrey Mold, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of California, San Francisco Mold
2011 Moutih Rafei, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Investigator Inst. for Res. in Immunology and Cancer, Univ. of Montreal Rafei
2011 Vijay A. K. Rathinam, D.V.M., Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Massachusetts Med. Sch. Rathinam
2010 John S. Cho, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of California, Los Angeles Cho
2010 Lauren W. Collison, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow St. Jude Children's Res. Hosp. Collison
2010 Selene Nuñez-Cruz, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Pennsylvania Nuñez-Cruz
2010 Rebecca C. Obeng Graduate Student Univ. of Virginia Obeng
2010 Kari A. Shirey, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Maryland Sch. of Med. Shirey
2010 R. Patrick Weitzel Graduate Student Case Western Reserve Univ. Sch. of Med. Weitzel
2009 Omer Dushek Graduate Student Univ. of British Columbia Dushek
2009 Pui Y. Lee Graduate Student Univ. of Florida Lee
2009 Martin Prlic, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Univ. of Washington Prlic
2009 Jie Sun, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Univ. of Virginia Sun
2009 Joseph C. Sun, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Univ. of California, San Francisco Sun
2009 Fengyi Wan, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow NIAID, NIH Wan
2008 Sara L. Colpitts Graduate Student Univ. of Pennsylvania Colpitts
2008 Gislâine A. Martins, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Scientist Columbia Univ. Col. of Physicians and Surgeons Martins
2008 Ana V. Miletic Sedy, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Burnham Inst. for Med. Res. Sedy
2008 Pushpa Pandiyan, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow NIAID, NIH Pandiyan
2008 Thomas A. Stoklasek Graduate Student Univ. of Connecticut Hlth. Ctr. Stoklasek
2008 Alexander Zarbock, M.D. Postdoctoral Fellow La Jolla Inst. for Allergy and Immunology Zarbock
2007 Parinaz Aliahmad Graduate Student Scripps Res. Inst. Aliahmad
2007 Jacques Moisan, Ph.D Postdoctoral Fellow Brigham and Women’s Hosp. Moisan
2007 Joseph M. Volpe Graduate Student Duke Univ. Med. Ctr. Volpe
2007 Elizabeth Wohlfert Graduate Student Univ. of Connecticut Hlth. Ctr. Wohlfert
2007 Weifeng Xu, Ph.D. Research Fellow Weill Cornell Med. Col. Xu
2007 Colby Zaph, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Pennsylvania Zaph
2006 Maria Guerrero-Plata, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Univ. of Texas, Galveston Guerrero-Plata
2006 Katrina K. Hoyer, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Univ. of California, San Francisco Hoyer
2006 Matthias Hundt, M.D., Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow La Jolla Inst. for Allergy and Immunology Hundt
2006 Jennifer Kanter Ph.D. Candidate Stanford Univ. Kanter
2006 Lisa K. McNeil, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Univ. of Minnesota McNeil
2006 Stephen N. Waggoner Graduate Student Univ. of Virginia Waggoner
2005 Laurie E. Harrington, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Scholar Trainee Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham Harrington
2005 Ilhem Messaoudi, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Oregon Hlth. and Sci. Univ. Messaoudi
2005 Joshua J.Obar Graduate Student Dartmouth Col. Obar
2005 Robin Stephens, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Scientist Natl. Inst. for Med. Res., England Stephens
2005 Hubert B.Tsui Graduate Student Univ. of Toronto Tsui
2005 Vaiva Vezys, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Emory Univ. Vezys
2004 Sherry R. Crowe, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Trudeau Inst. Crowe
2004 Dorian McGavern, Ph.D. Research Associate Scripps Res. Inst. McGavern
2004 Jennifer J. McIntire, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford Univ. Sch. of Med. McIntire
2004 Booki Min, D.V.M., Ph.D. Research Fellow NIAID, NIH Min
2004 Yoshihiko Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow La Jolla Inst. for Allergy and Immunology Tanaka
2004 Colby Zaph Graduate Student Univ. of Pennsylvania Sch. of Vet. Med. Zaph
2003 Claudia Kemper, Ph.D.   Washington Univ. Sch. of Med. in St. Louis Kemper
2003 Kamal Mohan Khanna   Univ. of Pittsburgh Sch. of Med. Khanna
2003 Kevin L. Legge, Ph.D.   Univ. of Virginia Legge
2003 Michael F. Princiotta, Ph.D.   NIAID, NIH Princiotta
2003 Daniel B. Stetson, Ph.D.   Univ. of California, San Francisco Stetson
2003 Angela L. Zarling, Ph.D.   Univ. of Virginia Zarling
2002 Lance Berg, Ph.D.   Univ. of Texas Southwest Med. Ctr. Berg
2002 Harnisha Dalwadi   Univ. of California, Los Angeles Dalwadi
2002 Meredith S. Gregory, Ph.D.   Schepens Eye Res. Inst. Gregory
2002 Jennifer R. Kraft, Ph.D.   Univ. of Georgia Kraft
2002 David Masopust   Univ. of Connecticut Masopust
2002 David W. Mullins, Ph.D.   Univ. of Virginia Mullins
2001 Adelheid Cerwenka, Ph.D.   Univ. of California, San Francisco Cerwenka
2001 Keri L. Csencsits   Montana State Univ. Csencsits
2001 Jessica L. Dunne   Univ. of Virginia Dunne
2001 Rebecca J. Greenwald, Ph.D.   Brigham and Women's Hosp. Greenwald
2001 Robin L. Jump   Case Western Reserve Univ. Jump
2001 Margaret G. Petroff, Ph.D.   Univ. of Kansas Med. Ctr. Petroff
2000 Xin Dong, Ph.D.   Univ. of Pittsburgh Dong
2000 Adam Elhofy   Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte Elhofy
2000 Todd A. Fehniger   Ohio State Univ. Fehniger
2000 Huub Kreuwel   Scripps Res. Inst. Kreuwel
2000 Viktor Lakics, Ph.D.   Uniformed Serv. Univ. of the Hlth. Sci. Lakics
1999 Jennifer L. Gommerman, Ph.D.   Harvard Univ. Gommerman
1999 Hui-Chen Hsu, Ph.D.   Univ. of Alabama Hsu
1999 Teresa René Johnson   Vanderbilt Univ. Johnson
1999 Diana L. Martin   Case Western Reserve Univ. Martin
1999 Richard M. Wardrop III   Ohio State Univ. Wardrop

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