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Ananda Goldrath, Ph.D. (AAI ’05), received the 2023 Frederick W. Alt Award.

Haval Shirwan, Ph.D. (AAI ’92), Marcela Maus, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’16), and Jon Weidanz, M.P.H., Ph.D. (AAI ’21) were named National Academy of Inventors Fellows.

Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D., DFAAI, FAACR (AAI ’76), received the 2023 Richard V. Smalley Memorial Award.

James Allison, Ph.D., DFAAI (AAI ’76), was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Claire Otero, Ph.D., (AAI ’21) and Siyuan Ding, Ph.D. (AAI ’19) received the 2024 Michelson Prizes Next Generation Grants.

Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D, (AAI ’79), received the American Association for Cancer Research Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Dusan Bogunovic, Ph.D. (AAI ’22), received the 2023 ICIS-Luminex John R. Kettman Award for Excellence in Cytokine & Interferon Research.

Jacob S. Yount, Ph.D. (AAI ’14), received the 2023 ICIS Mentorship Award.

Dennis L. Kasper, M.D. (AAI ’74), received the 2023 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, M.D., FAACR (AAI ’97), has received the 2024 Richard V. Smalley Memorial Award.

Darrell J. Irvine, Ph.D. (AAI ’02), Timothy A. Springer, Ph.D., DFAAI (AAI ’79), Jedd D. Wolchok, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’12) were elected to the 2023 National Academy of Medicine.

Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D. (AAI ’00), has received the Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research 2023 and was named to the 2023 STATUS List.

Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D. (AAI ’13), was appointed director general of the Institut Pasteur by its board of directors for a six-year term.

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, M.D., FAACR (AAI ’97), has received the AACR-Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research.

E. John Wherry, Ph.D. (AAI ’05), has received the AACR-Cancer Research Institute Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology.

Andrea Schietinger, Ph.D. (AAI ’14), received the AACR-Irving Weinstein Foundation Distinguished Lectureship.

Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D., FAACR (AAI ’76), received the AACR-Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship.

Patrick Mitchell, Ph.D. (AAI ’21), was named among 31 inaugural Freeman-Hrabowski Scholars.

Joan Lunney, Ph.D. (AAI ’80), received the 2022 Presidential Rank Award and the 2023 Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist Award.

Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Ph.D. (AAI ’82), Lisa M. Coussens, Ph.D. (AAI ’14), Philip Greenberg, M.D. (AAI ’82), Jeffrey A. Hubbell, Ph.D. (AAI ’22), John J. O’Shea, M.D. (AAI ’84), and Ulrich von Andrian, M.D. (AAI ’97) were elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Montserrat Arreguin (AAI ’22) was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellow.

Judy Lieberman, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’19) received the 2023 ICIS-Pfizer Award for Excellence in Cytokine & Interferon Research.

Diane Mathis, Ph.D. (AAI ’99) was named the inaugural winner of the Menarini Prize for Outstanding Woman Immunologist.

Jenna Guthmiller, Ph.D. (AAI ’22), is one of four scientists selected by The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Immunome Project to receive a Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grant.

Ira Mellman, Ph.D. (AAI ’11), has received the Lloyd J. Old Award for outstanding and innovative research that has had a major impact on the cancer field and has the potential to stimulate new directions in cancer immunology.

Aviv Regev, Ph.D. (AAI ’19), was named one of the Fiercest Women in Life Sciences by Fierce Pharma.

David Schatz, Ph.D. (AAI ’97), won the 2023 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize.

AAI members Federica Sallusto, D.Sc. (AAI ’14), Bojan Polic, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’13), and Winfried F. Pickl, M.D. (AAI ’08), have been elected to the EFIS Board for 2022–2024.

George Karagiannis, D.V.M., Ph.D. (AAI ’19), and Shivashankar Othy, D.V.M., Ph.D. (AAI ’13), have received the SLB Excellence in Leukocyte Biology Early-Career Award.

Timothy A. Springer, Ph.D. (AAI ’79), has received the 2022 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award.

Judy Lieberman, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’96), Feng Shao, Ph.D. (AAI ’18), and Vishva Dixit, M.D. (AAI ’16), have received the William B. Coley Award from the Cancer Research Institute.

Smita Krishnaswamy, Ph.D. (AAI ’21), is the recipient of the 2022 FASEB Excellence in Science Early-Career Investigator Award. This award recognizes women early in their research career whose research has contributed significantly to a particular discipline in biological science.

Arlene Sharpe, M.D., Ph.D. (’97), received FASEB’s 2022 Excellence in Science Lifetime Achievement Award. This award honors female scientists who are making an impact in the biological and biomedical research community.

The following AAI members have been elected as Fellows into the American Academy of Microbiology in recognition of their scientific achievements and original contributions that have advanced microbiology: Shane Crotty, Ph.D. (AAI ’04), Satya Dandekar, Ph.D. (AAI ’07), Eric Denkers, Ph.D. (AAI ’95), Eran Elinav, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’15), Carolina Lopez, Ph.D. (AAI ’05), Mary O’Riordan, Ph.D. (AAI ’21), Marcela Pasetti, Ph.D. (AAI ’04), Barbara Rehermann, M.D. (AAI ’00)

The following AAI members were recently elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research:
Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’98), Betty A. Diamond, M.D. (AAI ’80), Gordon Freeman, Ph.D. (’01), Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’00), Jenny Ting Ph.D. (AAI ’97), Casey T. Weaver M.D. (AAI ’91), Federica Sallusto, D.Sc. (AAI ’14).

K. Christopher Garcia, Ph.D. (AAI ’18), Crystal L. Mackall, M.D. (AAI ’97), Ira Mellman, Ph.D. (AAI ’11), and Alexander Y. Rudensky, Ph.D. (AAI ’94), were elected as Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Academy Class of 2022 to recognize their scientific contributions that have propelled significant innovation and progress against cancer.

The following AAI members were elected as members to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for excellence in the biological sciences: Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D. (AAI ’84), Ananda W. Goldrath, Ph.D. (AAI ’05), Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D. (AAI ’00), and Hao Wu, Ph.D. (AAI ’19).

James E. Crowe Jr., M.D. (AAI ’99), and Michel C. Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’91), jointly received the Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine for their groundbreaking work, which has elucidated fundamental principles of the human immune response and enabled the use of human antibodies to treat COVID-19.

David Artis, Ph.D. (AAI ’06), and Wanjun Chen, M.D. (AAI ’18), were selected to receive the 2022 ICIS-BioLegend William E. Paul Award for their combined contributions to unraveling the exciting and important biology of cytokines.

Lydia Lynch, Ph.D. (AAI ’15), is the recipient of the 2022 ICIS-Luminex John R. Kettman Award for Excellence in Cytokine & Interferon Research in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of interferon or cytokine biology.

Arlene Sharpe, M.D., Ph.D. (’97), received the ASIP Meritorious Rous-Whipple Award for her outstanding contributions to pathology, excellence in research, outstanding teaching, mentorship, and leadership in the field of pathology.

Vishva M. Dixit, M.D. (AAI ’16), has received the 2022 Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine for his pioneering biomedical research on apoptosis.

Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’13), and James P. Allison, Ph.D. (AAI ’78), were appointed to lead the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s James P. Allison Institute, a visionary research and innovation hub designed to foster groundbreaking science, develop new treatments, and bring the benefits of immunotherapy to all patients.

Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D. (AAI ’00), was appointed Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology at the Yale School of Medicine. A Sterling Professorship is considered the highest academic honor a Yale professor can receive. Dr. Iwasaki was also named the founding director of the new Yale Center for Infection and Immunity.

Albert C. Shaw, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’04), has been named a faculty member at the Yale Center for Infection and Immunity.

Anthony Fauci, M.D. (AAI ’73) and Leroy Hood M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’69), were named on the inaugural STATUS List for their leadership in health, medicine, and science.

Philip D. Greenberg, M.D., FAACR (AAI ’82), has been named president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research for 2022–2023.

Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D. (AAI ‘83), is featured in the 2022 Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives Class. This award program honors individuals in healthcare who are paving the way to better health through their executive responsibility, leadership qualities, innovation, community service, and achievements.

Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D. (AAI ’13), is a 2021 co-recipient, along with Andreas Baumler, of the Robert Koch Award, given annually by Germany’s Robert Koch Foundation to recognize scientific researchers noted for outstanding and internationally recognized achievements.

Scott B. Biering, Ph.D. (AAI ’18), is the recipient of a $10,000 award honoring his selection as a finalist for the Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology, in recognition of his research revealing how a conserved flavivirus protein holds potential as a target for versatile vaccines and therapies.

Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’00), along with collaborators Kizzmekia Corbett, Katalin Kariko, and Drew Weissman, were named Time Magazine’s Heroes of the Year for 2021 for their critical role in accelerating the development of multiple innovative COVID-19 vaccines highly effective in countering the spread and severity of infections during the pandemic.

Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’00), has been selected to receive the 2022 National Academy of Sciences’ John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science in recognition of his work in pioneering new strategies in structure-guided coronavirus vaccine design using nanoparticle and mRNA vaccine technologies.

Catherine C. “Lynn” Hedrick, Ph.D. (AAI ’10), and Klaus Ley, M.D., (AAI ’00), have been named by the Georgia Research Alliance as eminent scholars at Augusta University (AU), where they will be co-directors of the new Center for Immunology at the university’s Medical College of Georgia (MCG).

Ton N. Schumacher, Ph.D. (AAI ’15), is the recipient of the 2021 American Association for Cancer Research – Cancer Research Institute Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology in recognition of his research regarding T cell recognition of normal versus cancerous cells.

The following AAI members have been elected 2021 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), in recognition of their achievements in advancing science: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: Maria-Luisa Alegre, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’97), Lee-Ann H. Allen, Ph.D. (AAI ’05), Jeffrey Bluestone, Ph.D. (AAI ’82), Santanu Bose, Ph.D. (AAI ’12), Sara Cherry, Ph.D. (AAI ’08), Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Ph.D. (AAI ’84), Ming Li, Ph.D., (AAI ’10), Zihai Li, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’01), Pramod Srivastava, Ph.D. (AAI ’90), Yasuhiro Suzuki, Ph.D., D.M.Sc. (AAI ’87); MEDICAL SCIENCES: Gary S. Firestein, M.D. (AAI ’86), Sarah L. Gaffen, Ph.D. (AAI ’00), William C. Gause, Ph.D. (AAI ’89), Douglas R. Green, Ph.D. (AAI ’84), Neil S. Greenspan, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’87), Richard Heller, Ph.D. (AAI ’16), Elizabeth Marion Jaffee, M.D., (AAI ’97), Sabra L. Klein, Ph.D., (AAI ’21), Michail S. Lionakis, D.Sc., M.D. (AAI ’15), Joseph Anthony Lorenzo, M.D. (AAI ’18), E. John Wherry III, Ph.D. (AAI ’05); PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES: James W. Lillard Jr., Ph.D. (AAI ’97).

David Baltimore, Ph.D., DFAAI (AAI ’84), has been named the recipient of the Lasker–Koshland Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science, reflecting his contributions as one of the premier biomedical scientists of the last five decades.

Gregory M. Barton, Ph.D. (AAI ’09), and Daniel Mucida, Ph.D. (AAI ’15), have been named Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators, who are selected for the rigor and innovation that characterizes their biomedical research and their potential to make transformative discoveries over time.

Steven J. Bensinger, D.V.M., Ph.D. (AAI ’06), Mariana X. Byndloss, D.V.M., Ph.D. (AAI ’18), Hiutung Chu, Ph.D. (AAI ’21), and Cynthia A. Leifer, Ph.D. (AAI ’07), are among doctoral adviser–graduate student tandems selected to receive HHMI Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study, which foster the development of scientific leaders committed to advancing diversity and inclusion in the sciences.

Shane Crotty, Ph.D. (AAI ’04), has earned the ranking of “World Expert” in vaccine research as determined by Expertscape’s PubMed-based algorithms, which place him in the top 0.1 percent of scholars publishing information about vaccines over the past 10 years.

Vishva M. Dixit, M.D. (AAI ’16), has been honored with the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science for his groundbreaking discoveries on the molecular events required for apoptosis and pro-inflammatory signaling.

Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D. (AAI ’06), and Mariana J. Kaplan, M.D. (AAI ’02), are among scientists honored with election to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in recognition of their outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service in helping advance the medical sciences, health care, and public health.

Erica O. Saphire, Ph.D. (AAI ’20), has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the La Jolla Institute for Immunology.

Robert L. Fairchild, Ph.D. (AAI ’20), has received Outstanding Innovation in Therapeutics and Diagnostics recognition from the Cleveland Clinic for the recent license of his urine biomarker platform test for kidney transplant rejection.

Marion Pepper, Ph.D. (AAI ’11), Jenny P.-Y. Ting, Ph.D. (AAI ’97), Carl F. Ware, Ph.D. (AAI ’82), and Howard A. Young, Ph.D. (AAI ’90), are recipients of 2021 award honors from the International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS).

Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’00), has been named recipient of the Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal, which recognizes distinguished members of the global health community for extraordinary contributions to vaccinology or a complementary field.

Christian M. Capitini, M.D. (AAI ’12), Sabina Kaczanowska, Ph.D., (AAI 19), Crystal L. Mackall, Ph.D. (AAI ’97), Rimas J. Orentas, Ph.D. (AAI 14), Mario Otto, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’16), and Paul M. Sondel, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’77), are among recipients of the Team Science Award presented by the American Association for Cancer Research, which serves to acknowledge and catalyze the growing importance of interdisciplinary teams to the understanding of cancer.

Beth A. Garvy, Ph.D. (AAI ’98), has joined the leadership of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) as vice president-elect for science policy. Having been AAI representative on the FASEB Board of Directors since 2018, she will serve as FASEB vice president for science policy beginning in 2022.

Cherié L. Butts, Ph.D. (AAI ’10), has joined the leadership of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) as the 2021-2022 Treasurer-elect. She is the first industry scientist, first African-American, and second woman scientist named to the position and will serve as FASEB Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair beginning in 2022.

Michael Dustin, Ph.D. (AAI ’99), Kate A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D. (AAI ’06), Sankar Ghosh, Ph.D. (AAI ’99), Julie M. Overbaugh, Ph.D. (AAI ’19), and Ellen Rothenberg, Ph.D. (AAI ’83), have been elected as members of the National Academies of Science (NAS) in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Warren J. Leonard, M.D. (AAI ’86), and John J. O’Shea, M.D. (AAI ’84), have been named co-recipients of the Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine for their respective contributions to the field of immunology from fundamental discovery to therapeutic impact.

Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D. (AAI ’84), Ananda W. Goldrath, Ph.D. (AAI ’04), and Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D. (AAI ’00), have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, whose members from wide-ranging fields and professions advance the public good through the sharing of ideas and recommendations in the arts, democracy, education, global affairs, and science.

Carl H. June, M.D. (AAI ’87, DFAAI), has received the Sanford Lorraine Cross Award from Sanford Health, which honors life-changing breakthroughs and innovations in medical science.

James Crowe, Jr., M.D. (AAI ’99), is the 2021 recipient of the SEC Faculty Achievement Award for Vanderbilt University, which honors faculty with a record of extraordinary teaching along with a record of research that is recognized nationally and/or internationally.

Jeffrey L. Curtis., M.D. (AAI ’93), received this spring the 2019 John B. Barnwell Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Research and Development, which annually recognizes a VA investigator for outstanding scientific achievements in clinical research that advance the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders in the veteran population.

AAI Council Member Mark M. Davis, Ph.D. (AAI '88), is a co-recipient of the 2021 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research for discovery, along with co-recipient Tak Mak, of the structure of the T-cell receptor and their research into the underlying mechanisms of T-cell function and development.

S. Jason Augustine, Ph.D. (AAI ’20), is a 2020 Caribbean American Heritage Awards honoree for his outstanding contributions to public health through his work in biomedical research.

Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D. (AAI ’13), Anita S. F. Chong, Ph.D. (AAI ’90), Susan M. Kaech, Ph.D. (AAI ’04), Thomas Lane, Ph.D. (AAI ’99), Jeffrey D. Lifson, M.D. (AAI ’86), Sendurai A. Mani, Ph.D. (AAI ’18), Rima McLeod, M.D. (AAI ’84), Lisa Miller, Ph.D. (AAI ’00), and Rick L. Tarleton, Ph.D. (AAI ’84), have been elected to the 2020 class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), in recognition of their achievements in advancing science.

James E. Crowe, Jr., M.D. (AAI ’99), and Barney S. Graham, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’00), are 2020 Golden Goose Award recipients in recognition of their federally-funded research contributions that have informed and continue to inform scientific responses to COVID-19, including the development of vaccines and treatments with the potential to help tackle the global pandemic.

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. (AAI ’73), is among those recently named by the U.S. Institute of Peace to receive International Peace Honors, which recognize some of the most outstanding global leaders and change-agents of our time for their role in helping tackle the biggest challenges of 2020 and inspiring hope for a brighter future.

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. (AAI ’73), is among 2020 recipients of Research in Action Awards, in recognition of his lifetime achievement in public health leadership, including his pivotal role in the fight against the novel coronavirus and his decades of work with previous public health crises involving HIV/AIDS, the West Nile virus, SARS, Ebola, Zika, and H1N1.

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. (AAI ’73), is the 2021 recipient of the Lifelong Learning Award presented by NPR and WHYY in Philadelphia, honoring his career and contributions to public health, scientific advancement, and education.

Gordon Freeman, Ph.D. (AAI ’01), has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the highest professional distinction accorded to academic inventors who have created or facilitated outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.

Carl H. June, M.D. (AAI ’87), and Michael C. Milone, M.D. (AAI ’09), are co-recipients of an Agilent Thought Leader Award in recognition of their joint contributions to the field of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell mediated cancer immunotherapy, including co-development of tisagenlecleucel, the first cell and gene therapy product approved by the FDA.

Joanne L. “Jo” Viney, Ph.D. (AAI ’87), is among 20 outstanding women scientists featured in FiercePharma’s Fiercest Women in Life Sciences for 2020, which recognizes leading women researchers and entrepreneurs serving in senior executive roles in biopharma.

Jedd D. Wolchok, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’12), has been named by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) as recipient of the ESMO Award for Immuno-Oncology 2020, which recognizes his outstanding achievements in the area of immuno-oncology.

Carrie L. Lucas, Ph.D. (AAI ’16), has been named 2020 recipient of the Christina Fleischmann Award for Young Women Investigators, which recognizes and promotes young women scientists who have made notable contributions in cytokine, chemokine, or interferon biology research.

Russel E. Vance, Ph.D. (AAI ’10), is a 2020 co-recipient of the William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology, for his contributions to the discovery and characterization of the cGAS-STING pathway, an important component of the innate immune system currently being utilized in the development of novel immunotherapies against cancer.

Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’72), is the 2020 recipient of the Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology, in recognition of his seminal discoveries that led to the first effective cancer immunotherapy, interleukin-2 (IL-2), and the first adoptive cell transfer immunotherapies for both solid and blood cancers, including genetically modified T cells.

Anthony S. Fauci (AAI '73) has been named by the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service as the 2020 Federal Employee of the Year, for his role as the nation’s premier expert and spokesperson on infectious diseases, leadership of the federal government’s research response to infectious diseases over the course of six administrations, steady guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic on how to navigate the deadly health crisis, and spearheading of research efforts to develop COVID-19 treatments and vaccines.

Anthony S. Fauci (AAI '73) has been awarded the inaugural National Academy of Medicine Presidential Citation for Exemplary Leadership, in recognition of his extraordinary service and outstanding contributions to biomedical science, health care, and public health in the United States.

Anthony S. Fauci (AAI '73) has been honored by the National Academy of medicine as recipient of the 2020 Gustav O. Lienhard Award for the Advancement of Health Care, for his role as a leader of federal research and policy on infectious diseases and his deft, scientifically grounded leadership in shaping an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Danielle N. Alfano, M.D. (AAI ’17) has been named an inaugural Dean’s Scholar by the Division of Physician-Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (Wash U); the program provides financial support and mentorship to aspiring, early-career physician–scientists, along with dedicated time for conducting laboratory research.

Elia Tait Wojno, Ph.D. (AAI ’14), and Zhenyu Zhong, Ph.D. (AAI ’11), have been named Seymour and Vivian Milstein Young Investigator Award recipients for 2020 in recognition of their notable, early-career contributions to interferon and cytokine research.

Mark S. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’99), Dan H. Barouch, Ph.D., M.D. (AAI ’06), Yolonda L. Colson, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’93), Melody A. Swartz, Ph.D. (AAI ’14), and David S. Wilkes, M.D. (AAI ’00), have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of their outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service in the fields of health and medicine.

Anthony S. Fauci (AAI '73) has been named to TIME magazine's list of The 100 Most Influential People of 2020. TIME also honored Dr. Fauci with the cover of the magazine's special issue.

Aviv Regev, Ph.D. (AAI ’19) is the 2020 recipient of the Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences, honoring her roles in laying the groundwork for the field of single-cell genomics, spearheading leading-edge technologies that enable a sharper perspective on human cells, and applying these tools to revolutionize understanding of biology and disease.

K. Mark Ansel, Ph.D. (AAI ’08), and Shruti Naik, Ph.D. (AAI ’20), are among this year’s doctoral adviser–graduate student tandems selected to receive HHMI Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study, which foster the development of scientific leaders committed to advancing diversity and inclusion in the sciences.

AAI Science Coordinator Ellen C. Fox, Ph.D. (AAI ’16), is among recipients of Society for Scholarly Publishing Fellowships for 2020, which recognize awardees’ high level of engagement in their fields and diversity of skills in scholarly communications.

Kate A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D. (AAI ’06), has been admitted to the Royal Irish Academy, the highest academic distinction in Ireland, as an honorary member. Honorary membership is reserved for academics residing outside of Ireland who have made major international contributions to their disciplines. She is also one of 12 scientists selected to receive Harrington Scholar Awards; the COVID-19 rapid response initiative awards provide recipients with grant funding and expert drug development support to advance novel therapies, next-generation vaccines, and vaccine alternatives to fight COVID-19 and avert future pandemics.

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. (AAI ’73), is the recipient of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Public Service Award, for his decades of outstanding leadership in basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat daunting infectious diseases.

Douglas R. Green, Ph.D. (AAI ’84), former AAI president Marc K. Jenkins, Ph.D. (AAI ’88), Carl H. June, M.D. (AAI ’87), Judy Lieberman, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’19), and Miriam Merad, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’19), have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Shimon Sakaguchi, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’90), is the recipient of the 2020 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize in honor of his pioneering discoveries of regulatory T cells and their instrumental role in self-tolerance.

Sarah L. Gaffen, Ph.D. (AAI ’00), and Vijay K, Kuchroo, D.V.M., Ph.D. (AAI ’86), are co-recipients of the 2020 ICIS-BioLegend William E. Paul Award, in recognition of their combined contributions deciphering the role of a key cytokine, IL-17, in health and disease.

Warren J. Leonard, M.D. (AAI ’86), has been selected to receive the 2020 Seymour and Vivian Milstein Award for Excellence in Interferon and Cytokine Research for his groundbreaking contributions to research on the basic biology and translational aspects of cytokine signaling.

Carl Nathan, M.D. (AAI ’76) receives the 2019 Sanofi – Institut Pasteur Senior International Scientist Award for Biomedical Research in Microbiology and Infection.

Thomas F. Gajewski, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’96) is awarded the 2019 ESMO Immuno-Oncology Award for his groundbreaking work uncovering why some are resistant to immunotherapy and how to restore the anti-cancer immune response.

Hannes Stockinger, Ph.D. (AAI ’96) is awarded the Karl Landsteiner Medal by the Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology, for his service to the field of immunology.

Former AAI president (2012-2013) Gail A. Bishop, Ph.D. (AAI ’84) is named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in recognition of her distinguished contributions to the field of immunology, particularly for insights into regulation of T and B lymphocyte activation.

Jennifer Martinez, Ph.D. (AAI ’17) receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding early-career scientists who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.

David W. Scott, Ph.D. (AAI ’73) receives National Hemophilia Foundation honors as Murray Thelin Researcher of the Year.

Barry P. Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’00) is named to lead the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

David Masopust, Ph.D. (AAI ’07) has been honored with the University of Minnesota Center for Immunology’s 2019 Dean’s Distinguished Research Lectureship.

Ingunn M. Stromnes, Ph.D. (AAI ’18) is awarded the 2019 Julia Stagliano Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Catalyst Grant.

George Fu Gao, Ph.D. (AAI ’07), Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D. (AAI ’00), Elizabeth M. Jaffee, M.D. (AAI ’97), Michael J. Lenardo, M.D. (AAI ’93), Gabriel Nuñez, M.D. (AAI ’85), and David G. Schatz, Ph.D. (AAI ’97) have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Noel R. Rose, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’56) and his mentor and colleague, the late Dr. Ernest Witebsky, are 2019 recipients of the Golden Goose Award for their research that illuminated a new concept of autoimmunity and established the concept of autoimmune disease.

Michel DuPage, Ph.D. (AAI ’18) and Noah Wolcott Palm, Ph.D. (AAI ’17) are NIH Director’s New Innovator Award recipients for 2019.

Shane Crotty, Ph.D. (AAI ’04) is the 2019 recipient of the Frederick W. Alt Award for New Discoveries in Immunology.

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, M.D. (AAI ’97), Lawrence E. Samelson, M.D. (AAI ’84), Brian Seed, Ph.D. (AAI ’98), and former AAI president (2008-2009) Arthur Weiss, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’81) are 2019 William Coley Award honorees.

Past AAI president (2017-2018) Wayne M. Yokoyama, M.D. (AAI ’71) is appointed inaugural director of new Division of Physician-Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Cherié L. Butts, Ph.D. (AAI ’10) receives governor’s appointment to the Massachusetts Economic Development Planning Council.

Former AAI president (1988-1989) Max D. Cooper, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’66) and Jacques Miller, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’68) have received the 2019 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award.

Past AAI president (1994-1995) Irving L. Weissman, M.D. (AAI ’71) has been named a 2019 recipient of the Albany Prize.

Peter A. John (AAI Tr. ’18) is among 2019 Lasker Foundation Essay Contest winners.

Pablo Engel, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’05), Winfried F. Pickl, M.D. (AAI ’08), and Federica Sallusto, D.Sc. (AAI ’14) are elected officers of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) Board for the 2019-2021 term.

Carl F. Nathan, M.D. (AAI ’76) has received the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Exemplary Achievement Award.

Susan Carpenter, Ph.D. (AAI ’15), Sunny Shin (AAI ’12), and doctoral candidate Brea K. Hampton, (AAI Tr. ’18) are recipients of HHMI Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study.

Michael Schnoor, Ph.D. (AAI ’12) receives the Society for Leukocyte Biology’s 2019 Dolph O. Adams Award.

Murad R. Mamadov, Ph.D. (AAI ’18) is a 2019 Michelson Prize recipient.

Past AAI president (1998-1999) Jonathan Sprent, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’80) receives the Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery & Immunology.

Aviv Regev, Ph.D. (AAI ’19) has been named a 2020 FASEB Excellence in Science Awards honoree.

Louis Justement, Ph.D. (AAI ’91) has been named president-elect of FASEB.

Hao Wu, Ph.D. (AAI ’13) was named by The Protein Society as recipient of the 2019 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award.

Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D. (AAI ’13) and Hao Wu, Ph.D. (AAI ’13) have been selected as 2019 recipients of the Seymour and Vivian Milstein Award for Excellence in Interferon and Cytokine Research.

Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D. (AAI ’13) is the recipient of the 2019 Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences.

Marco Colonna, M.D., (AAI ’02), Adolfo García-Sastre, Ph.D., (AAI ’14), Michael J. Lenardo, M.D., (AAI ’93), David H. Raulet, Ph.D., (AAI ’84), and Aviv Regev, Ph.D., (AAI ’19) are elected as members, and George F. Gao, Ph.D., (AAI ’07) as a foreign associate, of the National Academy of Sciences.

Past AAI president (2011-12) Leslie J. Berg, Ph.D. (AAI ’94) has been appointed as chair of the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Current AAI president JoAnne L. Flynn, Ph.D. (AAI '96) has received the University of Pittsburgh Chancellor’s 2019 Distinguished Research Award.

Eugene M. Oltz, Ph.D. (AAI ’95) is appointed chair of the Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity at the Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Kristin A. Hogquist, Ph.D. (AAI ’95) is appointed the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Vice Chair for Research at the University of Minnesota.

Bruce Glick, Ph.D. (AAI ’70) (d. 2/1/09) is honored posthumously as recipient of a 2018 Golden Goose Award for his bursa of Fabricius research.

Stanley Cohen, M.D. (AAI ’70) receives a 2018 Golden Goose Award for his work on cytokines.

Stephen P. Schoenberger, Ph.D. (AAI ’05), Bjorn Peters, Ph.D. (AAI ’07), and Anjana Rao, Ph.D. (AAI ’90) are among collaborators on a La Jolla Institute and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center research effort that has received a $4.5 million Cancer Moon Shot Award.

Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D. (AAI ’13), Richard S. Blumberg, M.D. (AAI ’93), Michael A. Caligiuri, M.D. (AAI ’97), Michael S. Diamond, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’07), David A. Hafler, M.D. (AAI ’84), Jordan S. Orange, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’95), and past AAI president (2016-17) Arlene H. Sharpe, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’96) are elected members of the National Academy of Medicine.

Past AAI president (2001-02) James P. Allison, Ph.D. (AAI '78) and Tasuku Honjo, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '88) are awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’13) is the 2018 recipient of the William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology.

Boris Reizis, Ph.D. (AAI ’16), is the 2018 recipient of the Frederick W. Alt Award for New Discoveries in Immunology.

Cherié L. Butts, Ph.D., (AAI ’10), is elected to the Society for Leukocyte Biology Council and named to the Salem State University Board of Trustees.

Mark S. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., (AAI ’04), Karl Mark Ansel, Ph.D., (AAI ’08), Jason G. Cyster, Ph.D., (AAI ’97), Adrian Erlebacher, M.D., Ph.D., (AAI ’05), Matthew F. Krummel, Ph.D., (AAI ’02), and Qizhi Tang, Ph.D., (AAI ’07) are among the leaders of the newly-launched Immuno-X Initiative at UCSF.

Past AAI president (2001-02) James P. Allison, Ph.D., (AAI '78), Carl H. June, M.D., (AAI '87), and Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., (AAI '72), are awarded the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.

Past AAI president (2009-10) Betty Diamond, M.D. (AAI ’80), is the recipient of the 2018 Lupus Insight Prize.

Ann Griffith, Ph.D. (AAI ’12), and Sergio Cepeda (AAI Tr. ’16), are selected as HHMI Gilliam Fellowships Program grant recipients.

John R. Lukens, Ph.D. (AAI ’15) had his publication from The Journal of Immunology, reporting the role of the maternal microbiome in autism, featured in Newsweek.

Jeffrey V. Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’99) has been selected to receive the 2018 Robert Koch Award in recognition of his groundbreaking work analyzing antibody response.

Philip D. Greenberg, M.D. (AAI ’82) is the recipient of the 2018 Richard V. Smalley Memorial Award and Lectureship.

Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D. (AAI ’00), Dennis L. Kasper, M.D. (AAI ’75), Dr. Michael Reth (AAI Hon. ’08), David D. Schatz, Ph.D. (AAI ’97), and past AAI president (2016-17) Arlene H. Sharpe, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’96) are among 2018 electees as members/foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences.

Past AAI president (1988-89) Max D. Cooper, M.D. (AAI '66) and Jacques F. A. P. Miller, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI Hon. '68) are 2018 Japan Prize co-recipients.

Alexander Y. Rudensky, Ph.D. (AAI ’94) is the recipient of the 2018 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science.

Avery August, Ph.D. (AAI ’99) has been appointed Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Cornell University.

Shannon J. Turley, Ph.D. (AAI '05) is the recipient of the 2017 Frederick W. Alt Award.

Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D. (AAI '84) and Thomas F. Gajewski, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '96) are 2017 recipients of William B. Coley Awards.

Gabriel D. Victora, Ph.D. (AAI ’15) has been named a 2017 MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant recipient.

Richard J. Hodes, Ph.D. (AAI '75) is the recipient of the second annual Charles A. Sanders, M.D., Partnership Award.

Past AAI president (2001-02) James P. Allison, Ph.D. (AAI '78) and Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D. (AAI '76) are 2017 Balzan Prize recipients for Immunological Approaches in Cancer Therapy

Susan Carpenter, Ph.D. (AAI '15), Richard A. Flavell, Ph.D. (AAI '90), Kiyoshi Hirahara, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '12), Ari B. Molofsky, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '16), E. Ashley Moseman, Ph.D. (AAI '16), Ganes C. Sen, Ph.D. (AAI '05), and Alan Sher, Ph.D. (AAI '77) are 2017 recipients of International Cytokine & Interferon Society Award honors.

Past AAI president (2001-02) James P. Allison, Ph.D. (AAI '78), Lieping Chen, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '92), Gordon J. Freeman, Ph.D. (AAI '01), Tasuku Honjo, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI Hon. '88), and past AAI president (2016-2017) Arlene H. Sharpe, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '96) are 2017 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize recipients for transformative discoveries in the field of cancer immunology.

Rafi Ahmed, Ph.D. (AAI '84) and Antonio Lanzavecchia, M.D. (AAI Hon. '00) are 2017 Robert Koch Award recipients for pioneering research on immune system regulation and ground-breaking contributions to the development of new vaccines and immunotherapies.

Leroy E. Hood, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '69) is the 2017 NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society recipient.

Bernard Roizman, Sd.D. (AAI '59) is the 2017 Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology recipient

Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D. (AAI '13), Richard M. Locksley, M.D. (AAI '88), and Jonathan Sprent, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '80) are elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Past AAI president (2001-02) James P. Allison, Ph.D. (AAI '78), Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '98), and Paul Rothman, M.D. (AAI '92) are elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Yasmine Belkaid, Ph.D. (AAI '13) is the recipient of the 2017 Emil von Behring Prize and the 2016 Sanofi–Institut Pasteur International Mid-Career Award.

Past AAI president (2007-08) Olivera (Olja) J. Finn, Ph.D. (AAI ’83) is the recipient of the 2017 AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology.

AAI members invited to participate in honoring Frank Fitch (AAI ’61) through endowed Frank W. and Shirley Fitch Lectureship.

Past AAI president (2001-02) James P. Allison, Ph.D. (AAI ’78) is named co-recipient of the first Sjöberg Prize in cancer research.

Alexander Y. Rudensky, Ph.D. (AAI ’94) and Shimon Sakaguchi, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’90) are co-recipients of the 2017 Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis.

David E. Briles, Ph.D. (AAI ’77), David A. Fruman, Ph.D. (AAI ’01), George Fu Gao, Ph.D. (AAI ’01), Joseph Bernard Margolick, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’87), Michael S. Marks, Ph.D. (AAI ’90), James C. Paulson, Ph.D. (AAI ’07), Liise-Anne Pirofski, M.D. (AAI ’00), David T. Scadden, M.D. (AAI ’98), Phillip A. Scott, Ph.D. (AAI ’84), and Lawrence Steinman, M.D. (AAI ’89) are elected as AAAS Fellows.

Ken Cadwell, Ph.D. (AAI '16), Ming Li, Ph.D. (AAI '10), David Masopust, Ph.D. (AAI '07), Carla V. Rothlin, Ph.D. (AAI '08), Daniel B. Stetson, Ph.D. (AAI '09), and Sing Sing Y. Way, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '07) are named HHMI, Simons Foundation, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Faculty Scholars.

Cherié L. Butts, Ph.D. (AAI ’01) has been appointed to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Board of Overseers, and will serve on its Research Oversight Committee.

Carl F. Nathan, M.D. (AAI ' 76), John J. O'Shea, M.D. )AAI '84), and Jan T. Vilcek, M.D. )AAI '78) are joint recipients of the 2016 ICIS-Milstein Award for Excellence in Interferon and Cytokine Research.

Richard M. Locksley, M.D. (AAI '88) is the inaugural recipient of ICIS-BioLegend William Paul Award.

Howard A. Young, Ph.D. (AAI '90) is the 2016 recipient of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society's Honorary Lifetime Membership Award.

Past AAI president (2003-04) Laurie A. Glimcher, M.D. (AAI '83) is the 2016 Marion Spencer Fay Award honoree.

Carl H. June, M.D. (AAI '87), John W. Kappler, Ph.D. (AAI '74), past AAI president (2000-2001) Philippa Marrack, Ph.D. (AAI '74), Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '72), and Harald von Boehmer, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '92) are recipients of 2016 Novartis Prizes for Immunology.

AAI Past President Dan R. Littman, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '87) is the recipient of the 2016 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology.

Ton Schumacher, Ph.D. (AAI '15) is the recipient of the 2016 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology.

E. John Wherry, Ph.D. (AAI '05) is the recipient of the Frederick W. Alt Award for New Discoveries in Immunology.

Alberto Mantovani, M.D. (AAI '03) and Michel C. Nussenzweig, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '91) have been named recipients of the 2016 Robert Koch Award.

Clinician scientists Suzanne Topalian, M.D. (AAI '90) and Jedd D. Wolchok, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '12) are 2016 Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science honorees.

Diane Mathis, Ph.D. (AAI '99) has been selected to receive the 2017 FASEB Excellence in Science Award.

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. (AAI '73) receives the 2016 Gairdner Global Health Award.

Charles N. Serhan, Ph.D. (AAI '01) is the 2016 Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine recipient.

Tasuku Honjo, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI Hon. '88) is the 2016 recipient of the Kyoto Prize in Life Sciences.

Arup K. Chakraborty, Ph.D. (AAI '07), Ronald N. Germain, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '78), Antonio Lanzavecchia, M.D. (AAI Hon. '00), Kenneth M. Murphy, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '95), Hidde L. Ploegh, Ph.D. (AAI '93), Herbert W. Virgin, IV, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI '92), Gabriel A. Rabinovich, Ph.D. (AAI '03), and Ian A. Wilson, D. Sc., Ph.D. (AAI '14) have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

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