The American Association of Immunologists

Capitol Hill Day Photo Gallery

The 2019-2020 Public Policy Fellows Gather Early in the Morning for a Full Day of Hill Visits.

The members of the 2019–2020 AAI Public Policy Fellows Program (PPFP) traveled to Washington, D.C., in early March 2020 to meet with their federal legislators and discuss the importance of a robust NIH and biomedical research enterprise. The Fellows also had the opportunity to communicate important messages about the novel coronavirus and the disease that it causes (COVID-19) at a time when cases were just starting to be diagnosed in the United States. In total, the Fellows met with members or staff from 28 Congressional offices.

The Fellows were accompanied by AAI Committee on Public Affairs (CPA) Chair Ross Kedl; CPA Member and Advocacy Programs Subcommittee Chair Judy Cannon; AAI Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs Lauren Gross; and, AAI Manager of Science Policy and Legislative Affairs Jake Schumacher.

From left to right: Senator David Perdue (R-GA), Ross Kedl, Lauren Gross, Dennis Neeld, Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), Weishan Huang, and Anibal Valentin-Acevedo

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) meets with Peter Morawski at a constituent coffee event

Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) chats with Leah Wuescher (far right)

From left to right: Shailbala Singh, Magdia De Jesus, Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY, 20^th), and Anibal Valentin-Acevedo

From left to right: Dennis Neeld, Anibal Valentin-Acevedo, Natalia Gandia from the Office of Representative Jenniffer González Colón (R-PR, At large), and Judy Cannon

From left to right: Jake Schumacher, Nicholas Hess, Leslie Zelenko from the Office of Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2^nd), Ross Kedl, and Leah Wuescher

From left to right: Shailbala Singh, Jeffrey Last from the Office of Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Ross Kedl, and Leah Wuescher

From left to right: Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee Minority Staff Director Alex Keenan, Peter Morawski, Dennis Neeld, Rebecca Hesterberg, unknown

From left to right: Ty Crowl, Rebecca Hesterberg, Jaime Varela from the Office of Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Leah Wuescher

From left to right: Anibal Valentin-Acevedo, Weishan Huang, Magdia De Jesus, Juan Negrete from the Office of Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Lauren Gross

From left to right: Jake Schumacher, Weishan Huang, Ron Anderson from the Office of Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Judy Cannon, and Peter Morawski

From left to right: Nicholas Hess, Brian Kaplun from the Office of Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Rebecca Hesterberg, Lauren Gross, Anibal Valentin-Acevedo

From left to right: Rebecca Hesterberg, Jared Honts from the Office of Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), Ross Kedl, Nicholas Hess, and Jake Schumacher

From left to right: Jake Schumacher, Kathryn Irwin from the Office of Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), Ty Crowl, Judy Cannon, and Peter Morawski

From left to right: Ross Kedl, Michael Weiss from the Office of Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), Nicholas Hess, Jake Schumacher, and Magdia De Jesus

From left to right: Nicholas Hess, Andrew Fuentes from the Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ty Crowl, and Judy Cannon

From left to right: Logan de La Barre-Hayes from the Office of Representative Garret Graves (R-LA, 6^th), Weishan Huang, Ty Crowl, and Peter Morawski

From left to right: Jasmin Palomares from the Office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Magdia De Jesus, Shailbala Singh, and Anibal Valentin-Acevedo

From left to right: Lauren Gross, Paul Hartman from the Office of Representative Bob Latta (R-OH, 5^th), Leah Wuescher, Nicholas Hess, and Ross Kedl

From left to right: Rebecca Hesterberg, Elizabeth Brown from the Office of Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL, 14^th), Dennis Neeld, and Anibal Valentin-Acevedo

From left to right: Weishan Huang, Ty Crowl, Denise Fernandez from the Office of Representative Susan Davis (D-CA, 53^rd), and Judy Cannon

From left to right: Judy Cannon, Leah Wuescher, Alyssa Brockington from the Office of Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Dennis Neeld

From left to right: Weishan Huang, Peter Morawski, Anna Conroy from the Office of Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Shailbala Singh

From left to right: Ty Crowl, Dennis Neeld, Michael Williams from the Office of Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA, 6^th), and Magdia De Jesus

The 2018-2019 AAI Public Policy Fellows visited Congress on March 20, 2019, for the eighth Public Policy Fellows Program (PPFP) Capitol Hill Day. The Fellows met with 29 Congressional offices, a new record for PPFP Hill Day, to discuss the importance of immunology research and a strong NIH.

The Fellows were accompanied by AAI Committee on Public Affairs (CPA) Chair David Chaplin; CPA Member and Advocacy Programs Subcommittee Chair Judy Cannon; AAI Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs Lauren Gross; and, AAI Manager of Science Policy and Legislative Affairs Jake Schumacher.

From left to right: Stina Urban, Nathaniel Boyd, Andi Fristedt from the Office of Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Emily Hemann

From left to right: Gavin Imperato, Emily Hemann, and Francisco Victorino in front of the U.S. Capitol Building

From left to right: David Chaplin, Liz McMichael, Nathaniel Boyd, and Thomas Dorney from the Office of Rep. John Lewis (D-GA, 5^th)

From left to right: Melody Zeng, Gavin Imperato, Jasmin Palomares from the Office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Stina Urban

From left to right: Liz McMichael, Kevin Henwood from the Office of Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), Jesica Jacobs, and Judy Cannon

From left to right: Liz McMichael, Nathaniel Boyd, and David Chaplin in front of the Cannon House Office Building

From left to right: Anna Conroy from the Office of Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Emily Hemann, Mallory Paynich, and Gavin Imperato

From left to right: Gavin Imperato, Francisco Victorino, Erica Powell from the Office of Representative William Lacy Clay (D-MO, 1^st), and Emily Hemann

From left to right: Emily Hemann, Francisco Victorino, Nick Seelinger from the Office of Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Jesica Jacobs

From left to right: Liz McMichael, Kate Werley from the Office of Representative Mike Doyle (D-PA, 18^th), Mallory Paynich, and Francisco Victorino

From left to right: Judy Cannon, Lalenia Durfee from the Office of Representative Chris Stewart (R-UT, 2^nd), Jesica Jacobs, and Stina Urban

From left to right: David Chaplin, Mallory Paynich, Hermes Taylor from the Office of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Melody Zeng

From left to right: Jesica Jacobs, Liz McMichael, Samuel Stebbins from the Office of Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), and Francisco Victorino

From left to right: Lauren Gross, Judy Cannon, Gregory Szeto, Katie Murray from the Office of Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA, 2^nd), and Stina Urban

From left to right: Jesica Jacobs, David Chaplin, Emily Hemann, and Stephanie Kang from the Office of Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA, 7^th)

Melissa Walker (left) chatting with Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO; second to right). Also pictured (L-R): Julie Swartzendruber, a staffer from the Office of Senator Gardner, and Lisa Borghesi

The seventh annual AAI Public Policy Fellows Program (PPFP) Capitol Hill Day was held on March 14, 2018, during a very busy time on Capitol Hill as Congress worked to finalize its omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2018. The Fellows visited 26 House and Senate offices to make the case for a large funding increase for NIH and to discuss the importance of the research they are doing at their institutions.

The Fellows were joined on Capitol Hill by AAI Committee on Public Affairs (CPA) Chair Beth Garvy; CPA member and Advocacy Programs Subcommittee Chair Lisa Borghesi; AAI Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs Lauren Gross; and AAI Manager of Science Policy and Legislative Affairs Jake Schumacher.

From left to right: Beth Garvy, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Farrah Phillips, and Mariana Guerra-Maupome

From left to right: Nathan Schuldt in conversation with Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN, 6^th)

From left to right: Spencer Wei, Beth Garvy, Julie Swartzendruber, Jessica McNiece from the Office of Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Heather Buechel

From left to right: Julie Swartzendruber, Farrah Phillips, Nicholas Widmyer from the Office of Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Melissa Walker, and Lisa Borghesi

From left to right: David Dowling, Spencer Wei, Ariel Gordon from the Office of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Beth Garvy

From left to right: Mariana Guerra-Maupome, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Farrah Phillips

From left to right: David Dowling, Susannah Savage from the Office of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Rachel Resop, Julia Frederick from the Office of Senator Warren, Mariana Guerra-Maupome, and Beth Garvy

From left to right: Tim Rosean, Beth Garvy, a health policy fellow from the Office of Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS), Mariana Guerra-Maupome, Jake Vance form the Office of Senator Moran, and Julie Swartzendruber

From left to right: Nathan Schuldt, Tim Rosean, Maggie Herman from the Office of Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Mariana Guerra-Maupome, and Beth Garvy

From left to right: Tim Rosean, Robert Primus from the Office of Representative Michael Capuano (D-MA, 7^th), David Dowling, and Mariana Guerra-Maupome

From left to right: Julie Swartzendruber, Nathan Schuldt, Karin Rhodes from the Office of Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), Farrah Phillips, and Tim Rosean

From left to right: Lisa Borghesi, Corey Ensslin from the Office of Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), Heather Buechel, and Nathan Schuldt

The 6th annual Public Policy Fellows Program Capitol Hill Day took place on March 15, 2017. The Fellows met with members or staff in 25 Congressional offices, including face-to-face interactions with five Senators. AAI Committee on Public Affairs Chair Beth Garvy, AAI Advocacy Programs Subcommittee Chair Lisa Borghesi, and AAI Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs Lauren Gross accompanied the Fellows on Capitol Hill.

Pictured at left: Srinika Ranasinghe, Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Rachel Temple, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mufadhal Al-Kuhlani

From left to right: Eyal Amiel, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Kristina Burrack, Jacquelyn Lykken, Lavanya Visvabharathy

From left to right: Beth Garvy, Lauren Gross, Srinika Ranasinghe, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Lavanya Visvabharathy, Eyal Amiel

Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) chatting with Jacquelyn Lykken

From left to right: Jacquelyn Lykken, Michael Constantinides, Will Roberts from the Office of Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD, 8th), Lauren Gross, Rachel Temple, Eyal Amiel

From left to right: Jacquelyn Lykken, Mary Young, Nick McLane from the Office of Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Mufadhal Al-Kuhlani, Beth Garvy

From left to right: Beth Garvy, Mary Young, Kathryn Toomajian from the office of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Eyal Amiel, Stacey Cranert

From left to right: Srinika Ranasinghe, Stacey Cranert, Lauren Gross, Ziky Ababiya from the Office of Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Michael Constantinides, Mufadhal Al-Kuhlani

Senator Elizabeth Warren chatting with PPFP Hill Day participants

From left to right: Lavanya Visvabharathy, Ben Goldeen from the Office of Representative Jim Costa (D-CA, 16th), Mufadhal Al-Kuhlani, Lisa Borghesi, Michael Constantinides

From left to right: Beth Garvy, Abby Schanfield from the Office of Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN, 5th), Kristina Burrack, Mufadhal Al-Kuhlani, Stacey Cranert

Senator Jeanne Shaheen speaking with several AAI Fellows

AAI held its 5th annual Public Policy Fellows Program Capitol Hill Day on March 10, 2016. The Fellows met with members or staff in 21 Congressional offices. AAI Committee on Public Affairs Chair Clifford Harding, AAI Advocacy Programs Subcommittee Chair Lisa Borghesi, and AAI Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs Lauren Gross joined the Fellows in their meetings.

Pictured at left: Fellows, CPA members, and staff at breakfast preparing for Capitol Hill Day

(From left to right): Lisa Borghesi, Nicole Perry Lieberman, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Meghan Marré, Jessica Werner

(From left to right): Tullia Bruno, Joshua Vieth, Jason Gigley, just before meeting with Sens. Michael Enzi (R-WY) and John Barrasso (R-WY)

Lisa Borghesi, Erica Stone, Brad Grantz from the Office of Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Meghan Marré, Tullia Bruno

(From left to right): Nicole Perry Lieberman, Nico Janssen from the Office of Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Nichol Holodick, Tullia Bruno

PPFP Hill Day crew in between meetings in the Dirksen Senate Office Building

Greg Mathis, Jr., from the Office of Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), Jessica Werner, Erica Stone, Jason Gigley, Clifford Harding

David Larson, Greg Sunstrum from the Office of Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI, 12th), Jessica Werner, Jason Gigley

Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) at his weekly constituent coffee event

Nichol Holodick, Meghan Marré, Dayna Matthew from the Office of Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jessica Werner

Lisa Borghesi, Sara Mabry from the Office of Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA), Erica Stone, Tullia Bruno, and Meghan Marré

David Larson, Erica Stone, Nichol Holodick, Kyle Hill from the Office of Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY, 3rd), Clifford Harding

Nicole Perry Lieberman, a staffer from the Office of Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Nichol Holodick, Joshua Vieth, Clifford Harding

(From left to right): Jason Gigley, David Larson, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Nicole Perry Lieberman

Meghan Marré, Joshua Vieth, Lisa Borghesi, Aimee Malia Grace from the Office of Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), David Larson

(From left to right): Jason Gigley, Joshua Vieth, and Tullia Bruno in front of the U.S. Capitol Building

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