Program

Lisa H. Butterfield, University of Pittsburgh
Augusto C. Ochoa, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Lisa H. Butterfield, University of Pittsburgh, Immune biomarkers in clinical trials
Augusto C. Ochoa, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Metabolism in the immune response to cancer
Giorgio Trinchieri, NCI, NIH, Omics platforms and systems biology in biomarker identification
Holden T. Maecker, Stanford University Medical Center, High dimensional cellular and proteomic profiling approaches

Russell E. Vance, HHMI, University of California, Berkeley
Zhijian 'James' Chen, HHMI, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Russell E. Vance, HHMI, University of California, Berkeley, Mechanisms and consequences of inflammasome activation
Michaela U. Gack, Harvard Medical School, RIG-I-like receptor regulation in virus infection and immunity
Edward A. Miao, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Inflammasomes in host defense
Sunny Shin, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Overcoming pathogen-encoded virulence activities to initiate innate immune defense
Zhijian 'James' Chen, HHMI, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Innate immune sensing and signaling of cytosolic DNA
Thomas F. Gajewski, University of Chicago, Innate immune sensing of tumors via the host STING pathway

Gwendalyn J. Randolph, Washington University School of Medicine
Shannon J. Turley, Genentech

Gwendalyn J. Randolph, Washington University School of Medicine, Lymphatics in inflammatory disease
Laura Santambrogio, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Lymph formation, circulation, and immunological role
Reinhold Förster, Hannover Medical School, Lymph node homing of immune cells via afferent lymphatics
Troy D. Randall, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Paradoxical role of the omentum in immunity to peritoneal tumors
Shannon J. Turley, Genentech, Regulation of leukocyte function and territoriality by fibroblastic reticular cells
Biju Parekkadan, Harvard Medical School, Lymph node cell therapy

Derek Haseltine, Director, Career Services, College of Professional Studies, George Washington University

Clifford V. Harding, Case Western Reserve University; AAI Committee on Public Affairs Chair

William Chambers, National Vice President, Extramural Research, American Cancer Society, The role of charitable and patient advocacy organizations in funding biomedical research
Gwen Nguyen, Cause Director, Indiegogo, How crowdfunding can support biomedical research
Bruce Walker, Director, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard; Professor, Harvard University; and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The role of philanthropy in supporting biomedical research
Daniel Rotrosen, Director, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Recent trends in NIAID-funded, investigator-initiated immunology research

Andrea J. Tenner, University of California, Irvine
Joshua M. Thurman, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Claudia Kemper, King's College London, Regulation of T lymphocyte programming by autocrine complement
Brian Geisbrecht, Kansas State University, Utilization of complement evasion strategies by pathogens
Susan Lea, University of Oxford, Illuminating mechanisms of complement-pathogen interactions from structural biology
V. Michael Holers, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Targeting complement and its activation mechanisms: successful interventions in human disease and new strategies going forward

Timothy L. Denning, Georgia State University
Marielle C. Gold, Oregon Health & Science University

Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Columbia University, Control of mucosal Th17 cell homeostasis
Florence Lambolez, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, DN TCRαβ⁺ IEL: mix and match MHC reactivities
Richard S. Blumberg, Harvard Medical School, NKT cells orchestrate critical barrier protective functions in mucosal tissues
Marielle C. Gold, Oregon Health & Science University, Human pathogen-reactive MAIT cells

Barbara S. Nikolajczyk, Boston University School of Medicine
Gerald V. Denis, Boston University School of Medicine

Derek M. Huffman, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Obesity, aging, and the intestinal stem cell niche
Daniela Frasca, University of Miami, Obesity, aging, and antibody responses
Marissa J. Schafer, Mayo Clinic, Cellular senescence: at the crossroads of aging, obesity, and exercise
Shai Shen-Orr, Technion-Israeli Institute of Technology, Cellular immune response to chronic inflammation
Martin S. Obin, Tufts University, Caloric restriction and immune function in aging humans

Eugene M. Oltz, Washington University School of Medicine
Pamela J. Fink, University of Washington School of Medicine

Eugene M. Oltz, Washington University School of Medicine, Composing a masterpiece: make your data sing
Robert L. Fairchild, Cleveland Clinic, My most excellent paper was returned with serious reviewer issues: what do I do now?
Pamela J. Fink, University of Washington School of Medicine, How to stay on the right side of the ethics divide

Anjali Singh, NIAID, NIH
Alan Schultz, NIAID, NIH

David M. Asmuth, University of California, Davis
Michael R. Betts, University of Pennsylvania
Daniel C. Douek, NIAID, NIH
Mimi Ghosh, George Washington University
Ashley T. Haase, University of Minnesota
Jonathan A. Harton, Albany Medical Center
Eric Hunter, Emory University
Jeffrey D. Lifson, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.
Dan R. Littman, New York University School of Medicine
Bonnie J. Mathieson, NIH
Christopher J. Miller, University of California, Davis
Kristen A. Porter, NIAID, NIH
Barbara L. Shacklett, University of California, Davis

Michael C. Humble, NIEHS, NIH
B. Paige Lawrence, University of Rochester

John B. Barnett, West Virginia University, Long-term changes in the immune system due to prenatal cadmium exposure
B. Paige Lawrence, University of Rochester, The environmental legacy of pollutants: linking developmental exposures to perturbations in antiviral immune responses
Kari C. Nadeau, Stanford University, Mechanistic approaches to epigenetics and toxicant exposures
Judith T. Zelikoff, New York University School of Medicine, Maternal inhalation of ambient particulate matter causes alterations in immune profiles and anti-tumor mechanisms in juvenile murine offspring

Brian A. Cobb, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
James P. Paulson, Scripps Research Institute

Robert M. Anthony, Massachusetts General Hospital, Glycoregulation of immunoglobulins
Charles J. Dimitroff, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Galectin-1 binding glycans play a pleiotropic role in melanoma development
Eugene C. Butcher, Stanford School of Medicine, Carbohydrate addressins for lymphocyte homing
Paula A. Videira, NOVA Medical School, Immunomodulation of dendritic cells: cracking the role of sialic acid-containing sugars
Vijay K. Kuchroo, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Tim-3 and Galectin-9: regulators of effector and Treg cells

Linda A. Sherman, Scripps Research Institute, AAI President