American Association of Immunologists

The American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
Founded 1913
Headquarters Rockville, Maryland
Members
8,000
Website https://www.aai.org

The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) is a scientific society dedicated to the support of research in immunology. Founded in 1913, the AAI has published a journal, the Journal of Immunology, since 1915. In 2017, AAI launched an open-access journal, ImmunoHorizons. The organization also holds annual scientific meetings and intensive summer courses in immunology. As of 2018, the AAI had approximately 8000 members. The president for the 2018-19 term is University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine professor JoAnne Flynn.[1][2]

History

The AAI was founded on June 19, 1913, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by a group of physicians who were attending the annual meeting of the American Medical Association.[2] The original 41 members of the society were all disciples of Almroth Wright, the founder and director of the Inoculation Department at St. Mary’s Hospital in London.[3] The first AAI annual meeting was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on June 22, 1914.[4] AAI is a founding member society of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB).

Activities

AAI hosts an annual scientific meeting for its membership. IMMUNOLOGY 2018 was held May 4-8, 2018 in Austin, Texas. IMMUNOLOGY 2019 is slated for May 9-13, 2019 in San Diego, California. Each summer, AAI organizes intensive introductory and intermediate courses in immunology. The association also publishes a major journal in the field, The Journal of Immunology, launched an open-access journal, ImmunoHorizons in 2017, and publishes the AAI Newsletter six times per year.[5][6]

Nobel Laureates

Since 1919, twenty-seven AAI members have been awarded the Nobel Prize.[7][8] All laureates received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, except where indicated.

Lifetime Achievement Award recipients

Past presidents

References

  1. ↑ "AAI Membership". American Association of Immunologists. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "AAI History". American Association of Immunologists. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. ↑ “The Founding of AAI.” AAI Newsletter, May–June 2012, 24–29.; British Medical Journal 2, no. 2761 (1913): 1434 ; “Medical News,” JAMA 61, no. 23 (1913): 2079.
  4. ↑ “American Association of Immunologists,” Society Reports, Medical Record 86 (1914): 942–946; “Medical News,” Boston Medical and Surgical Journal 170, no. 26 (1914): 1002 ; “Medical News,” JAMA 62, no. 25 (1914): 1975.
  5. ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: IMMUNOLOGY". 2012 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2013.
  6. ↑ “AAI Publications.” . The American Association of Immunologists.
  7. ↑ "All Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine". The Nobel Prize. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "All Nobel Prizes in Chemistry". The Nobel Prize. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
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