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List of AAI Underrepresented Scientist Members

To help advance its mission of enhancing diversity among immunologists and fostering the participation of underrepresented minority (URM) scientists2 in AAI activities, the AAI Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) maintains the AAI List of Underrepresented Scientist Members. It is a voluntary, online listing of AAI minority members, ranging from established investigators to trainees, who have requested inclusion and attested to their URM status.

In addition to fostering a networking and mentoring community, the list serves as a resource for immunologists and scientists in other disciplines when considering individuals for selection as scientific meeting chairs or speakers, review panel participants, editorial board members, and collaborators in other professional activities. Given the importance of successful role models and networking in attracting and sustaining minority participation in immunology, the MAC invites all eligible AAI members to consider inclusion in the list.

Eligibility for inclusion requires all of the following:

  • AAI membership in good standing (dues paid in full for the current year)
  • Submission of the List of Minority Members form requesting inclusion and attesting to underrepresented minority status
  • Inclusion of one's professional web address in one's AAI member record--to check or add web address, go to Check/Update My Member Profile

To be added, complete the List of Minority Members form and submit it by email to mwcuddy@aai.org or fax it to Michael Cuddy at (301) 634-7887.

If you have appeared on the list previously but do not appear now, please check that you currently meet all eligibility criteria listed above. Questions? Contact mwcuddy@aai.org.

Full Name Organization Name State Job Title Web Address
Daniel Abate-Daga, Ph.D. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute FL Associate Member/ Associate Professor Web Address
Oscar Aguilar, Ph.D. University of California-San Francisco CA Assistant Professor Web Address
Avery August, Ph.D. Cornell University NY HHMI Professor and Deputy Provost Web Address
Swinburne Augustine, Ph.D. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Retired) OH Research Microbiologist/Immunologist Web Address
Adebowale Bamidele, Ph.D. Mayo Clinic MN Assistant Professor of Medicine Web Address
Elida Bautista, Ph.D. Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. GA Senior AD Web Address
Tesfaye Belay, Ph.D. Bluefield State University WV Professor Web Address
Adriana Benavides, Ph.D. American Association of Immunologists MD Associate Managing Editor Web Address
Luiz Bermudez, M.D. Oregon State University OR Professor Web Address
Robert Binder, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh PA Professor of Immunology Web Address
Kim Blenman, M.S.,Ph.D. Yale Univ and Yale New Haven Hosp System Smilow Hosp CT Assistant Professor Web Address
Prosper Boyaka, Ph.D. The Ohio State University OH Professor Web Address
Rodney Britt, Ph.D. Nationwide Children's Hospital OH Principal Investigator Web Address
Randy Brutkiewicz, Ph.D. Indiana University School of Medicine IN Professor Web Address
Michael Burton, Ph.D. University of Texas at Dallas TX Associate Professor Web Address
Cherie Butts, Ph.D. Biogen MA Medical Director - Therapeutics Development Unit Web Address
Christian Capitini, M.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Associate Professor Web Address
Astrid Cardona, Ph.D. The University of Texas at San Antonio TX Professor Web Address
Gregory Carey, Ph.D. University of Maryland, School of Medicine MD Associate Professor Web Address
William Carr, D.V.M.,Ph.D. Medgar Evers College, City University of New York NY Full Professor Web Address
Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health MD Professor and Chair Web Address
Eliseo Castillo, Ph.D. University of New Mexico School of Medicine NM Associate Professor Web Address
Maria Castro, Ph.D. University of Michigan MI Professor Web Address
Jessica Chacon, Ph.D. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso TX Assistant Professor Web Address
Stephen Chapes, Ph.D. Kansas State University CO Professor amd Director Emeritus Web Address
Brian Cobb, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine OH Professor Web Address
Jose Conejo-Garcia, M.D.,Ph.D. Duke School of Medicine NC Professor of Integrative Immunobiology Web Address
Radiah Corn Minor, Ph.D. Dept. of Animal Sciences North Carolina A&T State University NC Full Professor and Chair Web Address
Agustin Cruz, Ph.D. TRexBio CA Scientist Web Address
Eduardo Davila, Ph.D. University of Colorado Denver CO Professor Web Address
Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, Ph.D. University of Miami FL Associate Professor Web Address
Jonathan Deane, Ph.D. Trotana Therapeutics CA Senior Director, Head of Biology Web Address
Francis Eko, D.Sc. Morehouse School of Medicine GA Professor Web Address
Udeme Ekong, M.B.B.S.,M.P.H. Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute DC Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Surgery Web Address
Keke Fairfax, Ph.D. University of Utah UT Associate Professor Web Address
Martin Felices, Ph.D. University of Minnesota MN Associate Professor Web Address
Rafael Fernandez-Botran, Ph.D. University of Louisville School of Medicine KY Associate Professor Web Address
Leonardo Ferreira, Ph.D. Medical University of South Carolina SC Assistant Professor Web Address
Richard Goldsby, Ph.D. Amherst College MA Thomas B. Walton Memorial Professor Emeritus Web Address
Gregorio Gomez, Ph.D. University of Houston TX Associate Professor Web Address
Timothy Gondre-Lewis, Ph.D. NIAID/NIH MD Program Officer/Research Training Officer/COR III Web Address
Louis Gonzalez, Ph.D. Creyon Bio NC Director of Translational Medicine - Immunology Web Address
Maria Guerrero-Plata, Ph.D. Louisiana State University LA Associate Professor Web Address
Gianna Hammer, Ph.D. University of Utah UT Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology Web Address
Rashade Haynes, Ph.D. Bristol Myers Squibb NJ Senior Principal Scientist Web Address
Curtis Henry, Ph.D. The University of Colorado Cancer Center CO Deputy Associate Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access (DEIA) Web Address
DeBroski Herbert, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania PA Penn Presidential Professor of Immunology Web Address
Jeniffer Hernandez, Ph.D. Keck Graduate Institute CA Associate Professor Web Address
Javier Irazoqui, Ph.D. UMass Chan Medical School MA Associate Professor Web Address
Claudia Jakubzick, Ph.D. Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth NH Associate Professor Web Address
Harlan Jones, Ph.D. University of North Texas Health Science Center TX Associate Professor Web Address
Mariana Kaplan, M.D. NIH / NIAMS MD Chief, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch; Deputy Scientific Director Web Address
Joseph Larkin, Ph.D. University of Florida FL Associate Professor Web Address
Adriana Larregina, M.D., Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh PA Professor Web Address
Sixto Leal, M.D.,Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham AL Associate Professor Web Address
James Lillard, Ph.D. Morehouse School of Medicine GA Professor & Senior Associate Dean for Research & Innovation Web Address
Adriana Mantegazza, Ph.D. Thomas Jefferson University PA Assistant Professor Web Address
Olivia Martinez, Ph.D. Stanford University Medical School CA Professor Web Address
Gislaine Martins, Ph.D. Cedars Sinai Medical Center and UCLA CA Associate Professor Web Address
Ivan Mascanfroni, Ph.D. Seismic Therapeutics MA Senior Director, Immunology Web Address
Craig Maynard, Ph.D. University of Alabama, Birmingham AL Associate Professor Web Address
Fernando Monroy, Ph.D. Northern Arizona University AZ Professor Web Address
Luis Montaner, D.V.M.,Ph.D. The Wistar Institute PA Kean Family Professor Web Address
Abigail Morales, Ph.D. Hunter College, The City University of New York NY Assistant Professor Web Address
Juliet Morrison, Ph.D. University of California - Riverside CA Assistant Professor Web Address
Daniel Mucida, Ph.D. The Rockefeller University NY Head of Laboratory Web Address
Waithaka Mwangi, Ph.D. Kansas State University KS Professor Web Address
Courtni Newsome, Ph.D. Bristol Myers Squibb NJ Senior Principal Scientist Web Address
Afam Okoye, Ph.D. Oregon Health & Science University OR Associate Professor Web Address
Danyvid Olivares-Villagomez, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University Medical Center TN Assistant Professor Web Address
Thandi Onami, Ph.D. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation WA Senior Program Officer Web Address
Michael Opata, Ph.D. National Institute of Health MD Scientific Review Officer Web Address
Santiago Partida-Sanchez, Ph.D. Nationwide Children's Hospital OH Associate Professor Web Address
Joao Pedra, Ph.D. University of Maryland School of Medicine MD Professor Web Address
Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, Ph.D. Northwestern University IL Assistant Professor Web Address
Manuel Penichet, M.D., Ph.D. University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) CA Professor Web Address
Francisco Quintana, Ph.D. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School MA Professor of Neurology Web Address
Ricardo Rajsbaum, Ph.D. Rutgers University, New Jersey Medical School NJ Associate Professor Web Address
Micheler Richardson, Ph.D. North Carolina Central University NC Director of Cancer Research Web Address
Amariliz Rivera, Ph.D. Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School NJ Associate Professor Web Address
Felix Rivera-Mariani, Ph.D. Lynn University / RIPLRT Institute FL Associate Professor Web Address
Annette Rodriguez, Ph.D. Naval Medical Research Unit -SA TX Research Scientist Web Address
Paulo Rodriguez, Ph.D. Moffitt Cancer Center - Department of Immunology FL Professor-Chair Web Address
Carla Rothlin, Ph.D. Yale University School of Medicine CT Dorys McConnell Duberg Prof of Immunobiology and Prof of Pharmacology Web Address
Steffanie Sabbaj, Ph.D. University of Alabama, Birmingham AL Associate Professor Web Address
Carlos Serezani, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University Medical Center TN Associate Professor Web Address
Luis Sigal, D.V.M.,Ph.D. Thomas Jefferson University PA Professor and Vice-Chair for Research Web Address
Beth Tamburini, Ph.D. University of Colorado Denver CO Associate Professor Web Address
Bolaji Thomas, Ph.D. Rochester Institute of Technology NY Professor Web Address
Mulualem Tilahun, D.V.M.,Ph.D. National Institutes of Health (NIH) MD Health Scientist Administrator Web Address
Roberto Tinoco, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine CA Assistant Professor Web Address
Vincent Tsiagbe, Ph.D. Rutgers University NJ Associate Professor Web Address
Anibal Valentin, Ph.D. Biopharmaceutica lndustry PR Scientific Advisor Web Address
Paulo Verardi, Ph.D. University of Connecticut CT Professor Web Address
S. Villalta, Ph.D. University of California Irvine CA Associate Professor Web Address
Alejandro Villarino, Ph.D. University of Miami FL Assistant Professor Web Address
Charlotte Vines, Ph.D. The University of Texas at El Paso TX Associate Professor Web Address
Tonya Webb, Ph.D. University of Maryland School of Medicine MD Associate Professor Web Address
Caleph Wilson, Ph.D. The Densu Group NY Managing Director Web Address
Colleen Winstead, Ph.D. Epitopea Limited Director of Immumology Web Address
Albion Wright, Ph.D. Recursion Pharmaceuticals UT VP Biology Web Address

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Alphabetical Minority Speaker List

1 As an "opt in" list, this list does not necessarily include all AAI members who are underrepresented minority scientists.

2 As defined by eligibility to participate in the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH. Eligible groups include: African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans (including Alaska Natives); and Natives of the U.S. Pacific Islands (Hawaii, Guam).