Distinguished Lectures
Each full day of the meeting concludes with a Distinguished Lecture presented by one of three outstanding scientists.
Saturday, May 7, 2022 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM Portland Ballroom 252–255
Distinguished Lecture—Robert D. Schreiber
Chair
- Cathryn R. Nagler, Univ. of Chicago, AAI Program Committee Chair
Speaker
Robert D. Schreiber
Washington Univ. Sch. of Med. in St. Louis
Neoantigens as probes and targets of immune responses to cancer
Sunday, May 8, 2022 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Portland Ballroom 252–255
AAI-Thermo Fisher Meritorious Career Award Presentation and Lecture
Generously supported by Thermo Fisher Scientific
and the
2022 Distinguished Lecture
Chair
- Gary A. Koretzky, Cornell Univ. and Weill Cornell Med., AAI President (2021–2022)
Award Recipient
Katherine A. Fitzgerald
Univ. of Massachusetts Chan Med. Sch.
Regulation, initiation, and resolution of inflammation
AAI President Gary A. Koretzky and David Piper, Senior Director of Research and Development (Protein and Cell Analysis), Thermo Fisher Scientific, will introduce the awardee and present the award immediately prior to Dr. Fitzgerald’s lecture.
The AAI-Thermo Fisher Meritorious Career Award recognizes a mid-career scientist for outstanding research contributions to the field of immunology.
Monday, May 9, 2022 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM Portland Ballroom 252–255
Distinguished Lecture—Yasmine Belkaid
Chair
- Cathryn R. Nagler, Univ. of Chicago, AAI Program Committee Chair
Speaker
Yasmine Belkaid
NIAID, NIH
Control of tissue immunity and repair by the microbiota
