The American Association of Immunologists is proud to announce its 2025 election results, in which voting members of the association selected the officers and committee leaders who will guide the organization in the years ahead. Hailing from some of the nation’s foremost academic and research institutions, the newly elected leaders will continue AAI’s commitments to the public understanding of immunology, robust opportunities for the immunology community, a well-funded research enterprise, and a modernized organizational structure. Their terms of office begin July 1 of this year.
“At a time when the scientific community is facing rapidly shifting challenges, AAI relies on innovative and forward-looking leaders. I am delighted to welcome our new officers and committee members who will guide the association with the vision to advance new opportunities for the field of immunology,” said AAI CEO Loretta Doan.
The newly elected leaders are:
President 2025–2026
Ulrich H. von Andrian, M.D., AAI ’97
Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Professor of Immunopathology; Program Leader, Basic Immunology—Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard; Department of Immunology—Harvard Medical School
Vice President 2025–2026
Avery August, Ph.D., AAI ’99
Professor of Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology—Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine; Deputy Provost—Cornell University
Councilor 2025–2029
Gwendalyn J. Randolph, Ph.D., AAI ’01
Professor, Department of Pathology & Immunology—Washington University, St. Louis
Awards Committee 2025–2028
Irene Salinas, Ph.D., AAI ’17
Professor, Department of Biology—University of New Mexico
Finance Committee 2025-2028
Virginia Smith Shapiro, Ph.D., AAI ’04
Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Immunology; Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences—Mayo Clinic
Nominating Committee 2025-2026
Sarah L. Gaffen, Ph.D., AAI ’00, Chair
Gerald P. Rodnan Endowed Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology—University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Clara Abraham, M.D., AAI ’04
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Member of Human and Translational Immunology—Yale University
Deepta Bhattacharya, Ph.D., AAI ’09
Professor, Department of Immunobiology—University of Arizona College of Medicine
Gretchen Diehl, Ph.D., AAI ’14
Member, Immunology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute; Catherine and Frederick R. Adler Chair for Junior Faculty—Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Gregory F. Sonnenberg, Ph.D., AAI ’13
The Henry R. Erle, M.D.-Roberts Family Professor of Medicine; Professor of Microbiology and Immunology in Medicine; Head of Basic Research in Gastroenterology and Hepatology—Weill Cornell Medicine
Program Committee 2025–2028
Lisa K. Denzin, Ph.D., AAI ’95
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Resident Scientist, Child Health Institute of New Jersey—Rutgers University
Paul G. Thomas, Ph.D., AAI ’09
Member, Department of Immunology and Department of Host-Microbe Interactions—St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Publications Committee 2025–2029
Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, Ph.D., AAI ’14
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, and Center for Reproductive Health Sciences—Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
