The American Association of Immunologists proudly announces the 2026 recipients of AAI Awards for outstanding research and career achievements. The 2026 AAI Award winners will be recognized at IMMUNOLOGY2026™, April 15-19, in Boston.
AAI Lifetime Achievement Award
In recognition of a remarkable career of scientific achievement and contributions to AAI and the field of immunology
Jenny P.-Y. Ting, PhD, DFAAI (AAI ’97)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
AAI Distinguished Service Awards
Deepta Bhattacharya, PhD (AAI ’07)
University of Arizona
For outstanding service as chair and member of the AAI Public Communications Committee, 2022-2024
Mark H. Kaplan, PhD, DFAAI (AAI ’98)
Indiana University School of Medicine
For outstanding service as editor-in-chief of ImmunoHorizons, 2020-2024
AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award
In recognition of exemplary career contributions to a future generation of scientists
Olivera J. Finn, PhD, DFAAI (AAI ’83)
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
AAI-BioLegend Herzenberg Award
For outstanding contributions to the field of immunology in the area of B cell biology
Facundo Batista, PhD (AAI ’17)
Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard
AAI Lancefield Mid-Career Achievement Award
For outstanding research and leadership by a mid-career woman investigator
Carla V. Rothlin, PhD (AAI ’08)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
AAI-Steinman Award for Human Immunology Research
For significant, sustained achievement in immunology research pertinent to human disease pathogenesis, prevention, or therapy
Alessandro Sette, PhD (AAI ’89)
La Jolla Institute for Immunology
AAI Meritorious Career Award
For exceptional research contributions to the field of immunology
David Masopust, PhD (AAI ’07)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
AAI Vanguard Award
In recognition of research achievement and exemplary career success
Curtis J. Henry, PhD (AAI ’05)
University of Colorado Cancer Center
AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award
For noteworthy, early-career achievement in immunology research
Ping-Chih Ho, PhD (AAI ’12)
University of Lausanne
AAI ASPIRE Awards
For early-career research accomplishments and professional promise in the field of immunology
David A. Braun, MD, PhD (AAI ’25)
Yale University
Camila H. Coelho, PhD (AAI ’22)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Alex Gitlin, MD, PhD (AAI ’23)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Tobias V. Lanz, MD (AAI ’23)
Stanford University
Sadiya Parveen Nesson, PhD (AAI ’24)
Louisiana State University Health Shreveport
Michael Wheeler, PhD (AAI ’23)
Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Lectures deferred from 2025:
Brandon J DeKosky, PhD (AAI ’24)
The Ragon Institute & MIT
Anna-Maria Globig, MD (AAI ’24)
Allen Institute for Immunology
