Philip E. Auron, Ph.D., passed away at 72 on Sunday, October 13, 2024, after a five-month battle with esophageal cancer. He was an immunologist and biochemist who sequenced Interleukin-1β (IL-1β).
Francisco Gomez-Rivera tells us his story of getting into immunology, research and receiving the AAI Diversity Travel Award.
Every year since the inauguration of the AAI Public Policy Fellowship Program (PPFP) in 2012, early-career immunologists with an interest in shaping science policy have been welcomed to Washington, DC, by Hugh Auchincloss, M.D, (AAI ’83, DFAAI).
