Along with those serving on AAI committees, members participating in numerous other volunteer service activities play a critical role in guiding AAI, contributing to the success of their colleagues, and shaping the future of AAI and the field. They lend vital support through a variety of roles including as abstract programming chairs for the Annual Meeting, career development program advisors and mentors, journal reviewers and editors, and in other service capacities. Their valuable experience, talents, ideas, and energy help to shape the field of immunology, ensure that AAI meets the needs of immunologists at all career stages, and inspire their present and future colleagues by demonstrating the value of volunteer service in sustaining the field and building its future.
Abstract Programming Chair for the Annual Meeting
- Abstract Programming Chairs (APC) review abstracts submitted for the annual meeting, selecting abstracts submitted to their Topic Category for presentation in Poster Sessions and Block Symposia.
Career Advisory
Board Mentor
Board Mentor
- The AAI Career Advisory Board is a referral service that assists senior postdocs and early-career PIs who submit requests for guidance on specific career issues by matching them with more senior scientist mentors who have experience and insights in those areas.
Grant Review for Immunologists Program Mentor
- The AAI Grant Review for Immunologists Program (GRIP) provides a referral resource to match early career principal investigators (PIs) with established PI mentors who have experienced significant success in winning research grants, offering new PIs guidance in preparing grant proposals as they embark on their independent research careers.
Summer Research Program for Teachers–Summer Laboratory Experience Host
- This program provides high school science teachers with support for hands-on experiences conducting research in the laboratories of AAI members and developing related curricula for use in teachers’ classrooms and for dissemination to other teachers via the curriculum archive on the program website.
List of AAI Underrepresented Scientist
Members Participant
Members Participant
- (maintained by the AAI Minority Affairs Committee)
- This voluntary List of AAI Underrepresented Scientist Members serves as a resource when considering the selection of individuals for scientific and other professional service and leadership opportunities. It is comprised of regular AAI members who identify as underrepresented scientists and volunteer their expertise for roles as scientific meeting organizers, speakers and chairs, editors, reviewers, advocates, and mentors. The list also fosters a networking community among members and their trainees to promote career development and advance diversity among AAI members and participants in AAI activities.
List of AAI Women Scientist Members Participant
- (maintained by the AAI Committee on the Status of Women)
- This voluntary list of Potential Speakers/Chairs/Editors presents AAI members who are women working in immunological research or fulfilling leadership roles in non-research careers in support of the immunology enterprise, including in publishing, public affairs, nonprofits, etc. The list serves as a resource to immunologists and scientists in other disciplines when considering the selection of individuals to speak at meetings or seminar series, to participate on review panels, to serve on editorial boards, serve as advocates and mentors, and to otherwise participate in professional activities.
Reviewer/Editor for the AAI Journals
- This voluntary list serves as a resource when considering the selection of reviewers for manuscripts submitted to The Journal of Immunology and ImmunoHorizons. Individuals will be contacted to ensure their reviewer profile in the journals’ online submissions system is current. Individuals may also express interest in serving as an editor for the AAI journals (Associate or Section/Senior Editor).
AAI Campaign Champion
- By becoming a media and/or social media champion, AAI members can help spread the word about immunology and their own work while building on and strengthening AAI’s engagement with the public and the media.