Committees

FOCIS Committees

Volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization. Dedicated members are what drive our programs, annual meeting agendas, and the strategic direction of the Federation.

Education Committee

The Education Committee is charged with overseeing the creation of educational programs that maintain, develop and increase the knowledge, understanding, skills and professional performance of trainees and investigators in the broad field of clinical immunology, and that enable basic scientists to understand the pathogenesis of immunological disease and the principles of clinical research.

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Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD,
Chair

Northwestern University

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Alexis Kalergis, MD, PhD
Co-Chair

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Salvatore Albani, MD, PhD

Salvatore Albani, MD, PhD

Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore

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Robert (Bob) Balderas, MBA

BD Biosciences

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Amit Bar-Or, MD

University of Pennsylvania

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Olivier Boyer, MD, PhD

Rouen University

Paul Bryce, PhD

Paul Bryce, PhD

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Emanuele de Rinaldis, PhD

Sanofi

Guillermo Docena

Guillermo Docena, PhD

Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLP)

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Magnus Fontes, PhD

Genentech

Terri M. Laufer, MD

Terri Laufer, MD

University of Pennsylvania

Carrie Lucas, PhD

Carrie L. Lucas, PhD

Yale School of Medicine

Eva Maria Martinez Caceres

Eva María Martínez Cáceres, PhD

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Esperanza Perucha

Esperanza Perucha, PhD

King’s College London

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Asha Pillai, MD, PhD

Regeneron

Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD

Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD

Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

Neil Romberg

Neil D. Romberg, MD

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

FOCIS Centers of Excellence

The FOCIS Centers of Excellence (FCE) Committee is charged with overseeing the FOCIS Centers of Excellence, a network of leading academic medical centers that promote innovation in translational immunology research and clinical practices, provide interdisciplinary training programs, and promote new links for researchers and clinicians.

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Jeff Rathmell, PhD
Chair

Vanderbilt University

Boyer Olivier 2021

Olivier Boyer, MD, PhD
FCE Multinational Chair

Rouen University

Hill Marcelo 2022

Marcelo Hill. MD, PhD

Institut Pasteur de Montevideo

Hseih Elena

Elena Hsieh, MD

University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus

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Khashayarsha Khazaie, PhD

Mayo Clinic

Antonio La Cava

Antonio La Cava, MD, PhD

University of California, Los Angeles

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Megan Levings, PhD

The University of British Columbia

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Ciriaco Piccirillo, PhD

McGill University

Ricardo Pujol Borrell

Ricardo Pujol-Borrell, MD, PhD

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
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Femke van Wijk, PhD

Utrecht University

Membership & Scientific Outreach Committee

The Membership & Scientific Outreach Committee is charged with creating an environment that promotes participation and ownership by individual members and Member Societies, and to strengthen FOCIS through collaboration and coalition-building with Member Societies and other affiliated organizations.

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Betty Diamond, MD, Chair

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

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Pradeep K. Dagur, PhD

NIH/NHLBI

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Barbara Detrick, PhD

John Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Margarita Dominguez-Villar, PhD

Imperial College London

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Pablo González, PhD

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Edward Knol, PhD

University Medical Center Utrecht

Mascanfroni Ivan 2021

Ivan Mascanfroni, PhD

Seismic Therapeutics

Miyara Makoto 2022

Makoto Miyara, MD, PhD

Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière

Piconese Silvia 2021

Silvia Piconese, PhD

Sapienza Università di Roma

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Bhagirath Singh, PhD

University of Western Ontario

Scientific Program Committee

The Scientific Program committee is charged with planning the scientific program of the annual meeting.

Milner Josh 2021

Joshua Milner, MD, SB, Chair

Columbia University

Megan Cooper

Megan Cooper, MD, PhD, Co-Chair

Washington University School of Medicine

Jane Grogan

Jane L. Grogan, PhD, Past Chair

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Skyes Megan 2020

Megan Sykes, MD, President

Columbia University

Mark Anderson, MD, PhD

Mark Anderson, MD, PhD, Past-President

University of California, San Francisco

Ignacio Anegon, MD

Ignacio Anegon, MD, President-Elect

University of Nantes

Dhodapkar Kavita

Kavita Dhodapkar, MD, Abstract Chair

Emory University

Guerrerio Pamela 2020

Pam Guerrerio, MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Chair

NIAID, NIH

Galit Alter

Galit Alter, PhD

Moderna

Bhatt Shachi 2022

Shachi Bhatt, PhD, JEM Representative

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Paolo Cravedi

Paolo Cravedi, MD, PhD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Anita Chong

Anita Chong, PhD

University of Chicago

Leslie Kean

Leslie Kean, MD, PhD

Harvard University

Maayan Levy

Maayan Levy, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

Ciriaco Piccirillo

Ciriaco Piccirillo, PhD

McGill University

Francisco J. Quintana

Francisco Quintana, PhD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard University

Isabelle Riviere

Isabelle Rivière, PhD

Takeda

Viney Jo 2021

Jo Viney, PhD

Seismic Therapeutic

Dimitrios L. Wagner

Dimitrios Wagner, MD, PhD

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Women in Clinical Immunology (WICI) Committee

The WICI Committee is charged with supporting career development for women in immunology, advocating for women’s participation and leadership at all levels in FOCIS and in the greater immunology community, and promoting the science of sex and gender in immunology.

Elaine Reed

Elaine F. Reed, PhD, Chair

University of California – Los Angeles

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Terri Laufer, MD, Co-Chair

University of Pennsylvania

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Maria-Grazia Roncarolo, MD, Past/Founding Chair

Stanford University

Skyes Megan 2020

Megan Sykes, MD, FOCIS President

Columbia University

Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe

Lee Ann Baxter-Lowe, PhD, dABHI

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Jane Grogan

Jane L. Grogan, PhD

Biogen

Guzman Monica 2022

Monica Guzman, PhD

Weill Cornell Medicine

Miyake Sachiko 2022

Sachiko Miyake, MD, PhD

Juntendo University

Ullrich Evelyn 2022

Evelyn Ullrich, MD, PhD

University Hospital Frankfurt

Untersmayr Elsenhuber Eva 2022

Eva Untersmayr-Elsenhuber, MD, PhD

Medical University Vienna

Valdez Tejeira Yanet 2022

Yanet Valdez Tejeira, PhD

University of British Columbia

Wu Catherine 2022

Catherine Wu, MD

Harvard Medical School