FOCIS is governed by a Board of Directors charged with overseeing the management, direction, and control of the business, policies, and affairs of the Federation.
Board of Directors
President
Megan Sykes, MD
Columbia University
President-Elect
Ignacio Anegon, MD
Nantes University
Secretary/Treasurer
William Robinson, MD
Stanford University
Past President
Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
FCE Chair
Jeffrey Rathmell, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Multinational FCE Chair
Olivier Boyer, MD, PhD
Normandy University
Education Committee Chair
Stephanie C. Eisenbarth, MD, PhD
Northwestern University
Membership Chair
Betty Diamond, MD
Feinstein Institute
Scientific Program Committee Chair
Joshua Milner, MD, SB
Columbia University Medical Center
At Large Director
Jane H. Buckner, MD
Benaroya Research Institute
At Large Director
Jane L. Grogan, PhD
Biogen
At Large Director
Terri Laufer, MD
University of Pennsylvania
At Large Director
Leonie Taams, PhD
King’s College London
At Large Director
Industry Relations Chair
Laurence Turka, MD
Harvard University
Ad Hoc Director
Todd Brusko, MD
University of Florida
Ad Hoc Director
Megan Levings, PhD
The University of British Columbia
Ad Hoc Director
Jonathan Maltzman, MD, PhD, FAST
Stanford University
Ad Hoc Director
Miriam Merad, MD, PhD
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Ad Hoc Director
Elaine Reed, PhD, D(ABH)
University of California, Los Angeles
Compliance Officer
Jordan Pober, MD, PhD
Yale University
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is composed of 10 permanent member society representatives and 10 ad hoc permanent and rotating Member Society representatives.
Amit Awasthi, PhD
Indian Immunology Society (IIS)
Prof. Dalia El-Ghoneimy
Egyptian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (ESPAI)
Tejpal Gill, PhD
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
Andres Hurtado-Lorenzo, PhD
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)
Fadi Issa, MD
The Transplantation Society (TTS)
Halyna Koval, PhD
Ukrainian Society of Specialists in Immunology, Allergology & Immunorehabilitation (UTIAI)
Vijay Kuchroo, DVM, PhD
International Society for Neuroimmunology (ISNI)
Phoebe Lin, MD, PhD
American Uveitis Society (AUS)
Francesco Marincola, MD
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Meuer
German Society of Immunology (DGFI)
Gerald Nepom, MD, PhD
Immune Tolerance Network (ITN)
Ruby Pawankar, MD, PhD
Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (APAAACI)
Elaine Reed, PhD
American Society of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (ASHI)
Bart Roep, MD, PhD
Immunology of Diabetes Society (IDS)
Yvonne Rosenstein, PhD
Sociedad Mexicana de Inmunologia (SMI)
Lanny Rosenwasser, MD
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
Daniel Rotrosen, MD
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
Yoshiya Tanaka, MD, PhD
Japanese Society of Clinical Immunology (JSCI)
Troy Torgerson, MD, PhD
Clinical Immunology Society (CIS)
Antiopi Varelias, PhD
Society for Mucosal Immunology (SMI)
The Steering Committee is responsible for:
- Recommending annual meeting program suggestions, topics and speakers
- Assisting with the development of satellite programs
- Promoting Federation meetings and activities
- Assisting with the abstract review process
- Representing the Federation in their discipline
- Voting on approval of candidates for officers and directors as presented by the Nominating Committee