Minority Affairs Committee
The nine members of the committee are appointed by Council on staggered three-year terms. The committee is responsible for generating and developing programs that ensure equal treatment of all professional immunologists on the basis of merit.
Stream the from Virtual IMMMUNOLOGY2021™
MAC Panel Discussion Session: Minority Scientists' Experience - Challenging and Overcoming Barriers to Enhancing Diversity and Career Advancement
(Sponsored by the AAI Minority Affairs Committee; presented at Virtual IMMUNOLOGY2021™)
Click the speaker's talk title to watch:
- Tonya J. Webb, Univ. of Maryland Sch. of Med., AAI MAC Chair,
- Cheri茅 L. Butts, Biogen,
- Mireia Guerau-de-Arellano, The Ohio State Univ.,
- Harlan P. Jones, Univ. of North Texas Hlth. Sci. Ctr.,
- Luis J. Montaner, Wistar Inst.,
- Luis A. Sanchez-Perez, Tune Therapeutics,
- Q&A
COMMITTEE PURPOSE
The mission of the Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) is to generate and develop programs that promote equal treatment of all professional immunologists on the basis of merit.
The MAC maintains the AAI Minority Affairs Committee Career Resources page, featuring links to immunology-related training programs, funding, and support for trainees and early-career investigators. The page also features links to career-development programs and resources provided by current and past MAC members, MAC Roundtable table leaders, and others, and includes opportunities offered by AAI, NIH, and other organizations.
Participation at the AAI Annual Meeting
To enhance scientists’ and trainees’ participation and career development in immunology, AAI offers the following activities in conjunction with the AAI annual meeting:
- attendees engage in small-group discussions led by established immunologists addressing a variety of early career challenges. The session incorporates informal networking time and a structured “speed networking” exercise affording participants personalized feedback on communicating their scientific interests/objectives most effectively. All meeting attendees are welcome.
- The AAI Vanguard Award Lecture was established by the MAC in 2003 to feature an AAI member investigator noted for scientific achievement and exemplary career success. This scientific lecture is intended to inspire meeting participants of every career stage and background, and all meeting attendees are welcome to attend.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS