Year: 2022

ICIS Member and 2022 Christina Fleischmann Award for Excellence in Cytokine & Interferon Research by a young woman investigator has been named one of the 20 Packard Fellows for 2022. She is one of a group of 20 innovative early-career scientists and engineers who are boldly pursuing new areas of research. Kellie Jurado, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Discipline: Biological Sciences. Early-life immune exposures can profoundly impact lifelong health. The Jurado lab leverages emerging viruses as biological probes to uncover fundamental immune mechanisms that underlie and regulate immune responses in utero through early life.

Each Packard Fellow will receive $875,000 in unrestricted funds that they can use over five years in any way they choose. This fellowship, which is heading into its 35th year next year, is one of the largest non-governmental fellowships for research and, for many Fellows, is a critical steppingstone in their career. [READ MORE]

ICIS Lifetime Member Brian S. Kim, MD, was awarded the Sol and Clara Kest Professor of Dermatology Endowed Professorship from Mount Sinai in a ceremony with Dr. Emma Guttman-Yassky, the Sol and Clara Kest Professor and Vice Chair for Research at the Department of Dermatology, Professor of Medicine and Clinical [READ MORE]

  On October 17th the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding [READ MORE]

Prof Yasmine Belkaid awarded the prestigious 2022 Charles Donovan Microbiome Prize World-leading microbiome researcher Prof Yasmine Belkaid was awarded the prestigious 2022 Charles Donovan Microbiome Prize on Friday 7th October. As part of the prizegiving Prof Belkaid delivered the ‘Distinguished International Lecture’ at the annual symposium of APC Microbiome Ireland, [READ MORE]