Members in the News

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]

Long time ICIS member, David Wallace, was the last President of the International Cytokine Society (ISC) in 2011 before the merger with the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR) which become the International Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) in 2012. He was co-president of the newly merged ICIS, together with Charles Samuel in 2012. On Wednesday 8 December 2021 at 3pm honorary degrees of the University of Dublin were conferred on David Wallach, James Ivan McGuire and Deirdre McLoughlin at a Commencements Ceremony in the Public Theatre. [READ MORE]

ICIS President-Elected, Sarah Gaffen, PhD, elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Congratulations to Cytokines 2022 Invited speaker, Ruslan Medzhitov, Ph.D., HHMI, Yale University School of Medicine, 2022 AAI Excellence in Mentoring Award in recognition of exemplary career contributions to a future generation of scientists.

Congratulations to ICIS Immediate Past- President, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, 2022 AAI-Thermo Fisher Meritorious Career Award for exceptional research contributions in the field of immunology [READ MORE]

The 2021 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine:
Warren J. Leonard, MD, and John J. O’Shea, MD. Two ICIS Lifetime Members awarded the 2021 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine for their Contributions to the Field of Immunology, from Fundamental Discovery to Therapeutic Impact [READ MORE]

Three ICIS Members elected to the National Academy of Sciences for their contributions to epidemiology, innate immunity and immunology – Congratulations to Ralph S. Baric, William R. Kenan Jr. , Katherine A. Fitzgerald, and Ellen V. Rothenberg http://www.nasonline.org/ Twitter: @theNASciences [READ MORE]

Congratulations to Biological Sciences Professor Elina Zúñiga on being elected to the 2021 class of fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology. [READ MORE]