AAI Vanguard Award and Lecture
Nominations are closed
Based on nominations made by the AAI Minority Affairs Committee, this award recognizes AAI member investigators who are underrepresented scientists* noted for research achievement and exemplary career success.
The awardee will receive a $5,000 cash prize, meeting registration at the early rate, and travel support to the AAI annual meeting for presentation of their research in an award lecture preceded by the award presentation.
* Scientists from populations that have been reported by the to be underrepresented in the U.S. biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences research enterprise
2025 Vanguard Award Recipient
Jose R. Conejo-Garcia, M.D., Ph.D. (AAI ’09)
Duke School of Medicine
Modulating NKT cells for cancer immunotherapy