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AIR Research Presented at the 2025 AAI Meeting
Friday, May 23, 2025
Jennifer Anolik, MD, PhD, Jennifer Barnas, MD, PhD, and Melanie Perkins presented their research at the annual meeting of the American Association of Immunologists, held May 3-7, 2025.
Melanie Perkins and Jennifer Anolik, MD, PhD
Jennifer Barnas, MD, PhD and Jennifer Anolik, MD, PhD
Dr. Javier Rangel-Moreno Lecturer at the 2025 Course of Biomedicine and Immunology
Friday, May 23, 2025
Javier Rangel-Moreno, PhD was invited to lecture at the 2025 Course of Biomedicine and Immunology, sponsored by the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His presentation was entitled “The contribution of iBALT to pulmonary immunity.”
ROChester Stimulating Access to Research during Residency (ROC StARR) Health and Immune Function Across the Lifespan to Begin July 1st
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
A multidisciplinary team of research leaders is offering residents a chance to become celebrities–or ROC StARRs–in research. The new National Institutes of Health R38 grant funding expands research opportunities for residents in Medicine, Pediatrics, Medicine-Pediatrics and Dermatology. Funding will come through a new program called ROChester Stimulating Access to Research during Residency (ROC StARR) Health and Immune Function Across the Lifespan.
Jennifer Anolik Named Chief of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division
Monday, January 6, 2025
Internationally renowned physician scientist Jennifer H. Anolik, MD, PhD, was named chief of the Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology (AIR) Division in the Department of Medicine, after serving as interim chief since 2021.
“I am delighted that Jen has agreed to continue leading our AIR division as chief,” said Ruth O’Regan, MD, chair of Medicine. “The division is in great hands under her leadership and will continue to benefit from her experience and expertise as a clinician, educator and researcher. I am extremely grateful to her for serving as interim chair over the past few years.”
A faculty member for 22 years, Anolik also serves as associate chair for research in the Department of Medicine, professor of Medicine, Pathology, and Microbiology and Immunology, and director of the Internal Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program.
Anolik earned her MD and PhD at the University, completed her residency in Internal Medicine in 1999 and her fellowship in Rheumatology in 2002, after which she joined the faculty.