FOCIS is proud to announce the 2024-2025 Board of Directors and Steering Committee!
FOCIS Board of Directors
The Board of Directors oversees the management, direction, and control of the business,
policies, and affairs of the Federation.
The Officers and Executive Committee of the FOCIS Board of Directors include President Ignacio Anegon, MD, Nantes University, President-Elect Megan Levings, PhD, The University of British Columbia, Secretary/Treasurer William Robinson, MD, Stanford University, and Past President Megan Sykes, MD, Columbia University.
The FOCIS Board of Directors is also comprised of FOCIS Committee Chairs, At Large and Ad
Hoc Directors and Compliance Officer. The FOCIS Committee Chairs are Todd Brusko, PhD, University of Florida (Communications) Jeffrey Rathmell, PhD, Vanderbilt University (FCE), Olivier Boyer, MD, PhD, Normandy University (FCE Multinational), Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD, Northwestern University (Education), Monica Guzman, PhD, Cornell University (Inclusion and Representation), Barbara Detrick, PhD, Johns Hopkins University (Membership and Scientific Outreach), and Joshua Milner, MD, SB, Columbia University Medical Center (Scientific Program Committee).
At Large and Ad Hoc Directors include Jane H. Buckner, MD Benaroya Research Institute, Jane L. Grogan, PhD, Biogen, Jonathan Maltzman, MD, PhD, FAST, Stanford University, Deepak Rao, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Elaine Reed, PhD, D(ABH), University of California, Los Angeles, Leonie Taams, PhD, King’s College London, Laurence Turka, MD, Harvard University, Hans-Dieter Volk, MD, PhD, Charite-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BCRT & IMI, and Compliance Officer Jordan Pober, MD, PhD, Yale University.
FOCIS Steering Committee
The FOCIS Steering Committee is composed of 20 Member Society representatives
representing the Federation in their disciplines. It advises the Federation on the Annual
Meeting program and abstracts, develops satellite programs, promotes Federation meetings
and activities, and votes on approval of candidates for the Board of Directors.
The Steering Committee welcomed four FOCIS Member Societies and their official representatives for the 2024-2025 term. Joining the Steering Committee are European Academy of Allergy & Clinical immunology representative Milena Sokolowska, MD, PhD, Japanese Society of Clinical Immunology, Yoshiya Tanaka, MD, PhD, Latin-American and Caribbean Association of Immunology representative Emilio L. Malchiodi, PhD, Ukrainian Society of Specialists in Immunology, Allergology & Immunorehabilitation representative Halyna Koval, PhD.
Continuing members on the Steering Committee and their representatives include:
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Lanny Rosenwasser, MD
American College of Rheumatology, Deepak Rao, MD, PhD
American Society of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics, Elaine Reed, PhD
American Uveitis Society, Lynn Hassman, MD, PhD
Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, Ruby Pawankar, MD, PhD
Clinical Immunology Society, Megan Cooper, MD, PhD
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Andres Hurtado-Lorenzo, PhD
Egyptian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Prof. Dalia El-Ghoneimy
German Society of Immunology, Prof. Dr. Stefan Meuer
Immune Tolerance Network, Philip Bernstein, PhD
Immunology of Diabetes Society, Bart Roep, MD, PhD
International Society for Neuroimmunology, Vijay Kuchroo, DVM, PhD
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Daniel Rotrosen, MD
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, Francesco Marincola, MD
Society for Mucosal Immunology, Antiopi Varelias, PhD
The Transplantation Society, Fadi Issa, MD
The full membership of the Board of Directors and the Steering Committee can be viewed here.
Member listings for the FOCIS Committees are available here.
Our sincere appreciation goes out to all of the FOCIS leaders for their dedication,
commitment, and leadership of FOCIS!