American Association of Immunologists

MISSION The American Association of Immunologists is an association of professionally trained scientists from all over the world dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunology and its related disciplines, fostering the interchange of ideas and information among investigators, and addressing the potential integration of immunologic principles into clinical practice. The association serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices, organizing and sponsoring educational and professional opportunities, planning and presenting scientific meetings, addressing membership-derived issues and opinions, and responding to important funding and policy challenges. AAI owns and publishes The Journal of Immunology, the largest and most highly cited journal in the field, as well as ImmunoHorizons, an open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the science of immunology. HISTORY On June 19, 1913, a group of physician-scientists gathered on the campus of the University of Minnesota to form The American Association of Immunologists (AAI), a society devoted to a nascent medical specialty, immunology. For over a century, AAI has fulfilled its founders' mission “to promote by its concerted efforts scientific research.” Today, as the most prestigious association of immunologists in the world, AAI continues to champion the interests of its membership, which has grown to nearly 8,000 scientists in 71 countries.