Currently Funded Awards
During 2018, the AAAAI Foundation will support 9 grants totaling over $500,000. The support for these multi-year awards is possible through continued support from donors. Consider making a gift today to help support continued research in the A/I field.
Lori Broderick, MD, PhD
Sarah E. Henrickson, MD, PhD
Adora A. Lin, MD, PhD
Lora G. Bankova, MD
Kirsten Kloepfer, MD, MS
Timothy P. Moran, MD, PhD
Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc
Andrew Lindsley, MD, PhD
Andrew Kau, MD, PhD
Faculty Development Awards
Lori Broderick, MD, PhD
UC San Diego
Project: “Molecular Mechanisms of Immunodysregulatory Disorders”
Award Term: July 2018-June 2021
Click here to read our interview with Dr. Broderick.
Sarah E. Henrickson, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Project: “Defining Exhaustion and Immunometabolic Alterations in Primary Immunodeficiency”
Award Term: July 2018-June 2021
Click here to read our interview with Dr. Henrickson.
Adora A. Lin, MD, PhD
Children’s National Medical Center
Project: “Elucidation of the Role of B Cells in Food Allergy, Sensitization, and Tolerance”
Award Term: July 2018-June 2021
Click here to read our interview with Dr. Lin.
Want to learn more about our 2018 Award Recipients? Click here to read an editorial on our awardees from the July 2018 edition of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
2017 - Lora G. Bankova, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Project: "A Novel Cysteinyl Leukotriene Pathway for Control of Epithelial Cell Differentiation and Function"
Award Term: July 2017 - June 2020
Click here to read our interview with Dr. Bankova.
2017 - Kirsten Kloepfer, MD, MS
Indiana University
Project: “Microbial Influence on Airway Function and Inflammation”
Award Term: July 2017 - June 2020
Click here to read our interview with Dr. Kloepfer.
2017 - Timothy P. Moran, MD, PhD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Project: "Role of Neuropilin-2 in Allergic Asthma Pathogenesis
Award Term: July 2017 - June 2020
Click here to read our interview with Dr. Moran.
Want to learn more about our 2017 Award Recipients? Click here to read an editorial on our awardees from the August 2017 edition of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
2016 - Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc
The AAAAI Foundation & Dr. Phillip Lieberman Faculty Development Award
Massachusetts General Hospital
Project: “New Approaches to Beta-Lactam Allergy Research”
Award term: July 2016 - June 2019
Click here to read our interview with Dr. Blumenthal.
2016 - Andrew Lindsley, MD, PhD
The AAAAI Foundation & Dr. Donald Y. M. Leung/JACI Editors Faculty Development Award
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Project: “ORMDL3 Enhances Macrophage Function in Asthma Pathogenesis”
Award term: July 2016 - June 2019
Click here to read our interview with Dr. Lindsley.
2015 - Andrew Kau, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine
Project: “The Microbiota and Mucosal Immune Responses in the Development of Asthma”
Award term: July 2015 - June 2018
Click here to read our interview with Dr. Kau.