Previous Blumenthal Memorial Lectureship Speakers

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Established in 1963, the Blumenthal Lectureship has been a platform for distinguished speakers to share their expertise in the field of allergy and immunology. Over the years, this series has hosted a remarkable array of thought leaders and innovators, each contributing valuable insights and advancing the field through their presentations. The lectureship has become a cornerstone for intellectual exchange and professional development in allergy and immunology.

1963         
Herman Eisen, Washington University

1964         
H. Sherwood Lawrence, New York University

1965         
Kenneth P. Matthews, University of Michigan

1966         
Francis C. Lowell, Massachusetts General Hospital

1967         
Hans J. Muller-Eberhard, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation

1968         
Frank J. Dixon, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation

1969         
Byron H. Waksman, Yale University

1970         
Abraham I. Braude, University Hospital of San Diego Cty.

1971         
Jonathon W. Uhr, New York University

1972         
Kimishige Ishizaka, Johns Hopkins University

1973         
H. Sherwood Lawrence, New York University

1974         
D. Bernard Amos, Duke University

1975         
Henry Kunkel, Rockefeller University

1976         
Thomas B. Tomasi, Mayo Medical School

1977         
Hugh Fudenberg, Medical University of South Carolina

1978         
Hugh O. McDevitt, Stanford University

1979         
Robert A. Good, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Inst.

1980         
Banju Benacerraf, Harvard Medical School

1981         
Robert Schwartz, Tufts University

1982         
Jon Van Rood, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Netherlands

1983         
George Klein, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

1984         
Robert C. Gallo, National Institutes of Health, Maryland

1985         
Jean Dausset, Hospital St. Louis, France

1986         
Leroy E. Hood, California Institute of Technology

1987         
G.J.V. Nossal, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Australia

1988         
Michael Feldman, Weizmann Institute, Israel

1989         
Michael Sela, Weizmann Institute, Israel

1990         
Phillipa Marrack, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Jewish Center

1991         
Leslie Brent, Wright Flemming Institute, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, England

1992         
Max D. Cooper, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham

1993         
Charles A. Janeway, Jr., Yale University

1994         
William E. Paul, NIAID/National Institutes of Health

1995         
Emil R. Unanue, Washington University School of Medicine

1996         
Ralph Steinman, The Rockefeller University

1997        
Laurie Glimcher, Harvard Medical School

1998       
Peter Doherty, St. Jude Children's Hospital, Tennessee

1999      
James P. Allison, University of California-Berkeley

2000     
Craig B. Thompson, University of Pennsylvania

2001     
Richard Flavell, Yale University

2002        
Andrew McMichael, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford University

2003        
Robert D. Schreiber, Washington University

2004        
Stanley J. Korsmeyer, Harvard Medical School

2005        
Diane J. Mathis, Harvard Medical School

2006        
Dan R. Littman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

2007         
Rafi Ahmed, Emory University School of Medicine

2008         
Michael E. Brenner, Brigham & Women's Hospital

2009         
Ronald N. Germain, National Institutes of Health, DHHS

2010     
Jacques Banchereau, Baylor Institute

2011      
Mark M. Davis, Stanford University School of Medicine

2012      
Bruce Beutler, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

2013       
Michel Nussenzweig, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

2014        
Anjana Rao. LaJolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

2015        
Ruslan Medzhitov, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

2016
Carl June, Perlman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2017
Anne O'Garra, Francis Crick Institute, London England

2018
Yasmine Belkaid, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD

2019
Akiko Iwasaki, Yale University

2021
Dr. Richard Locksley, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco 

2022
Dr. Anthony FauciNIAID Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD

2023
Philip Greenberg, M.D., Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA

2024
Katherine A Fitzgerald, PhD, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA