Previous Blumenthal Memorial Lectureship Speakers
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 Fauci, NIAID 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