Leadership/Committees

Executive Council

President
Udo Markert, M.D. (2012-2014)
Department of Obstetrics
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
Jena, Thuringia 07743
Germany
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Vice President
Hiroaki Shibahara, M.D., Ph.D. (2012-2014)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hyogo College of Medicine
Hyogo, Japan
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President-Elect
Kenneth Beaman, Ph.D.
Chicago Medical School
Rosalind Franklin University of Science and Medicine
North Chicago, IL 60064
United States of America
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Treasurer
Peter Hansen, Ph.D. (2011-2014)
Department of Animal Sciences
University of Florida
Gainesville FL 32611-0910
United States of America
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Secretary
Charu Kaushic, Ph.D. (2011-2014)
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
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Councillors:

Silvia Daher, Ph.D. (2011-2014)
UNIFESP-EPM OBSTETRIC
Rua Bela Cintra 1920 ap41
1415002 Sao Paulo SP, Brazil
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Ted Golos, Ph.D.(2012-2015)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53705
United States of America
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Nazeeh Hanna, M.D. (2012-2015)
Winthrop University Hospital
Dix Hills, NY 11746
United States of America
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Joy Pate, Ph.D. (2013-2016)
Department of Dairy and Animal Science
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
United States of America
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Chandra Tayade, Ph.D. (2013-2016)
Queen's University Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Queen's University
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
Canada
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Past President
Surendra Sharma, M.D., Ph.D. (2012-2014)
Department of Pediatrics
Women & Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island
Providence, RI 02905
United States of America
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Editor-in-chief, AJRI
Gil Mor, M.D., Ph.D.
Yale University
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
New Haven, CT 06520
United States of America
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Past Presidents
2010-2012 Surendra Sharma, Women & Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown University
2008-2010 Charles Wira, Dartmouth Medical School
2006-2008 Joane Kwak-Kim, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
2004-2006 Peter Hansen, University of Florida
2002-2004 Don Torry, Southern Illinois University
2000-2002 Heinz Kunz, University of Pittsburgh
1998-2000 Subbi Mathur, Medical University of South Carolina
1996-1998 David Clark, McMaster University
1995-1996 Thomas J. Gill III, University of Pittsburgh
1994-1995 Joan Hunt, University of Kansas
1993-1994 John Herr, University of Virginia
1992-1993 Gilbert Haas, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 1991-1992 Judith Head, University of Texas
1990-1991 Richard Bronson, State University of New York at Stony Brook
1989-1990 John McIntyre, Methodist Hospital of Indiana
1988-1989 Neal Rote, Foundation for Blood Research
1987-1988 Carolyn Coulam, Methodist Hospital of Indiana
1986-1987 Sidney Shulman, New York
1985-1986 James Scott, University of Utah
1984-1985 Alan Beer, University of Michigan
1983-1984 Stanley Gall, University of Louisville
1981-1983 John P. Gusdon Jr, Wake Forest University
 
Past Editor-in-Chief, AJRI
2003-2009 Kenneth Beaman
1981-2002 Norbert Gleicher
















 

 

Nomination Committee (2012-2014):
Surendra Sharma (Chair)  
Morris Cooper
Peter Hansen
 
Duties are to select candidates for officer and councillor positions. The Nominating Committee is composed of the Past President (Chairman) and two members of the Society appointed by the President, of whom at least one is not a member of the Executive Council. The committee is mandated by the constitution to call for nomination of candidates from the membership not less than four (4) months prior to the annual general meeting of the society and to propose two or three candidates for each of the positions of President-Elect and Secretary. The Treasurer may be proposed for a second three year term unopposed if he or she is willing, otherwise two or three candidates will be proposed for the position of Treasurer. The candidates for President-Elect must have served previously as an Officer or Councillor for at least two years or as the chairman of the Organizing Committee of an annual meeting. All nominees must confirm their willingness to stand for office. Each candidate must be nominated and seconded by two paid-up members of the Society, be members of the Society and provide written confirmation of his or her willingness to stand for election. Each candidate must provide a short resume of his or her qualifications and experience, and this summary will be included in the ballot.
 
Awards Committee (2012-2014):
 
Joanne Kwak-Kim (Chair)
Don Torry
 
Duties are to choose recipients for the Blackwell Munskgaard Award, Herr Award, Distinguished Service Award, and Gusdon Award (previously New Investigator Award). A notice regarding the awards should be placed in the winter newsletter and also e-mailed to the membership in time for a selection of awardees no later than April 1. The Chair of the committee should also make arrangements with the President to have plaques and honoraria prepared, to prepare 500 word biographies of the awardees with a photograph for publication in AJRI, and should prepare a citation to be read for each awardee at the awards banquet.
           

For the Gusdon Award, a two-part process is involved. The Program Committee scores all of the abstracts submitted for the meeting and selects the top 6 or so student papers for oral presentation at the meeting. It is the Awards Committee's job to hear the presentations and then get together as soon as possible, and not later than several hours before the banquet, and select a finalist.
 
Program Committee ( 2012-2013):
 
The Program Committee has overall responsibility for organizing the scientific program of the Annual Meeting. The program should be approved by the Executive Council. The committee also selects top six candidates for the Gusdon Award and ensures that these finalists are scheduled for an oral presentation no later than one day before the awards banquet.
 
Publication Committee (2012-2014):
 
Morris Cooper (Chair)
Troy Ott
Rajesh Naz
Ken Beaman
 
Duties are to provide input to the Executive Council on issues related to the American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. Among other activities, the Committee shall recommend to the Executive Council candidates for the Editor, make recommendations regarding editorial policy and fiscal matters related to publications. The Publications Committee consists of a chairman, two members appointed by the President, and with the President as an ex officio member.
 
 
Ad Hoc Committees (2012-2014)
 
Membership Committee:
 
Troy Ott , Chair (USA)
Vikki Abrahams (USA)
Mary Brown (USA)
Monica Vazquez-Levin (Argentina)
Peter Hansen (USA)
Goran Berg (Sweden)
Koji Koyama (Japan)
Satish Gupta (India)
Gil Mor (USA)
Rajesh Naz (USA)
Joy Pate (USA)
Stephanie Ohr (Executive Officer)
 
Web Site Committee:
 
Vikki Abrahams (Chair)
Evangelos Ntrivalas
Don Torry
Stephanie Ohr (Executive Officer)
 
Fund Raising Committee:
 
Peter Hansen (Chair)
Peter Ahlering
Rudi Ansbacher
Chris Davies
Joanne Kwak-Kim
Charles Wira
Nazeeh Hanna
 
Emphasis on Clinical Reproductive Immunology Committee:
 
Udo Markert (Germany) (Chair)
Joanne Kwak-Kim (USA)
Peter Ahlering (USA)
Rudi Ansbacher (USA)
David Clark (Canada)
Leif Matthiesen (Sweden)
Gil Mor (USA)
Tatsuo Yamamoto (Japan)
Atsushi Fukui (Japan)
Nathalie Ledee (France)
Brenna Anderson (USA)
 
International Liaison Committee:
 
Silvia Daher  (Brazil) (Chair)
Charu Kaushic (Canada)
Peter Hansen (USA)
Francesco Tedesco (Italy)
Daniel Rukavina (Croatia)
M R S Rao (India)
Koji Koyoma (Japan)
Hiroki Shibahara (Japan)
Marciez Kurpisz (Poland)
Dajin Li (China)
Jan Ernerudh (Sweden)
Kwang Moon Yang (S Korea)