Saranac Lake, N.Y. - The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) will present Trudeau Institute scientist, Dr. Susan Swain, with their Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is presented in recognition of distinguished scientific accomplishment and extraordinary service to the AAI, which includes serving as a Council Member from 1999 through 2006 and President in 2004-05, and as Deputy Editor of The Journal of Immunology (The JI).

Dr. Swain is widely regarded for her studies on defining the pathways of the generation of T cells and the regulation of their differentiation. In particular, she is interested in the generation of long-lived memory cells that protect from infection and how those processes are altered as we age, with the ultimate goal of developing new strategies that will overcome immune defects caused by aging.

Dr. Swain, former President and Director of the Trudeau Institute, now President Emeritus, was appointed to the National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) in January, 2008, an advisory group to the National Institute on Aging (NIA), on the conduct and support of biomedical, social, and behavioral research on the diseases and conditions associated with aging.

She holds a Ph.D. in Immunology from Harvard Medical School and a B.A. in Biology from Oberlin College in Ohio.

The purpose of AAI is to advance knowledge of immunology and related disciplines, to foster interchange of ideas and information among investigators in the various disciplines and to promote an understanding of the field of immunology. Click here for more information about AAI.

The Trudeau Institute is an independent, not-for-profit, biomedical research organization, whose scientific mission is to make breakthrough discoveries leading to improved human health. Trudeau researchers are identifying the basic mechanisms used by the immune system to combat viruses like influenza, mycobacteria, such as tuberculosis, parasites and cancer, so that better vaccines and therapies can be developed for fighting deadly disease. The research is supported by government grants and philanthropic contributions.

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