Chicago, Illinois
22-25 November 2013
Diversity Outreach
Established in memory of the late Dr. John Wallace, former chair of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville and one of the founders of the Autumn Immunology Conference, to assist and encourage individuals from under-represented minority groups to attend and participate in our annual conference.
/- John Wallace Diversity Program
- updated 9 May 2013
John Wallace Diversity Program
The Wallace Diversity program honors the late Dr. John H. Wallace, one of the founders of the AIC. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 8 March 1925, he majored in zoology at Howard University, graduating with honors in 1947. Although accepted as a medical student at Meharry Medical College, a summer of research with Dr. Albert Sabin at Cincinnati Children´s Hospital changed his life. John was motivated to choose a career in Bacteriology, completing both MS and PhD degrees at Ohio State University. After postdoctoral training at the same institution, Dr. Wallace worked as a Research Associate and a Bacteriologist at Harvard Medical School followed by a distinguished professional career, at Meharry Medical College, Tulane University, Ohio State University, and the University of Louisville, where he was chairman of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology from 1972-1990. He also served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Morehouse University. During his career, Dr. Wallace published over 130 manuscripts and abstracts and mentored more than thirty five graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. He had an extensive service record, serving on numerous scientific, academic, social and community organizations, boards and committees. Among his many distinguished accomplishments was his commitment to improve the education and participation of minority students in the sciences. He was also very active in promoting the interest of high school, middle school, and elementary students in scientific careers.
Purpose
Dr. Wallace was recognized for his scientific contributions in the field of Cellular Immunology as well as for his continuous efforts to promote the participation of minorities and non-traditional students in the sciences.
Awards
- registration fee waiver
- $200 honorarium
- lodging at the Chicago Marriott Downtown for up to three nights (room only) while attending the conference
- invitation to a luncheon to meet current and past awardees.
Candidates
- must be a graduate student or post-doctoral fellow
- should belong to an NIH defined under-represented minority group
- must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Applications
- Rafael Fernandez-Botran, PhD
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky 40292
502.852.5375 telephone
502.852.1177 fax
rafael@louisville.edu email
John H. Wallace Fellows
- Eric DeLeon
- University of Notre Dame
- Duafalia (Fred) Dudimah
- Meharry Medical College
- Shaniya Khan
- University of Iowa
- Luis Muniz-Feliciano
- Case Western Reserve University
- Samuel Pellom
- Meharry Medical College
- Paola Boggiatto
- University of Iowa
- Monica Delgado
- University of California, Davis
- Racquel Domingo-Gonzalez
- University of Michigan
- Yeritza Hernandez
- Case Western Reserve University
- Pedro Martinez
- Iowa State University
- Gabriela Moriel
- University of Notre Dame
- Colleen Winstead
- University of Alabama, Birmingham
- Mahmood Bilal
- University of Iowa
- Manuel D. Galvan
- Indiana University, South Bend
- Enitra N. Jones
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
- Maria Moreno Fernandez
- University of Cincinnati
- Minelva R. Nanton
- University of Minnesota
- Elizabeth Waffarn
- University of California, Davis
- Kristine Germar
- University of Chicago
- Jeremy M. Lott
- Indiana University
- Patrice E. Moss
- Meharry Medical College
- Caroline Padro
- Ohio State University
- Melba Marie Tejera
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Alice Valentin-Torres
- Case Western Reserve University
- Kieng Bao Vang
- University of Minnesota
- Bobby Guillory
- Meharry Medical College
- Olayemi Ikusika
- University of Louisville
- Luciana Lorena Molinero
- University of Chicago
- Antonio Pagán
- University of Minnesota
- Sabrina Scroggins
- University of Iowa
- Andrea Luisa Suarez
- University of Colorado, Denver
- Adovi Akue
- University of Minnesota
- Greg Esparza
- University of Iowa
- Kyeorda Kemp
- Northwestern University
- Jerome Moulden II
- Michigan State University
- Jacqueline Perez-Rodriguez
- University of Kentucky
- Audrea Troutman
- University of Chicago
- D'Anne Duncan
- Northwestern University
- Na Tosha Gatson
- Ohio State University
- Oludare Odumade
- University of Minnesota
- Delia Lozano Porras
- University of Chicago
- Maria Gabriela Velez
- University of Colorado
- Gabriel DeFang
- Uniformed Services University Health Sciences
- Wilbert Derbigny
- Indiana School of Medicine
- Amanda Martin
- University of Minnesota
- Paula Whittington
- Wayne State University
- Karla Eger
- Vanderbilt University
- Hiam Abdala-Valencia
- University of Cincinnati
- Gabriela Calzada-Nova
- University of Illinois
- Bryan Clay
- University of Chicago
- Tina Damarjian
- Yale University
- Abigail Lozano-Henderson
- Iowa State University
- Aisha Martin
- Iowa State University
- Amanda Martin
- University of Minnesota
- Ricardo Medeiros
- University of Minnesota
- Maria del Pilar Nava-Parada
- Mayo Clinic
- Javier Rivera-Guzman
- Indiana University
- Tonya Roberts
- Indiana University
- April Ross
- University of California, Davis
- Jeannette Brown
- University of Colorado Health Science Center
- Gabriela Calzada-Nova
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Michelle Law
- Howard University
- Abigail Lozano
- Iowa State University
- Aisha Martin
- Iowa State University
- Patience Murapa
- University of Kentucky
- Mohamed Nasr
- University of Iowa
- Bruno Sainz, Jr.
- Tulane University Medical Center
