NIA Director Hodes Receives Immunology Award

Dr. Richard Hodes and Dr. Arlene H. Sharpe

NIA director Dr. Richard Hodes was honored May 12 with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Immunologists (AAI). He remains active in research as senior investigator and chief of the immune regulation section in NCI’s Experimental Immunology Branch, with research focused on cellular and molecular events that regulate the immune response. 

The award, presented by AAI president Dr. Arlene H. Sharpe of Harvard Medical School, is the highest honor bestowed by the AAI Council upon an AAI member. It recognizes a member for a career of scientific achievement and for contributions to AAI and fellow immunologists.