Committees

Awards Committee:
The mission of the Immunotoxicology Specialty Section (ITSS) Awards Committee is to honor the scientific accomplishments of its members by conferring awards at each annual Society of Toxicology meeting. The Senior Councilor chairs the Awards Committee and works with Awards Committee members to review and score the: A) Best Paper of the Year Award, B) Best Presentation by a Postdoctoral Trainee Award, and C) Best Presentation by a Student Award. The senior Councilor coordinates with other members of the ImTox SS Executive Committee members who are tasked with reviewing and scoring the: A) Vos Lifetime Career Achievement Award in Immunotoxicology, B) Outstanding Young Immunotoxicologist Award, C) HESI immunotoxicology Young Investigator Travel Award, D) Mitzi and Prakash Nagarkatti Research Excellence in Immunotoxicology Travel Award, and E) Outstanding Senior Immunotoxicologist Award.


Communications & Membership Committee:
The mission of the Immunotoxicology Specialty Section (ITSS) Communications & Membership Committee is to collect and disseminate information relevant to the needs of immunotoxicologists, to support and grow ITSS membership, and to assist the Council in outreach to the general toxicology community. This is accomplished via the publication of newsletters, outreach to members via email or written communication and timely updates to the ITSS website.


Education Committee:
The mission of the Immunotoxicology Specialty Section (ITSS) Education Committee is to promote and support education as it relates to immunotoxicology. Our aim is not only to promote didactic teaching of immunotoxicology at the undergraduate and graduate levels, but also to support the career development and training of undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral trainees who have an interest in the area of immunotoxicology. With respect to didactic teaching, we have developed a pool of lecturers who are available to provide unique immunotoxicology education to programs who request it. We are also available to support K–12 initiatives. The Education Committee is also dedicated to disseminating information related to webinars that may be of interest to the ITSS membership.


Program Committee:
The immunotoxicology Specialty Section (ITSS) is comprised of members representing scientists from university, nonprofit, governmental and private industry who conduct research, interpret immunotoxicology data in evaluating safety risks, and contribute to public health assessments and healthy policy discussions. The ITSS program committee endeavors to support individual contributors in developing and presenting sessions that highlight the exceptional research conducted in the discipline of immunotoxicology during the SOT annual meeting.

2024–2025 Committees

Awards Committee
Chair:
Lauren Walker

Education Committee
Chair:
Debra Laskin

Program Committee
Chair:
Andrew Gow

2023–2024 Committees

Awards Committee
Chair:
Thea Golden

Communications Committee
Chair:
Lauren Walker

Education Committee
Chair:
Andrew Gow

Program Committee
Chair:
Alessandro Venosa

2022–2023 Committees

Awards Committee
Chair:
Amy Sharma

Communications Committee
Chair:
Thea Golden

Education Committee
Chair:
Alessandro Venosa

Program Committee
Chair:
Marie-Soleil Piche

2018–2019 Committees

Awards Committee
Chair:
Jessica Lynch

  • Jeanine Bussiere

Communications Committee
Chair:
Jennifer Wheeler

  • Alessandro Venosa
  • Alexa Murray

Education Committee
Chair:
Mark Collinge

  • Amy Sharma
  • Alessandro Venosa
  • Muthanna Sultan

Program Committee
Chair:
Emanuela Corsini

  • Cheryl Rockwel
  • Sarah Blossom
  • Ashwini Phadnis-Moghe
  • Weimin Chen
  • Peer Karmaus
  • Tracey Papenfuss
  • Nada Alakhras

2017–2018 Committees

Awards Committee
Chair:
Rodney Prell

  • Dave Shepherd
  • Herve LeBrec
  • Leigh Ann Burns
  • Robert Li
  • Gautham Rao
  • Rafael Ponce
  • Berran Yucesoy
  • Jessica Lynch

Communication and Membership Committee
Chair:
Jessica Lynch

  • Stefanie Burleson
  • Angela Groves
  • Brian Zhou
  • Rachel Nguyen

Education Committee
Chair:
Emanuela Corsini

  • Alaeddin Abukabda
  • Zinah Al-Ghezi
  • Kamashwar Singh
  • Narendra Singh
  • Kathryn Miranda
  • Hannah Yan
  • Wurood Neamah
  • Haider Alrafas
  • Amira Mohammed
  • Hasan Alghetua
  • Siham Abdulla

Program Committee
Chair:
Jamie DeWitt

  • Emanuela Corsini
  • Sarah Blossom
  • Mark Collinge
  • M. Firoze Khan
  • Robert Li
  • Joanna Matheson
  • Michelle Miller
  • Gautham Rao
  • Berran Yucesoy
  • Victor Johnson

Scientific Advisory Committee
Chair:
Peyton Myers

  • Victor Johnson
  • Jamie DeWitt
  • Emanuela Corsini
  • Dori Germolec
  • Gary Burleson
  • Jean Regal
  • Rodney Dietert

2016–2017 Committees

Awards Committee
Chair:
Haley Neff-LaFord

  • Marpe Bam
  • Victor J. Johnson
  • Robert Li
  • Rod Prell
  • Gautham Rao
  • Bethany Winans

Communications &
Membership Committee
Chair:
Kristen Mitchell

  • Angela Groves
  • Susan McKarns
  • Haley Neff-LaFord
  • Jiajun (Brian) Zhou

Education Committee
Chair:
Jamie DeWitt

  • John Dubinion
  • Allison Ehrlich
  • Angela Groves
  • Kathryn Miranda
  • Cheryl Rockwell
  • Jiajun (Brian) Zhou

Program Committee
Chair:
Victor J. Johnson

  • Marpe Bam
  • William Becker
  • Saurabh Chatterjee
  • Jamie DeWitt
  • Rochelle Mikkelsen
  • Laine (Peyton) Myers
  • Ashwini Phadnis-Moghe
  • Berran Yucesoy
  • Jiajun (Brian) Zhou

2015–2016 Committees

Awards Committee
Chair:
Cheryl Rockwell

  • Gary Burleson
  • Aimee Hillegas
  • M. Firoze Khan
  • Jessica Lynch
  • Peyton Myers
  • Haley Neff-Laford
  • Rafael Ponce
  • Berran Yucesoy

Communications &
Membership Committee
Co-Chairs:
Ashwini Phadnis
and Kristen Mitchell

  • Kaulini Burra
  • Susan McKarns
  • Haley Neff-LaFord
  • Jiajun (Brian) Zhou

Education Committee
Chair:
Cheryl Rockwell

  • Yu Feng
  • Aimee Hillegas
  • Bassam Kashgari
  • Susan McKarns
  • Ashwini Phadnis
  • Ratanesh Seth
  • Alex Turley
  • Joe Zagorski

Program Committee
Chair:
Peyton Myers

  • Saurabh Chatterjee
  • M. Firoze Khan
  • Susan McKarns
  • Rochelle Mikkelsen
  • Marc Pallardy
  • Berran Yucesoy

Past Presidents

2024–2025……Dr. Alessandro Venosa
2023–2024……Dr. Marie-Soleil Piche
2022–2023……Dr. Berran Yucesoy
2021–2022……Dr. Florence G. Burleson
2020–2021……Dr. Mark Collinge
2019–2020……Dr. Emanuela Corsini
2018–2019……Dr. Jamie DeWitt
2017–2018……Dr. Victor J. Johnson
2016–2017……Dr. Laine (Peyton) Myers
2015–2016……Dr. Rafael A. Ponce
2014–2015……Dr. Danuta J. Herzyk
2013–2014……Dr. Gary R. Burleson
2012–2013……Dr. Gregory S. Ladics
2011–2012……Dr. Rodney R. Dietert
2010–2011……Dr. Leigh Ann Burns-Naas
2009–2010……Dr. Jean Regal
2008–2009……Dr. Jeanine L. Bussiere
2007–2008……Dr. Stephen B. Pruett
2006–2007……Dr. Mitchell Cohen
2005–2006……Dr. Ken Hastings
2004–2005……Dr. Bob Luebke
2003–2004……Dr. Thomas Kawabata
2002–2003……Dr. Robert House
2001–2002……Dr. MaryJane Selgrade
2000–2001……Dr. Dori Germolec
1999–2000……Dr. Judith Zelikoff
1998–1999……Dr. Kathleen Rodgers
1997–1998……Dr. Scott Burchiel
1996–1997……Dr. Peter Thomas
1995–1996……Dr. Daniel Wierda
1994–1995……Dr. Michael Luster
1993–1994……Dr. Lawrence Schook
1992–1993……Dr. Nancy Kerkvliet
1991–1992……Dr. Albert Munson
1990–1991……Dr. Peter Bick
1989–1990……Dr. Jerry Exon
1988–1989……Dr. Edwin Buehler
1987–1988……Dr. Donald Gardner
1986–1987……Dr. Loren Koller
1985–1986……Dr. Jack Dean