Each year an ICIS member may be awarded Honorary Life Membership as a tribute to his/her contributions to the field. Nominees should be individuals who have made substantive contributions to the cytokine/chemokine/ interferon field over much of their careers, either in basic, clinical or applied research. Honorary members are esteemed members of the Society and provide us with a historical perspective and valued research tradition.
Award: ICIS Crystal. The Honorary Life Member is exempted from Society dues for his/her lifetime and is accorded all rights and privileges of an active member. Travel costs (flights and hotel) are reimbursed up to $1500 to attend the annual Meeting. Meeting registration is waived for the year of the award. Awardee to have the option to give a brief (~5min) acceptance speech at the Awards Ceremony.
Nomination process:
- Letters of nomination are sent to the ICIS President via the ICIS website online nomination form. The nomination package includes a full CV of the nominee. The letter of nomination should detail the accomplishments of the nominee and reasons for the nomination. It should be noted that the awardees will be judged based on the following criteria which should be included in the nomination letter:
- outstanding publications in the field and ground-breaking discoveries in the field
- collective contributions to the cytokine/chemokine/ interferon field over much of their careers, either in basic, clinical or applied research.
- A candidate may be nominated by more than one ICIS member.
Honorary Lifetime Membership has been awarded to the following individuals who have made substantive contributions to the cytokine/chemokine/interferon field over much of their careers, either in basic, clinical or applied research. Honorary members are esteemed members of the Society and provide us with an historical perspective and valued research tradition.
Recent Honorees:
ICIS 2020 Honorary Lifetime Membership Award bestowed on Anne O’Garra
Anne O’Garra is honored with the ICIS 2020 Honorary Lifetime Membership Awards as a tribute to her seminal and original contributions to our understanding of the role of cytokines in immunobiology and active engagement in cytokine research.
Anne O’Garra obtained her PhD in microbiology and undertook a Postdoctoral Fellowship in immunology at the Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR; now part of the Francis Crick Institute) in London. At the DNAX Research Institute, California, USA (1987-2001), as an independent group leader, she defined functions and mechanisms for cytokines in the immune response, for which she was named 2nd of Highly Cited Authors in Immunology, 1992-2002 (ISI Science Indicators).
Samuel Baron, Galveston, US (deceased)
