# Alcohol & Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) Meeting

> **NIH NIH R13** · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · 2021 · $1

## Abstract

Abstract
This R13 meetings grant application seeks partial support for three upcoming annual Alcohol and Immunology
Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meetings in conjunction with either the Midwest Autumn Immunology
Conference (AIC) in Chicago, IL, the Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB), or Keystone Symposia. Funding is
requested to cover travel costs and housing for students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and minority
scientists, as well as some of the cost of invited speakers, for a one day meeting which will cover broad
aspects of alcohol and immunology. The 2019 AIRIG meeting will be held in Boston, MA, on Friday November
15th in conjunction with the Annual Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB) meeting. The topic will be “Alcohol &
Tissue-Specific Immunity” with a plan of coordinating activities with the precision medicine focus of the 2019
SLB meeting. This full-day AIRIG meeting will include 3 plenary sessions: 1) Clinical studies on alcohol and
immunity, 2) Tissue-specific immunity in the lung & liver, and 3) Tissue-specific immunity in the gut & brain,
along with posters and short presentations selected from submitted abstracts. We will hold the 2020 and 2021
AIRIG meetings at Loyola University Chicago (Loyola) and the University of Colorado Denver (UCDenver),
respectively. Themes of the latter two meeting will be “Alcohol, Inflammatory Responses and Tissue Injury”
and “Immune Modulation by Alcohol and Cannabis.” SLB meetings have between 300 - 500 registrants
depending on the venue and if the meeting is solo or joint with other small scientific societies, including the
International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society. The AIC is a regional meeting with an impressive list of
invited plenary speakers and Keystone Symposia attract participants from across the country. Relevant to
AIRIG, many of the Keystone Symposia have immunologic- or disease-based themes. Holding the AIRIG
meeting with AIC, SLB, or a Keystone Symposium will allow greater visibility of alcohol and immunology
research than would be possible at much larger meetings such as the American Association of Immunologists
or Experimental Biology. Additionally, these meetings have numerous opportunities for young developing
scientist to participate on many levels, including selecting a large number of oral presentations from submitted
abstracts. In addition, these meetings have Career Development Programs, including sessions and workshops
entitled Careers in Immunology, Women and Diversity, Grant Writing, Streets Smarts of Science for Students
and Understanding the Individual Development Plan. These sessions allow time for career building and
collaborative opportunities, which may not be feasible or readily available at larger meetings. Thus, in addition
to providing a forum for the discussion of current research in the field, overall goals of the co-organizers are to
expand the participation of students, postdoctoral trainees, and minority scientists and to increase the cri...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10116959
- **Project number:** 5R13AA020768-09
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
- **Principal Investigator:** Mashkoor A Choudhry
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-08-05 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10116959

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10116959, Alcohol & Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) Meeting (5R13AA020768-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10116959. Licensed CC0.

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