NEW YORK, June 5, 2024 – The Human Immunome Project (HIP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Neema Mgana, PhD to the Board of Directors. “We are thrilled to have Dr. Mgana join the Human Immunome Project Board and contribute her expertise to our mission,” said Board Chair Jane Metcalfe. “Neema’s multilateral and global…
Read MoreAnnouncing 2023 Michelson Prize Laureates
Three early career scientists, Dr. Siyuan Ding, Dr. Claire Otero, and Dr. Dennis Schaefer-Babajew, to receive $150,000 Grants for immunology and vaccine research. NEW YORK, March 5, 2024 – The Human Immunome Project (HIP) and Michelson Medical Research Foundation (MMRF) have awarded Dr. Siyuan Ding (Washington University in St. Louis), Dr. Claire Otero (Weill Cornell…
Read MoreLaunching the Human Immunome Project
Key Takeaways from the Human Immunome Project Into Action Conference Just over a year ago, the Human Immunome Project (HIP) was initiated at a summit in La Jolla, California, drawing immunology leaders together to discuss the greatest challenge in the healthcare field. Last month, the organization released the fully-articulated scientific research plan to more than…
Read More23andMe Founder Linda Avey Joins the Human Immunome Project Board of Directors
NEW YORK, November 30, 2023 – The Human Immunome Project (HIP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Linda Avey to the Board of Directors. “Linda’s scientific expertise and entrepreneurial spirit will be of immediate benefit to the Human Immunome Project as we pursue our mission to decode and model the human immune system,” said…
Read MoreScientific Consensus Builds on Effort to Map and Model Human Immune System
BARCELONA, November 21, 2023 – The Human Immunome Project Into Action Conference, hosted at CosmoCaixa Museum of Science by the CaixaResearch Institute and Human Immunome Project (HIP), concluded with agreement on a scientific strategy to map and model the human immune system, the groups announced today. The global effort, which will produce publicly available AI…
Read MoreInitiative to Decode Human Immune System Is the Talk of AI for Good Global Summit
GENEVA, July 6, 2023 — The Human Immunome Project’s (HIP) Board Chair Jane Metcalfe and CEO Hans Keirstead spoke today at the AI for Good Global Summit detailing how decoding and building an AI model of the immune system can revolutionize how we address disease and enable everyone to live longer, healthier lives.
Read MoreHuman Immunome Project Announces New Leadership
NEW YORK, MAY 22, 2023 — The Human Immunome Project has undertaken an internal restructuring to expand and accelerate its capacity to execute on the focused initiatives that serve health care stakeholders worldwide. As part of this restructuring, Founder Dr. Wayne Koff has retired from his full-time role as Chief Executive Officer. He will remain an…
Read MoreMeasuring Your Immune Age: Beyond the Calendar
In 2019, a pre-eminent group of scientists including HIP Scientific Partner Network member Mark Davis and Co-Chief Science Officer Shai Shen-Orr published “A clinically meaningful metric of immune age derived from high-dimensional longitudinal monitoring” in Nature Medicine. Your immune system ages, but not necessarily at the same rate as your chronological age. Researchers followed 135…
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