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Laboratory of Immunology Clinical Branch Alumni Association

The goal of the National Eye Institute Laboratory of Immunology-Clinical Branch (LICB) Alumni Association is to provide a rapid and continuing connection among the more than 100 present and former LI scientists. Toward this goal we have proposed a biannual scientific meeting, publication of a semiannual newsletter, and establishment of an e-mail network. This association will facilitate scientific exchange, clinical case discussion, and friendly communication among the LI alumni.

For further information, please send an e-mail message to:

Chi-Chao Chan, M.D. chanc@helix.nih.gov
Janine (Smith) Austin Clayton, M.D. Janine.Clayton@nih.gov
Igal Gery, Ph.D. igery@helix.nih.gov
H. Nida Sen, M.D., M.H.Sc. senh@nei.nih.gov
Or send a FAX to (301) 402-0485

NEI/LI-CB Alumni Association Activities

The NEI/LI Alumni Association was proposed during the 100th American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting in Chicago in November 1996. Drs. Bob Nussenblatt, Chi-Chao Chan, Scott Whitcup, Janine Smith (Clayton), Ruben Belfort, Ed Holland, Janet Davis, Carl Herbort, Marc deSmet, Dan Martin, David Callanan initiated the proposal. With enthusiastic support from many other alumni, the NEI/LI Alumni Association was officially announced in the first Alumni Newsletter in February 1998. In 2001, the NEI started the Medical Retina Fellowship Program. Medical Retina Fellows were included in the Alumni Association, and the organization was renamed the NEI/LI-CB Alumni Association.

The 1st Alumni Conference: "The Challenges of Ocular Immunology, Infection, and Oncology in the 21st Century," March 27-28, 1998

The 2nd Alumni Meeting: "Sarcoidosis, White Dot Syndrome, Herpetic Keratitis, VKH, RPE Transplantation and HAT for Uveitis," May 7, 2000

The 3rd Alumni Conference: "Cytokines, Immunity and Ocular Disease: A Symposium in Honor of Dr. Igal Gery," September 19-20, 2002

The 4th Alumni Conference: "International CNS and Ocular Lymphoma Workshop," September 13-14, 2004

The 5th Alumni Meeting: The 1st Nussenblatt Lecture- "The Search for Auto-Antigens in Uveitis," by Janet Davis, April 30, 2006

The 6th Alumni Meeting: The 2nd Nussenblatt Lecture- "Uveitis and Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Evolving Saga and a Lesson," by David BenEzra, May 6, 2007

The 7th Alumni Conference in honor of Dr. Nussenblatt: The 3rd Nussenblatt Lecture- "Local Therapy: Maximizing the Benefit/Risk Ratio for Patients," by Scott Whitcup, June 13, 2008

The 8th Alumni Meeting: The 4th Nussenblatt Lecture- "Fruit from LI," by Manabu Mochizuki and celebration of Rachel Caspi, the recipient of the 2010 Friedenwald Award, May 4, 2010

The 9th Alumni Meeting: The 5th Nussenblatt Lecture- "Applying the Results of CATT to Clinical Practice" by Daniel F. Martin, May 6, 2013

NEI/LI-CB Alumni Association Members
Please let us know your current address or if you know of someone who is missing from the list.
Abu-Asab, Mones (2011) Agarwal, Rajeev Al-Khatib, Shadi (2001) Amadi-Obi, Ahjoku (2005) Anglade, Eddy (1993) Ardeljan, Daniel (2011) Aubert, Rachael D. (2000) Augustin, Wisly G. (2000) Avichezer, Dody (1998) Aziz, Mehak (2009) Baffi, Judit (1998) Bagenstose, Lee M. (2000) Bahmanyar, Sina (1990) Befort, Jr., Ruben BenEzra, David (1984) Beraud, Evelyne Bloom, Jeffrey N. (1987) Bojanowski, Christine (2003) Boopathy, Amudha (2002) Bouligny, Randy Brezin, Antoine (1989) Buggage, Ronald (1998) Burnier, Jr., Miguel N. (1988) Burton, Jenna (2010) Callanan, David G. (1991) Cao, Xiaoguang (2008) Caspers-Velu, Laure (1987) Caspi, Rachel R. (1984) Chakrabarty, Sagarika (2007) Chan, Chi-Chao (1982) Chaon, Benjamin (2011) Charukamnoetkanok, Puwat Chen, Jun (2000) Chen, Ping (2012) Chen, Qian (2006) Cheung, Margaret K. (1992) Chew, Emily Y. (2001) Chin, Marion (1999) Cho, Youngeun (2008) Chong, Wai Po (2010) Chow, Christopher Chu, Xi (Kathy) (2012) Chung, Dan Chung, Hum Clarke, Grace (1999) Cole, Steve (2003) Collins, Atif (2005) Comacho, Richard Cox , Catherine (2006) Crosier, Yan Guex (1994) Csaky, Karl Cukras, Catherine(2007) Cunningham, Matthew (2006) Dahr, Sam (2003) Dailey, Jenifer (2012) Dalal, Monica (2011) Dalavanga, Yutana A. Dambuza, Ivy (2011) Damsker, Jesse (2008) Dastgheib, Kourosh (1992) Davis, Janet L. (1987) Davuluri, Geeta (2005) De Bara, Roberto J. (1986) DeBarge, L. Raymond (1991) deSmet, Marc D. (1988) de Vos, Alex (1996) Detrick, Barbara Ding, Xiaoyan (2007) Dinning, William Djalilian, Ali (2000) Ebong, Samuel (1999) Egwuagu, Charles El-Saied, Magda (1982) Esumi, Noriko (1992) Eto, Kotaro Faia, Lisa (2007) Fenton, Richard M. (1991) Ferrick, Michael Fortin, Eric (1996) Ferris, Frederick (2001) Forooghian, Farzin (2007) Fox, Gregory Fujikawa, Leslie S. (1984) Fujimoto, Chiaki (2003) Fujino, Yujiro (1989) Fukushima, Atsuki Ganita, Daniel (2000) Gasch, Wendy (1996) Gelderman, Monique P. (1997) George, Roger K. (1994) Gery, Igal (1977) Gitchell, Heather (1998) Golestanneh, Nady (2008) Gonzalez, Arnold (1999) Gonzales, John (2005) Gottleb, Chloe (2008) Grajewski, Rafael (2002) Grange, Landon (2012) Greenman, David (2005) Grossman, Shlomo Guo, Yonghong (2001) Ham, Don-Il (2001) Hansen, Anna (2006) Hayashi, Seiji (1993) Head, James (2006) Helbig, Horst Herzlich, Alexandra (2007) Herman, David C. (1987) Herbort, Carl Higuchi, Makoto Hikita, Naofumi (1991) Hirani, Sima (2012) Hirose, Shigeto Holland, Edward J. (1986) Hooks, John J. (1985) Horai, Reiko (2007) Hu, Li-Hong (1986) Hu, Mengjun (2009) Hu, Paul Q. (2006) Hung, Vivian (2000) Hwang, Frank (2005) Jawad, Shamma (2010) Jawad, Shayma (2009) Jendoubi, Mocef Jirawuthiworavong, Guy (2005) John, Sheeja Susan (2008) Kansupada, Kashyap B. (1995) Karabekian, Zaruhi (2001) Kasner, Louis (1991) Katamay, Robert (2010) Kaul, Sunil (2004) Kawano, Yohichi Keane-Myers, Andrea (2000) Kielczewski, Jennifer (2011) Kim, Myung Kyu (1985) Kim, Stephen J. (1999) Kim, Sung-Hye (Grace) (2011) Kirch, Ingeborg (1991) Klein, Abraham Kotake, Satoshi Komurasaki, Yusuke (1992) Kozhich, Alexandra Krishnadev, Nupura (2009) Kump, Leila (2004) Kurup, Shree (2003) Kusuda, Mihoko (1987) Lacorazza, Daniel (1992) Lai, Jim Larkin, Genevieve (1997) Larson, Theresa (2009) Lee, Jeongmin (2000) Lee, YongJun (2009) Lee, Yun Sang (2005)	LeHoang, Phuc (1985) Lepe-Zuniga, Jose-Luis (1980) Lertsumitkul, Somsak (1996) Lew, Julie (2006) Lewis, Giavonni (1999) Li, Jia (2010) Li, Qian (1990) Li, Wen Mei (1996) Li, Ying (1995) Li, Zhiyu (2010) Li, Zhuqing (2001) Lightman, Susan (1985) Lim, Wee-Kiak, (2003) Lima, Breno (2012) Lin, Mimi (2000) Ling, Diamond (2010) Lipham, William Liu, Baoying (2004) Liu, Melissa (2009) Liu, Xuebin (2004) Lobanoff, Mark Lopez, Juan S. (1990) Lovas, Jenna (2008) Lyger, Dror (2004) Lytton, Simon (1999) Magone, Teresa (1995) Mameza, Marie (2003) Marrero, Bernadette (2011) Martin, Daniel F. (1991) Mattapallil, Mary (2001) McAllister, Cathy (1985) McManigle, William (2009) Melth, Annal (2009) Mier-Trotter, Elena (1995) Miller-Rivero, Nancy (1993) Mochizuki, Manabu (1981) Momma, Yuko (2000) Montalvo, Vanessa (2005) Myers-Powell, Brenda (1998) Nagineni, Chandra Najafian, Fatemeh (1990) Navid, Fatemeh (2012) Ni, Ming (1986) Nugent, Lindsey (2010) Nussenblatt, Robert B. (1977) Ogbeifun, Osato (2012) Ogilvy, Alexander (2012) Oh, Hyun-Mee (2009) Palestine, Alan G. (1982) Panda, Puneet (2008) Pantanelli, Seth (2006) Park, Stanley (2011) Parks, David J. (1992) Patel, Mrinali (2007) Peng, Bo (1993) Pennesi, Giuseppina (1999) Potapova, Natalia (2005) Rachitskaya, Aleksandra (2006) Ragheb, Jack (1999) Ramadan, Ali (1995) Ramkumar, Hema (2009) Rivero, Louis (1991) Rizzo, Luiz Roberge, Francois G. (1983) Robin, Susan Robinson, Michael (1997) Ross, Robert (2005) Roy, Chandra (1999) Rozenszajn, Leon Rubin, Benjamin I. (1988) Salinas-Carmona, Mario (1981) Sanui, Hiroki Sartni, Gil (1993) Sasamoto, Yoichi Sauer, Theodor (2007) Savion, Shoshana (1991) Schiffman, Rhett (1996) Seko, Yuko (2000) Sen, Hattice Nida (2001) Shah, Dev (1992) Shen, De Fen (1997) Shen, Jijia (2002) Shi, Guangpu (2005) Shinohara, Toshimichi (1989) Shirkey, Belinda Silk, Wesam (1999) Sirnivasan, Kumar (1999) Siu, Willie Omar (2005) Sivaraman, Vijay (2001) Skolik, Stephanie Smith, Janine A. (1994) Smith, Wendy (2010) Snyder, James (2004) Soylu, Merih (1997) Sredni, Benjamin Srivastava, Sunil K. (2002) Stefaniak, Maureen (2001) Stein, Paul Stevens, Jr., Garth (1985) Stiff-Jones, Leslie Strunnikova, Nataly (1999) Su, Shao Bo (1999) Suffia, Isabelle (2007) Suh, Erwin Suhler, Eric (2000) Sullivan, Dan Sun, Bing Suzuki, Saburosuke(1994) Takase, Hiroshi (2002) Tan, Cuiyan (2007) Tanaka, Takeo Tang, Johnny (2003) Tang, Jun (2003) Tarrant, Terri Thompson, Ian (2011) Thurau, Stefan Tuaillon, Nadine (2000) Tuo, Jingsheng (2002) Ursea, Roxana (2002) Velez, Gisela (1998) Verma, Varun (2006) Viley, Angelia (2001) Wahlsten, Jennifer (1997) Wallace, Dana (2003) Walton, R. Christopher (1993) Wakefield, Denis Wang, Renxi (2010) Wang, Vinson (2010) Wang, Yujuan (2010) Wang, Yun (1990) Wei, Lai (2009) Wetzig, Richard P. (1986) Whitcup, Scott M. (1990) Willermain, Francois (1999) Wong, Wai T. (2005) Wroblewski, Keith (2006) Xu, Hui Yang, Yanping (2004) Ye, Hongqing (2000) Yeh, Steven (2006) Yin, Hongen (2005) Yu, Cheng-Rong (2000) Yu, Xiang (2000) Zarate-Blades, Carols (2010) Zhang, Congxiao (1999) Zhang, Li (2011) Zhang, Meifen (1998) Zhang, Xiaoyen Zhao, Chan (2010) Zhou, Min 2005 Zhou, Ru (2007)

NEI/LI-CB Alumni Association Members

Please let us know your current address or if you know of someone who is missing from the list.

Abu-Asab, Mones (2011)
Agarwal, Rajeev
Al-Khatib, Shadi (2001)
Amadi-Obi, Ahjoku (2005)
Anglade, Eddy (1993)
Ardeljan, Daniel (2011)
Aubert, Rachael D. (2000)
Augustin, Wisly G. (2000)
Avichezer, Dody (1998)
Aziz, Mehak (2009)
Baffi, Judit (1998)
Bagenstose, Lee M. (2000)
Bahmanyar, Sina (1990)
Befort, Jr., Ruben
BenEzra, David (1984)
Beraud, Evelyne
Bloom, Jeffrey N. (1987)
Bojanowski, Christine (2003)
Boopathy, Amudha (2002)
Bouligny, Randy
Brezin, Antoine (1989)
Buggage, Ronald (1998)
Burnier, Jr., Miguel N. (1988)
Burton, Jenna (2010)
Callanan, David G. (1991)
Cao, Xiaoguang (2008)
Caspers-Velu, Laure (1987)
Caspi, Rachel R. (1984)
Chakrabarty, Sagarika (2007)
Chan, Chi-Chao (1982)
Chaon, Benjamin (2011)
Charukamnoetkanok, Puwat
Chen, Jun (2000)
Chen, Ping (2012)
Chen, Qian (2006)
Cheung, Margaret K. (1992)
Chew, Emily Y. (2001)
Chin, Marion (1999)
Cho, Youngeun (2008)
Chong, Wai Po (2010)
Chow, Christopher
Chu, Xi (Kathy) (2012)
Chung, Dan
Chung, Hum
Clarke, Grace (1999)
Cole, Steve (2003)
Collins, Atif (2005)
Comacho, Richard
Cox , Catherine (2006)
Crosier, Yan Guex (1994)
Csaky, Karl
Cukras, Catherine(2007)
Cunningham, Matthew (2006)
Dahr, Sam (2003)
Dailey, Jenifer (2012)
Dalal, Monica (2011)
Dalavanga, Yutana A.
Dambuza, Ivy (2011)
Damsker, Jesse (2008)
Dastgheib, Kourosh (1992)
Davis, Janet L. (1987)
Davuluri, Geeta (2005)
De Bara, Roberto J. (1986)
DeBarge, L. Raymond (1991)
deSmet, Marc D. (1988)
de Vos, Alex (1996)
Detrick, Barbara
Ding, Xiaoyan (2007)
Dinning, William
Djalilian, Ali (2000)
Ebong, Samuel (1999)
Egwuagu, Charles
El-Saied, Magda (1982)
Esumi, Noriko (1992)
Eto, Kotaro
Faia, Lisa (2007)
Fenton, Richard M. (1991)
Ferrick, Michael
Fortin, Eric (1996)
Ferris, Frederick (2001)
Forooghian, Farzin (2007)
Fox, Gregory
Fujikawa, Leslie S. (1984)
Fujimoto, Chiaki (2003)
Fujino, Yujiro (1989)
Fukushima, Atsuki
Ganita, Daniel (2000)
Gasch, Wendy (1996)
Gelderman, Monique P. (1997)
George, Roger K. (1994)
Gery, Igal (1977)
Gitchell, Heather (1998)
Golestanneh, Nady (2008)
Gonzalez, Arnold (1999)
Gonzales, John (2005)
Gottleb, Chloe (2008)
Grajewski, Rafael (2002)
Grange, Landon (2012)
Greenman, David (2005)
Grossman, Shlomo
Guo, Yonghong (2001)
Ham, Don-Il (2001)
Hansen, Anna (2006)
Hayashi, Seiji (1993)
Head, James (2006)
Helbig, Horst
Herzlich, Alexandra (2007)
Herman, David C. (1987)
Herbort, Carl
Higuchi, Makoto
Hikita, Naofumi (1991)
Hirani, Sima (2012)
Hirose, Shigeto
Holland, Edward J. (1986)
Hooks, John J. (1985)
Horai, Reiko (2007)
Hu, Li-Hong (1986)
Hu, Mengjun (2009)
Hu, Paul Q. (2006)
Hung, Vivian (2000)
Hwang, Frank (2005)
Jawad, Shamma (2010)
Jawad, Shayma (2009)
Jendoubi, Mocef
Jirawuthiworavong, Guy (2005)
John, Sheeja Susan (2008)
Kansupada, Kashyap B. (1995)
Karabekian, Zaruhi (2001)
Kasner, Louis (1991)
Katamay, Robert (2010)
Kaul, Sunil (2004)
Kawano, Yohichi
Keane-Myers, Andrea (2000)
Kielczewski, Jennifer (2011)
Kim, Myung Kyu (1985)
Kim, Stephen J. (1999)
Kim, Sung-Hye (Grace) (2011)
Kirch, Ingeborg (1991)
Klein, Abraham
Kotake, Satoshi
Komurasaki, Yusuke (1992)
Kozhich, Alexandra
Krishnadev, Nupura (2009)
Kump, Leila (2004)
Kurup, Shree (2003)
Kusuda, Mihoko (1987)
Lacorazza, Daniel (1992)
Lai, Jim
Larkin, Genevieve (1997)
Larson, Theresa (2009)
Lee, Jeongmin (2000)
Lee, YongJun (2009)
Lee, Yun Sang (2005)

LeHoang, Phuc (1985)
Lepe-Zuniga, Jose-Luis (1980)
Lertsumitkul, Somsak (1996)
Lew, Julie (2006)
Lewis, Giavonni (1999)
Li, Jia (2010)
Li, Qian (1990)
Li, Wen Mei (1996)
Li, Ying (1995)
Li, Zhiyu (2010)
Li, Zhuqing (2001)
Lightman, Susan (1985)
Lim, Wee-Kiak, (2003)
Lima, Breno (2012)
Lin, Mimi (2000)
Ling, Diamond (2010)
Lipham, William
Liu, Baoying (2004)
Liu, Melissa (2009)
Liu, Xuebin (2004)
Lobanoff, Mark
Lopez, Juan S. (1990)
Lovas, Jenna (2008)
Lyger, Dror (2004)
Lytton, Simon (1999)
Magone, Teresa (1995)
Mameza, Marie (2003)
Marrero, Bernadette (2011)
Martin, Daniel F. (1991)
Mattapallil, Mary (2001)
McAllister, Cathy (1985)
McManigle, William (2009)
Melth, Annal (2009)
Mier-Trotter, Elena (1995)
Miller-Rivero, Nancy (1993)
Mochizuki, Manabu (1981)
Momma, Yuko (2000)
Montalvo, Vanessa (2005)
Myers-Powell, Brenda (1998)
Nagineni, Chandra
Najafian, Fatemeh (1990)
Navid, Fatemeh (2012)
Ni, Ming (1986)
Nugent, Lindsey (2010)
Nussenblatt, Robert B. (1977)
Ogbeifun, Osato (2012)
Ogilvy, Alexander (2012)
Oh, Hyun-Mee (2009)
Palestine, Alan G. (1982)
Panda, Puneet (2008)
Pantanelli, Seth (2006)
Park, Stanley (2011)
Parks, David J. (1992)
Patel, Mrinali (2007)
Peng, Bo (1993)
Pennesi, Giuseppina (1999)
Potapova, Natalia (2005)
Rachitskaya, Aleksandra (2006)
Ragheb, Jack (1999)
Ramadan, Ali (1995)
Ramkumar, Hema (2009)
Rivero, Louis (1991)
Rizzo, Luiz
Roberge, Francois G. (1983)
Robin, Susan
Robinson, Michael (1997)
Ross, Robert (2005)
Roy, Chandra (1999)
Rozenszajn, Leon
Rubin, Benjamin I. (1988)
Salinas-Carmona, Mario (1981)
Sanui, Hiroki
Sartni, Gil (1993)
Sasamoto, Yoichi
Sauer, Theodor (2007)
Savion, Shoshana (1991)
Schiffman, Rhett (1996)
Seko, Yuko (2000)
Sen, Hattice Nida (2001)
Shah, Dev (1992)
Shen, De Fen (1997)
Shen, Jijia (2002)
Shi, Guangpu (2005)
Shinohara, Toshimichi (1989)
Shirkey, Belinda
Silk, Wesam (1999)
Sirnivasan, Kumar (1999)
Siu, Willie Omar (2005)
Sivaraman, Vijay (2001)
Skolik, Stephanie
Smith, Janine A. (1994)
Smith, Wendy (2010)
Snyder, James (2004)
Soylu, Merih (1997)
Sredni, Benjamin
Srivastava, Sunil K. (2002)
Stefaniak, Maureen (2001)
Stein, Paul
Stevens, Jr., Garth (1985)
Stiff-Jones, Leslie
Strunnikova, Nataly (1999)
Su, Shao Bo (1999)
Suffia, Isabelle (2007)
Suh, Erwin
Suhler, Eric (2000)
Sullivan, Dan
Sun, Bing
Suzuki, Saburosuke(1994)
Takase, Hiroshi (2002)
Tan, Cuiyan (2007)
Tanaka, Takeo
Tang, Johnny (2003)
Tang, Jun (2003)
Tarrant, Terri
Thompson, Ian (2011)
Thurau, Stefan
Tuaillon, Nadine (2000)
Tuo, Jingsheng (2002)
Ursea, Roxana (2002)
Velez, Gisela (1998)
Verma, Varun (2006)
Viley, Angelia (2001)
Wahlsten, Jennifer (1997)
Wallace, Dana (2003)
Walton, R. Christopher (1993)
Wakefield, Denis
Wang, Renxi (2010)
Wang, Vinson (2010)
Wang, Yujuan (2010)
Wang, Yun (1990)
Wei, Lai (2009)
Wetzig, Richard P. (1986)
Whitcup, Scott M. (1990)
Willermain, Francois (1999)
Wong, Wai T. (2005)
Wroblewski, Keith (2006)
Xu, Hui
Yang, Yanping (2004)
Ye, Hongqing (2000)
Yeh, Steven (2006)
Yin, Hongen (2005)
Yu, Cheng-Rong (2000)
Yu, Xiang (2000)
Zarate-Blades, Carols (2010)
Zhang, Congxiao (1999)
Zhang, Li (2011)
Zhang, Meifen (1998)
Zhang, Xiaoyen
Zhao, Chan (2010)
Zhou, Min 2005
Zhou, Ru (2007)

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