[S-29] Symposium 29

[S-29-1] A woman's journey in translational neuroscience in Australia and North America

Vanda A. Lennon (Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, USA)

Vanda A. Lennon, MD, PhD. Dorothy A. Adair Professor, Departments of Immunology, Neurology and Laboratory Medicine/Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN. Distinguished Mayo Clinic Alumnus, 2018. Graduated in Medicine from the University of Sydney. Following Internal Medicine residency (McGill University, Montreal), and Ph.D. studies in Immunology (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne), she spent 6 years at the Salk Institute in San Diego combining basic immunology and neurobiology studies (Assistant Professor, Salk Institute, 1973); adjunct Associate Professor in Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, 1977). In 1978 she founded the Neuroimmunology Research and Diagnostic Serology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, and in 2005 established the first Autoimmune Neurology Fellowship Program in North America. The focus of Dr. Lennon’s continuing research is neurological autoimmunity targeting neurotransmitter receptors and plasma membrane channels in astrocytes, neurons, muscle, and cancer antigens that trigger tumor immunity and autoimmunity.

Memberships: the American Association of Immunologists, American Academy of Neurology, Society for Neuroscience, American Society for Neurochemistry, American Society for Clinical Investigation, Clinical Immunology Society, American Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists, Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies, the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (Honorary), the Neurological Society of Thailand (Honorary) and the Hong Kong Multiple Sclerosis Society (Honorary).