The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Council has announced the appointment of Gail A. Bishop, Ph.D., DFAAI (AAI ’84), as the incoming editor-in-chief of The Journal of Immunology (The JI). Dr. Bishop is a professor of microbiology and immunology in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Dr. Bishop’s five-year term will commence on January 1, 2024, and end December 31, 2028.
Dr. Bishop was appointed assistant professor of microbiology at the University of Iowa in 1989, promoted to associate professor with tenure in 1994, and to professor in 1998. She was appointed as endowed College of Medicine Distinguished Professor of Microbiology in 2001 and Holden Chair of Cancer Biology in 2004. From 1998 to 2013, she served as the director of the Ph.D.-granting Immunology Graduate Program. In 2004, she became associate director for basic science research at the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. She currently serves as director of the Center for Immunology and Immune-Based Diseases at the University of Iowa.
The Bishop lab studies the molecular mechanisms that underlie the processes of lymphocyte activation and tolerance. Particular areas of focus are lymphocyte signaling and interactions between innate and adaptive immune receptors.
Bishop has a long history of service to AAI. She has been both an associate and section editor of The JI. She served on the AAI Council from 2007 to 2014, including as AAI Councilor from 2007 to 2011, AAI vice president from 2011 to 2012, AAI president from 2012 to 2013, and AAI past president from 2013 to 2014. She was named a Distinguished Fellow of the AAI in 2019. Bishop served as the AAI representative to the Council of the International Union of Immunology Societies from 2016 to 2022.
Beyond her involvement with AAI, Bishop has also served on the Cell Biology and Signal Transduction grant review panel of the National Science Foundation; the Microbiology & Immunology review panel of the American Heart Association; and served as a member and Chair of the NIH Tumors, Tolerance, and Transplantation study section. She was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2020 and is a 2022 inductee of the Society for Leukocyte Biology Honorary Life Members.
Bishop takes the reins of The JI at a pivotal time in scholarly publishing. She was selected as editor-in- chief for her scientific and editorial experience, her broad and deep connections in the field of immunology, and her demonstrated commitment to an evidence-based approach to decision-making.
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