Welcome to the new web site for the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology! It gives me great pleasure to invite you to get to know the people of our Institute and their dedication to Finding Cures Faster through focused research on the immune system.

Each day, our researchers analyze how immune system functioning influences a broad array of disorders - from rheumatoid arthritis to infectious diseases to cancer. In just the past year, that quest for knowledge resulted in important findings on type 1 diabetes, avian flu, smallpox, cancer and more - findings that we believe could help improve - or even save - the lives of millions of people.

The La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology is a non-profit medical research institute, and San Diego's only institute, and one of only a handful in the world, dedicated to unraveling the complexities of the immune system. We were established in 1988 with the vision that a research focus on the body's immune system, in a collaborative environment of scientific excellence combined with minimal bureaucracy, would yield important new knowledge to improve human health. Today, as we approach the 20th Anniversary of the founding of the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, our reputation for scientific excellence is well established internationally, and we find our discoveries are being developed into potential therapies through translational research.  

Now, more than ever, donor support is essential to help fund new basic research leading to more preventative and therapeutic medicine. We must depend upon philanthropy to initiate new critical research that grant funding from the National Institutes of Health does not fund. With your help, our scientists will continue to fight disease through cutting-edge immunology research.

On behalf of all of our world-renowned scientists, outstanding research staff, and excellent administration, thank you for taking a few minutes to learn about our work towards Finding Cures Faster.

Mitchell Kronenberg, Ph.D.,
President and Scientific Director