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ASHI Membership Video

Check out the ASHI Membership video to learn more about what it means to be a part of the ASHI community. Several ASHI members and volunteers are featured in this video and they share their personal experiences on how ASHI has contributed to their professional development and has expanded their networking connections with colleagues in the HLA field. For questions about ASHI membership, please contact info@ashi-hla.org.

Membership Discounts and Hardship Assistance

Group Discount

  • Receive 20% off new Allied Health Professionals & Trainees memberships when 2 or more people from the same institution sign up for membership at the same time. Email info@ashi-hla.org for more information. Please note that this offer only applies to new ASHI memberships; lapsed and expired memberships as well as membership renewals are not eligible for this discount. 

International low Human Development Index (HDI) Discount

  • International members who live in countries with a low Human Development Index (HDI) are eligible for discounted or free Full Doctoral, Full Non-Doctoral, or Allied Health Professionals and Trainees membership. To learn more, please click here

Membership Assistance Fund

  • The Membership Committee created a fund to help members that are experiencing a financial hardship retain their membership benefits. The committee accepts applications each year on September 1st when membership renewal begins and reviews them anonymously; committee members will not see names or any other identifying information on the application. Decisions are finalized and applicants are notified in mid-December. Apply here by November 29, 2024.

New Categories and Pricing

Membership Descriptions

Full Members shall be individuals who have shown evidence of continuing active involvement or expertise in a clinical histocompatibility & immunogenetics or research laboratory, or in a laboratory performing work related to this field. Full Members have voting privileges for the election of officers and are eligible to serve as officers or committee members.

Full Members shall be individuals who have shown evidence of continuing active involvement or expertise in a clinical histocompatibility & immunogenetics or research laboratory, or in a laboratory performing work related to this field. Full Members have voting privileges for the election of officers and are eligible to serve as officers or committee members.

Members in the fields of histocompatibility and/or immunogenetics who are not formerly Full Members shall be eligible to apply to become Allied Health Professionals/Trainees. These members shall be eligible to apply for Full membership at any time the member satisfies the qualifications for Full membership. Allied members are not eligible to vote, hold office, or be a committee chair or co-chair, but may otherwise serve on committees.
 
This membership category encompasses the previous Technologist, Student/Fellow, International Associate, and Affiliate Members.
Patients, family members, caregivers, and others in the transplant community interested in becoming more involved in the fields of histocompatibility and/or immunogenetics shall be eligible to apply to become Community Partner members of the Society. This category is available at no cost upon receipt of a letter from a transplant physician verifying the individual’s involvement in the transplant community as a patient, donor, family member or advocate. Community Partner members are not eligible to vote, hold office, or be a committee chair or co-chair. 

Individuals who have been active in the fields of histocompatibility and/or immunogenetics and have contributed to the Society shall be eligible to apply to become Emeritus Members of the Society. To qualify for Emeritus membership, the individual must be retired from all histocompatibility and/or immunogenetics employment in any capacity. The individual must also have been a Full Member of the Society more than 15 years. To request Emeritus membership, please email info@ashi-hla.org.

Prospective members who have not previously been members of the Society and are interested in learning about the fields of histocompatibility and/or immunogenetics shall be eligible to apply to become Friends of ASHI. These members are eligible to receive email correspondence and can access ASHI News and ASHI Insights. Friends of ASHI are not eligible to vote, hold office, serve on a committee, or be a committee chair or co-chair.

Full Doctoral

$20500
  • Voting Privileges
  • Eligible to serve as a Board Member
  • Eligible to serve as Committee Chair
  • ASHI News
  • ASHI Insights 
  • ASHI Quarterly
  • Human Immunology
  • Membership Directory
  • Discounted Meeting Registration
  • Eligible to apply for a Travel Award
  • ASHI University CECs
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Full Non-Doctoral

$12500
  • Voting Privileges
  • Eligible to serve as a Board Member 
  • Eligible to serve as Committee Chair
    • ASHI News
    • ASHI Insights
    • ASHI Quarterly
    • Human Immunology
    • Membership Directory
    • Discounted Meeting Registration
      • Eligible to apply for a Travel Award
      • ASHI University CECs
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Allied health professionals & Trainees

$6500
  • Eligible to serve on Committees
    • ASHI News
    • ASHI Insights
    • ASHI Quarterly
    • Human Immunology
    • Membership Directory
    • Discounted Meeting Registration
      • Eligible to apply for a Travel Award
      • ASHI University CECs
Sign Up

Community Partner

$4500
  • Eligible to serve on Committees
    • ASHI News
    • ASHI Insights 
    • ASHI Quarterly
    • Human Immunology
    • Membership Directory
    • Discounted Meeting Registration
      • Eligible to apply for a Travel Award
      • ASHI University CECs
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Emeritus

$6500
    • Eligible to serve on Committees
      • ASHI News
      • ASHI Insights 
      • ASHI Quarterly
      • Human Immunology
      • Membership Directory
      • Discounted Meeting Registration
        • Eligible to apply for a Travel Award
        • ASHI University CECs
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Friends of ASHI

$000
  • ASHI News  
  • ASHI Insights
  • ASHI Headquarters Email Correspondence
  • ASHI University (no CECs)
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