To Encourage Research In Hematology, Promising Medical Trainees Awarded Funding

Main Category: Medical Students / Training
Also Included In: Blood / Hematology
Article Date: 12 May 2008 - 2:00 PDT

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The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is proud to announce the 2008 recipients of its Trainee Research Awards. This year 40 medical students, undergraduates, and residents will each receive $4,000 to conduct research on blood and blood-related diseases through this program, which is designed to encourage the pursuit of research and spark an interest in hematology.

In addition, each award winner is provided with travel stipends to attend the ASH annual meeting, one of the largest medical meetings in the country, in December. The meeting provides important opportunities to meet other researchers as well as hear the latest scientific developments in the specialty.

Since 1995, Trainee Research Awards have supported nearly 600 trainees who are just beginning their scientific careers. The funding is distributed through hematology training programs at the awardees' institutions and supports three-month-long projects in laboratory research or clinical investigation.

The 2008 Trainee Research Award recipients are:

• Thomas M. Baker, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  
  
• Stephanie L. Battle, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD
  
  
• Sarah Bass, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  
  
• Julie Boiko, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  
  
• Komal Bora, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
  
  
• Carla Borgono, PhD, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  
  
• Jordana Boro, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  
  
• Bridget Bradley, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  
  
• Hannah Brown, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  
  
• Eiko Browning, MD, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
  
  
• Karin Chang, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, OH
  
  
• Claudia S. Cohn, MD, PhD, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill-Cornell, New York, NY
  
  
• Daniel Delitto, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  
  
• Fernando C. Diaz, Center for Innovation and Transference in Health, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
  
  
• Matthew J. Frigault, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  
  
• Alex Hessel, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  
  
• Iman Imanirad, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  
  
• Julie Jaffray, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
  
  
• Cigall Kadoch, University of California, San Francisco, CA
  
  
• Teresa S. Kraus, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  
  
• Joseph Liberman, Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, WA
  
  
• Luckson N. Mathieu, MD, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  
  
• Sarah McAvoy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  
  
• Courtney N. Miller, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  
  
• Robert Ohgami, PhD, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA
  
  
• Sylvester Osayi, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
  
  
• Jason Paik, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
  
  
• Jayna Resman, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  
  
• Adam Schwartz, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
  
  
• Sarah E. Scott, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  
  
• Jessica C. Shand, MD, University of Rochester, Pediatric Residency Training Program, Rochester, NY
  
  
• Kirsten Slungaard, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  
  
• Amir Surmawala, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  
  
• Alok Swaroop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  
  
• Daniel Tawfik, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
  
  
• Justin Taylor, University of New Mexico, Albuguerque, MX
  
  
• Anish Thomas, MBBS, MD, SUNY Update Medical University, Syracuse, NY
  
  
• Jacob Tiegs, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC
  
  
• Muthiah Vaduganathan, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX
  
  
• Samiah Zafar, MD, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

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Article adapted by Medical News Today from original press release.
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The American Society of Hematology (http://www.hematology.org/) is the world's largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders. Its mission is to further the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders affecting blood, bone marrow, and the immunologic, hemostatic, and vascular systems, by promoting research, clinical care, education, training, and advocacy in hematology.

Source: Becka Livesay
American Society of Hematology