(WASHINGTON, July 13, 2009) – The American Society of Hematology (ASH) announces the 2009 recipients of its Trainee Research Awards. Through this program, which is designed to encourage the pursuit of research and spark an interest in hematology, 40 medical students, undergraduates, and residents will each receive $4,000 to conduct research on blood and blood-related diseases.
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. The meeting, held each December, 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 more than 600 trainees early in 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 2009 ASH Trainee Research Award recipients are:
- Manish Aggarwal, BS, University of Iowa College of Medicine
- Karen Autio, MD, University of Virginia
- Frederick Bartholomew, Duke University Medical Center
- Ilan Bernstein, MD, Keck School at University of Southern California
- Noah Birch, BS, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
- Jocelyn Bosco, BS, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Toni Burbidge, Queens University
- Sajiv Chandradas, BA, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Carol Cheng, Duke University Medical Center
- Ethan Cheng, Stanford University
- Han-Yu Chuang, PhD, University of California, San Diego
- Gordon Cohen, BA, Johns Hopkins University
- Helena Dhamko, BSc, Princess Margaret Hospital
- Laura DiNardo, BS, University of Pennsylvania
- Daniel Dworkis, ScB, Boston University School of Medicine
- Lydia Fein, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- Jeff Friesen, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Megan Gauthier, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
- Sarah Goldstein, Duke University Medical Center
- Joe Huang, MD, University of Washington
- Markus Jackson, Yale University
- David Joung, BS, The Children's Hospital, Denver
- Cigall Kadoch, BA, University of California, San Francisco
- David Knorr, BS, University of Minnesota
- Catherine Laiosa, MD, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- John Leschke, BA, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Yedda Li, Washington University in St. Louis
- Qiyuan Liu, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
- Chonyang Lu, BS, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Rui Mao, Baylor College of Medicine
- Andrew Marshall, Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Laura Myers, BA, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Jay Patel, BA, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Siayareh Rambally, BS, Baylor College of Medicine
- Katherine Ryken, University of Iowa College of Medicine
- Umar Salimi, BA, University of Pittsburgh
- Martin Schroeder, BS, University of Minnesota
- Mazyar Shadman, MD, MPH, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Gloria Shan, BS, University of Michigan
- Leyla Shune, MD, University of Minnesota
- Marko Skrtic, BSc, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre - Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Center
- Kathleen Soltis, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Courtney Sorensen, BA, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- Zhu Wang, University of Pennsylvania
- David Yao, BS, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center
The ASH Trainee Research Award is offered to institutions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
Reporter inquires may be directed to Patrick C. Irelan, ASH Communications Assistant, at pirelan@hematology.org.
The American Society of Hematology (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. In September, ASH launched Blood: The Vital Connection (www.bloodthevitalconnection.org), a credible online resource addressing bleeding and clotting disorders, anemia, and cancer. It provides hematologist-approved information about these common blood conditions including risk factors, preventive measures, and treatment options.