The Mary Rodes Gibson Memorial Award in Hemostasis and Thrombosis is part of the ASH Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award program. This annual award shall be granted to a trainee (undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, or post-doctoral (MD or PhD) fellow) who is the first author and presenter of the highest-scoring abstract submitted in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis. The recipient of the award shall receive a $5,000 grant and a $1,000 allowance for travel and expenses to the ASH annual meeting.

This award is made possible by the Mary Rodes Gibson Hemostasis-Thrombosis Foundation to continue the legacy of Mary Rodes Gibson who suffered from severe, type three von Willebrand’s disease.

Read about the 2011 award winner, Sou Nakamura, in the following press releases:

The American Society of Hematology Announces Awards Honoring Abstracts at 2011 Annual Meeting
Studies Examine Novel Treatment Techniques for Bleeding & Clotting Disorders 

How to Apply

Check back in May for the 2012 Call for Abstracts.

As with the other Outstanding Abstract Achievement Awards, an individual is automatically considered for this award if one of the categories of eligibility boxes is checked in the area of the online abstract submission program regarding the “Abstract Achievement Award/Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award Applicants.”

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