2010-06-16
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) announces the selection
of 14 participants for its 2010 Minority Medical Student Award Program
(MMSAP), which encourages minority medical students to purse an interest in
hematology research. Award recipients will each receive the support of a
research mentor and a career-development mentor, travel stipends to attend the
ASH annual meeting, and a subscription to the
scientific journal Blood, the
official journal of ASH.
“This
award helps encourage the top students from traditionally underrepresented
groups to pursue careers in hematology research,” said ASH President Hal
Broxmeyer, PhD. “Since its introduction in 2004, the MMSAP has benefited both
the recipients and the field of hematology as a whole.”
For
an eight- to 12-week period, MMSAP participants will work closely with their
mentors on a hematology-related research project. The subjects to be investigated
by this year’s students include
human
embryonic stem cells, leukemia, thrombocytopenic purpura, cord blood
transplantation, and multiple myeloma. The awardees will also be given the
opportunity to present the results of their research at ASH’s annual meeting in
December, one of the largest medical meetings in the country with more than 20,000
attendees.
The 2010 MMSAP participants are:
- Imo Akpan, University of Illinois
at Chicago
- May Cho, Meharry Medical College
- Tiffany Jackson, Mercer
University School of Medicine
- Courtney Nicole Johnson,
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
- Tiana Carrillo, University of
Illinois at Chicago
- Drees Griffin Jr., University of
Alabama School of Medicine
- Michelle Long, Wake Forest
University School of Medicine
- Myntee Ngangana, The Ohio State
University College of Medicine
- Jennifer Nichols, University of
Illinois at Chicago
- Kandyce Pearson, University of
Iowa
- Stacey Pereira, Rush Medical
College
- Pablo N. Quintana, University of
Illinois at Chicago
- Vanessa Sarfoh, University of
Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
- Ngozidilenna Wilkins, University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
The program is offered to medical students from the United States
and Canada in the early years of their DO, MD, or MD/PhD programs. For more
information about the MMSAP, visit www.hematology.org/Awards/MMSAP/2624.aspx.
To arrange an
interview with an MMSAP
awardee, please contact Wendy Stokes at 202-552-4927 or wstokes@hematology.org.
Genentech BioOncology has generously supported this program with a
grant through 2012.
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. ASH provides
Blood: The Vital Connection (www.bloodthevitalconnection.org), a credible online resource addressing
bleeding and clotting disorders, anemia, and cancer. The official journal of
ASH is Blood (www.bloodjournal.org), the most cited peer-reviewed publication in the field, which is
available weekly in print and online.
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