2012-07-18

(WASHINGTON) – The American Society of Hematology (ASH) today announced the 2012 recipients of the ASH Trainee Research Award (TRA). This year, 44 trainees will receive $4,000 each to conduct research on blood and blood-related diseases as part of this program, which is designed to expose them to both hematology and research early in their careers and to inspire them to pursue research in hematology as part of their future training.

In addition to receiving research funds, each awardee will receive $1,000 to travel to the 54th ASH Annual Meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta in December. Attendance at this event, the premier annual education and scientific meeting in the field of hematology, provides TRA recipients with many opportunities to network with leaders in the field and to learn about the latest research and therapies in hematology.

“By providing these promising trainees with funds to work on hematology projects in laboratory research or clinical investigation, we hope to encourage their pursuit of research and further spark their interest in hematology,” said ASH President Armand Keating, MD, of Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. “We anticipate hearing more about the discoveries made by this talented group in the years to come.”

Since 1995, Trainee Research Awards have supported hundreds of undergraduates, medical students, and residents at institutions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The funding is distributed through the awardees’ institutions and supports the trainees’ research projects for a duration of three to 12 months.

The 2012 ASH Trainee Research Award recipients are:

Undergraduates

Margaret Decker, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Douglas Haase, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

Matthew King, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Alyssa Klein, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Parth Kothari, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Robert Mannino, Georgia Institute of Technology, Fulton, GA

Charmaine Mutucumarana, Duke University, Durham, NC

Ronald Siebenaler, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Valerie Tutwiler, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Gina Yu, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Medical Students  

Justyna Bartoszko, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Parva Bhatt, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Julie Chase, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Ryan Denu, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Arun Ganti, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Wan Xing Hong, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

Miriam Kimpton, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Zena Knight, Children’s Hospital of Boston, Boston, MA

Benny Lee, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Joseph Meserve, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Shyam Patel, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

Jonathan Rose, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western University, Cleveland, OH

Andrew Sim, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Nathan Singh, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Brenna Swift, University Health Network-University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Julia Whitley, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Anthony Wiseman, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Residents

Jawad Al-Khafaji, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Elizabeth Brem, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Center, Boston, MA

Sarah Buckley, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Catherine Coombs, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Wei Duan-Porter, MD, PhD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Livia Hegerova, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Yen-Michael Hsu, MD, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Natasha Kekre, MD, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Zahi Mitri, MD, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Siavash Piran, MD, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Cara Rabik, MD, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Zachery Reichert, MD, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Deva Sharma, MD, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Aditi Shastri, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Deborah Siegal, MD, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sean Stowell, MD, PhD, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Hubert Tsui, MD, PhD, University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reporter inquiries may be directed to Claire Gwayi-Chore, ASH Communications Specialist, at cgwayi-chore@hematology.org or 202-776-0544.

The American Society of Hematology 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. The official journal of ASH is Blood, the most cited peer-reviewed publication in the field, which is available weekly in print and online.

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