2008-07-01

The Minority Medical Student Award Program (MMSAP) encourages minority medical students to purse an interest in hematology research. For an eight- to 12-week period, MMSAP participants will work closely with their mentors on a hematology-related research project. The subjects investigated by this year’s students include lymphoma, leukemia, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, and stem cells. The awardees will also have the opportunity to present the results of their research at ASH’s annual meeting in December.

This year’s program has the largest number of participants yet, including three returning students. Each award recipient will receive the support of a research mentor and a career-development mentor, travel stipends to attend medical meetings, and a subscription to The Hematologist and Blood.

	Akram Shayeb University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine San Juan, PR		Edward E. Robertson Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
	Andres Bur University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA		Jaime Brewer University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Chicago, IL
	April Szafran University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Chicago, IL		Nadine Thompson Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Richmond, VA
	Awet Abraha Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, MI		Nicole Jones Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, MI
	Candace Johnson Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, MI		Nnenaya Agochukwu Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport, LA
	Christina Lawson Howard University College of Medicine Washington, DC		Olabunmi Agboola University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine Chicago, IL
	Daniel Hayward Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, PA

What’s Next:
Look for an article about returning MMSAP participant Olabunmi Agboola and her mentor Christopher Flowers, MD, of Emory University, in the September/October issue.

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