2003 ASH Merit Awards

The American Society of Hematology is pleased to recognize the following abstract presenters who received the highest ranking in their categories of medical student, graduate student, resident physician, and post-doctoral fellow. Merit Award winners receive a $500 honorarium plus annual meeting travel reimbursement.

Medical Student:

Janet Chou
Sunday, December 7, 1:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Halls FG
Plenary Session
Initiation and Propagation of the Arterial Thrombus In Vivo: Contributions of Vessel Wall and Blood-Borne Microparticle Tissue Factor Abstract #6

Graduate Student:

Huafeng Xie
Tuesday, December 9, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m., Room 30
Stem Cell Plasticity
C/EBPa Rapidly Reprograms B Cell Precursors into Macrophages by Antagonizing PAX5 and Synergizing with PU.1
Abstract #745

Resident Physician:

Armin Reininger
Monday, December 8, 7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m., Marriott Hall 4
Platelet Adhesion
High Shear Stress Generates Platelet Derived Microparticles and Tethers Via Interaction
of the GPIb Receptor with von Willebrand Factor
Abstract #167

Post Doctoral Fellow:

Loren Walensky
Sunday, December 7, 1:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Halls FG
Plenary Session
Novel Chemically-Stabilized Helices of the BCL-2 Family Induce Apoptosis of Leukemia Cells
Abstract #3