Helen M. Ranney Clinical and Translational Science Medal Recipients
The Helen M. Ranney Clinical and Translational Science Medal is named after the late Helen M. Ranney, MD, a recipient of the Martin Luther King Medical Achievement Award, the first woman to chair a department of medicine at a major academic institution, and the first female president of ASH. The medal honors a senior investigator with a years-long and well-recognized history of contributions to clinical/translational hematology research.
(Formerly the Henry M. Stratton Medal)
To learn more about Dr. Ranney or to nominate someone for this award, visit the Helen M. Ranney Clinical and Translational Science Medal page.
The following individuals received the Helen M. Ranney Clinical and Translational Science Medal (formerly the Henry M. Stratton Medal):
| Year | Recipient | Information |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Andrew Roberts, MBBS, PhD | Press Release |
| 2025 | David A. Williams, MD | Press Release ASH News Daily profile |
| 2024 | Katherine High, MD | Press Release ASH News Daily profile |
| 2023 | James B. Bussel | Press release ASH News Daily profile |
| 2022 | Robert Montgomery | Press release ASH News Daily profile |
| 2021 | Kwaku Ohene-Frempong | Press release ASH News Daily profile |
| 2020 | Maria Domenica Cappellini | ASH News Daily profile |
| 2019 | Richard A. Larson | Press release ASH Clinical News article |
| 2018 | Brunangelo Falini | Press release ASH Clinical News article |
| 2017 | Sherrill J. Slichter | Press release |
| 2016 | Ayalew Tefferi | Press release ASH Clinical News article |
| 2015 | Karl Welte | |
| 2014 | Timothy Springer | |
| 2013 | Elaine Jaffe | |
| 2012 | Richard Aster |
Henry M. Stratton Medal Recipients
Before 2012, the Henry M. Stratton Medal was awarded annually to one individual in recognition of significant contributions to hematologic research, irrespective of whether the work was classified as basic or clinical/translational.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Ching-Hon Pui |
| 2010 | Sanford Shattil |
| 2009 | Connie Eaves |
| 2008 | Clara D. Bloomfield |
| 2007 | Carlo Croce |
| 2006 | Jack Hirsh |
| 2005 | Barry Coller |
| 2004 | Stanley Korsmeyer |
| 2003 | Janet Rowley |
| 2002 | George Stamatoyannopoulos |
| 2001 | Harold R. Roberts |
| 2000 | H. Franklin Bunn |
| 1999 | Helen Ranney |
| 1998 | Arthur W. Nienhuis |
| 1997 | Rainer Storb |
| 1996 | Bernard Forget |
| 1995 | David Nathan |
| 1994 | Titus H.J. Huisman |
| 1993 | Earl W. Davie |
| 1992 | Kenneth G. Mann |
Henry M. Stratton Lecturers
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Ralph L. Nachman |
| 1990 | Malcolm Moore |
| 1989 | Aaron J. Marcus |
| 1988 | Robert S. Schwartz |
| 1987 | Robert C. Gallo |
| 1986 | Bernard Babior |
| 1985 | Vincent DeVita |
| 1984 | Samuel Rapaport |
| 1983 | Eugene P. Cronkite |
| 1982 | Ernest A. McCulloch |
| 1981 | Clement A. Finch |
| 1980 | Yuet W. Kan |
| 1979 | Henry S. Kaplan |
| 1978 | William N. Valentine |
| 1977 | Thomas A. Waldmann |
| 1976 | Wendell F. Rosse |
| 1975 | E. Donnall Thomas |
| 1974 | Ernest Beutler |
| 1973 | Albert S. Gordon |
| 1972 | Oscar D. Ratnoff |
| 1971 | H.G. Kunkel |
| 1970 | W.R. Bruce |