Janet Rowley Basic Science Medal Recipients
The Janet Rowley Basic Science Medal honors a senior investigator with a years-long and well-recognized history of contributions to basic hematology research. This award was named after Janet Rowley, MD, a pioneer in leukemia research and recipient of both the National Medal of Science and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
(Formerly the Henry M. Stratton Medal)
To learn more about Dr. Rowley or to nominate someone for this award, visit the Janet Rowley Basic Science Medal page.
The following individuals received the Janet Rowley Basic Science Medal (formerly the Henry M. Stratton Medal):
| Year | Recipient | Information |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Benjamin Levine Ebert, MD, PhD | Press Release |
| 2025 | Karina Yazdanbakhsh, PhD | Press Release ASH News Daily profile |
| 2024 | Douglas Cines, MD | Press Release ASH News Daily profile |
| 2023 | Rodger McEver | Press release ASH News Daily profile |
| 2022 | Timothy Ley | Press release ASH News Daily profile |
| 2021 | Denisa Wagner | Press release ASH News Daily profile |
| 2020 | Michelle Le Beau | ASH News Daily profile |
| 2019 | William Eaton | Press release ASH Clinical News article |
| 2018 | Freda K. Stevenson | Press release ASH Clinical News article |
| 2017 | Josef T. Prchal | Press release |
| 2016 | J. Evan Sadler | Press release ASH Clinical News article |
| 2015 | Nancy Speck | |
| 2014 | Geraldine P. Schechter | |
| 2013 | Nancy Andrews | |
| 2012 | David Ginsburg |
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 |