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ASH Award Recipients

Helen M. Ranney Clinical and Translational Science Medal Recipients

(Formerly the Henry M. Stratton Medal) 

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.

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):

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2025  David A. Williams, MD 

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2024 Katherine High, MD

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2023 James B. Bussel

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2022 Robert Montgomery

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2021 Kwaku Ohene-Frempong

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2020 Maria Domenica Cappellini

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2019 Richard A. Larson

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2018 Brunangelo Falini

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2017 Sherrill J. Slichter

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2016 Ayalew Tefferi

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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