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ASH Award Recipients

Janet Rowley Basic Science Medal Recipients

(Formerly the Henry M. Stratton Medal) 

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.

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):

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2025 Karina Yazdanbakhsh, PhD

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2024 Douglas Cines, MD

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2023 Rodger McEver

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2022 Timothy Ley

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2021 Denisa Wagner

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2020 Michelle Le Beau

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2019 William Eaton

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2018 Freda K. Stevenson

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2017 Josef T. Prchal

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2016 J. Evan Sadler

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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