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ASH Award Recipients

ASH Minority Hematology Fellow Award Recipients

The following individuals have received the ASH Minority Hematology Fellow Award (MHFA).

2024

  • Nowah Afangbedji, PhD
    Stanford University
  • Jennifer Afranie-Sakyi, MD
    Yale School of Medicine
  • Qierra Brockman, PhD
    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Eduarda Grinsztejn, MD
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
  • Audra Iness, MD, PhD
    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Ajibike Lapite, MD, MPH
    Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers
  • Maria Leon-Camarena, MD
    Emory University School of Medicine
  • Allison Taylor, MD, MS (ASH-CIBMTR-ASTCT Career Development Award Recipient)
    Duke University School of Medicine
  • Franco Castillo Tokumori, MD
    New York Presbyterian/Weill-Cornell Medical Center

2023

  • Helen Ajufo, MD, MS
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Adekunle Alagbe, MD, PhD
    University of Pittsburgh
  • Alexandria Broadnax, MD
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Virginia Camacho, PhD, BA
    Harvard Medical School
  • Edward Owusu Kwarteng, PhD, BSc, MSc (ASH-CIBMTR-ASTCT Career Development Award Recipient)
    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Mwanasha Merrill, MD
    Dana Farber Cancer Institute
  • Rigoberto De Jesus Pizarro, MD
    The Washington University
  • Jessica Stempel, MD
    Yale University
  • Zanshe Thompson, PhD, MS
    John Hopkins University

2022

  • Britney Bell, MD
    Boston Medical Center
  • Chijioke Nze, MD
    University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Eden Biltibo, MD, MBBS
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Gerard Hills, MD, MPH
    Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Juan Carlos Balandran, PhD
    NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • Luisanna Sanchez Ventura, PhD
    Baylor College of Medicine
  • Olufunke Martin, MD, PhD
    Children's National Hospital
  • Owhofasa Agbedia, MD (ASH-CIBMTR-ASTCT Career Development Award Recipient)
    University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Walatta-Tseyon Mesquitta, PhD
    Boston Children's Hospital

2021

  • Dailia Francis, MD, PhD
    Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University
  • Vivian Irizarry Gatell, MD
    University of Florida
  • Alejandro Marinos Velarde, MD (ASH-CIBMTR-ASTCT Career Development Award Recipient)
    Baylor College of Medicine
  • Alexandra Power-Hays, MD
    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • Elisa Quiroz, MD
    Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital

2020

  • Elshafa Ahmed, PhD
    The Ohio State University
  • Lynda Villagomez, MD
    Nationwide Children's Hospital/Ohio State University
  • Ruth Wangondu, MD, PhD
    St Jude Children's Research Hospital