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ASH Award Recipients

Roland B Scott Charles Drew Excellence in Equity Award Recipients

(Formerly the ASH Advancing Inclusive Excellence Award) 

ASH continues to lead efforts to recognize individuals who work to remove barriers that prevent the full participation of all communities in hematology. This award is named after the late Roland B. Scott, MD, and the late Charles Drew MD, CM, MDSc, two trailblazers who exemplified the qualities that this award honors and who each left a legacy of vastly improving patient care and opening doors for future hematologists.

To learn more about Drs. Scott and Drew or to nominate someone for this award, visit the Roland B. Scott-Charles Drew Excellence in Equity Award page.

The following individuals received the Roland B. Scott-Charles Drew Excellence in Equity Award (formerly the ASH Advancing Inclusive Excellence Award):

Year Recipients Information
2025  Diane Krause, MD, PhD  Press Release
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2024 James George, MD Press Release
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2023 Alexis A. Thompson, MD, MPH

Press release
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2022 James Gavin, MD, PhD, and David Wilkes, MD

Press release
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2021 Deepika Darbari, MD

Press release

2020 Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD

Press release
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2019 Griffin Rodgers, MD

Press release

2018 Cage S. Johnson, MD, and José A. López, MD

Press release

2017 Betty S. Pace, MD

Press release