Meetings

Meet the Scientist

These sessions provide an opportunity for a small number of attendees to meet with a scientific expert in a setting that fosters interaction. Each year, ASH invites experts from around the world to facilitate informal discussions, allowing participants to present their questions and gain new perspectives. A boxed lunch is provided.

Tickets are restricted to medical professionals only and are available on site on a first-come, first-served basis; no businesspersons or media will be admitted. Only one ticket per person is allowed.

Tickets may be purchased on site during registration hours beginning Thursday, December 5, at the Ticketed Sessions Counter in the Orange County Convention Center, West Building Level 1 Concourse.

Ticket Prices (per session)

Active or International Member $75
Non-Member $75
Associate, International Associate, Resident, or Graduate/Medical Student, or Honorary/Emeritus Member $50
Non-Member in Training $50
Allied Health Professional $50

Aptamers as Rapid Onset and Rapidly Reversible Antithrombotic Agents

Sunday, December 8, 2019, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Orlando, Bayhill 18

Speaker:

Bruce A. Sullenger, PhD
Duke University
Durham, NC

Artificial Intelligence in Pathology: Opportunities and Challenges

Sunday, December 8, 2019, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Orlando, Bayhill 20

Speaker:

Kun-Hsing Yu, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Blood Cell Fate Decisions: Insights from Single-cell RNA-seq

Sunday, December 8, 2019, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Orlando, Celebration 16

Speaker:

Merav Socolovsky, MBBS, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA

Cell-based Therapeutics

Saturday, December 7, 2019, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Orlando, Celebration 13

Speaker:

Colleen Delaney, MD, MSc
Nohla Therapeutics
Seattle, WA

Clonal Dynamics in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Sunday, December 8, 2019, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Orlando, Bayhill 19

Speaker:

Catherine J. Wu, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA

Ferroportin in Erythrocytes: Importance for Iron Homeostasis and its Role in Infection

Sunday, December 8, 2019, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Orlando, Bayhill 31

Speaker:

Tracey Rouault, MD
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Bethesda, MD

Links between Complement Activation and Thrombosis

Saturday, December 7, 2019, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Orlando, Celebration 12

Speaker:

Wolfram Ruf, MD
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, CA

PROTACs and Protein Degradation

Sunday, December 8, 2019, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Orlando, Celebration 15

Speaker:

Craig M. Crews, PhD
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Three-D Models for Megakaryopoiesis and Platelet Production

Sunday, December 8, 2019, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Orlando, Celebration 1

Speaker:

Alessandra Balduini, MD
University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy

TP53 Action and the Consequences of p53 Mutation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Saturday, December 7, 2019, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Orlando, Bayhill 21

Speaker:

Scott W. Lowe
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Other Scientific Sessions

  • Scientific Program

    A complete list of sessions from the ASH Scientific Program 

  • Continuing Conversations With the Speakers

    Informal discussions with Scientific Program speakers, designed to provide increased access to information on a specific topic and to the opinions of experts

  • Scientific Spotlight Sessions

    Sessions covering current challenges and controversies in a particular scientific field

  • Special Scientific Symposia

    Symposia highlighting transformative research with implications for research and clinical practice across the field of hematology

  • Friday Scientific Workshops

    Held the day before the ASH annual meeting, these workshops feature interactive discussions of the latest science developments in a particular field of hematology