Minority medical students receive support to increase diversity in hematology

• Awet Abraha
  Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
  
  
• Olabunmi Agboola
  University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  
  
• Nnenaya Agochukwu
  Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA
  
  
• Alana Biggers
  University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  
  
• Jaime Brewer
  University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  
  
• Andres Bur
  University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  
  
• Jose J. Echegaray
  Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico
  
  
• Daniel Hayward
  Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
  
  
• Candace Johnson
  Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
  
  
• Nicole Jones
  Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
  
  
• Christina Lawson
  Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC
  
  
• Edward E. Robertson
  Keck School of Medical of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  
  
• Akram Shayeb
  University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  
  
• April Szafran
  University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  
  
• Nadine Thompson
  Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
  
  

The program is offered to medical students from the United States and Canada in the early years of their DO, MD, or MD/PhD programs. For more information about the MMSAP, visit www.hematology.org/education/awards/mmsap.cfm.

To arrange an interview with an MMSAP awardee, please contact Becka Livesay at 202-776-0544 or .

This award program is supported through 2009 by a grant from Genentech BioOncology.

The American Society of Hematology (www.hematology.org) is the world’s largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders. Its mission is to further the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders affecting blood, bone marrow, and the immunologic, hemostatic, and vascular systems, by promoting research, clinical care, education, training, and advocacy in hematology.