Promising medical trainees awarded funding to pursue research in hematology

Julie Jaffray, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Cigall Kadoch, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Teresa S. Kraus, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Joseph Liberman, Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, WA

Luckson N. Mathieu, MD, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Sarah McAvoy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Courtney N. Miller, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Robert Ohgami, PhD, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA

Sylvester Osayi, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Jason Paik, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Jayna Resman, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Adam Schwartz, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Sarah E. Scott, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Jessica C. Shand, MD, University of Rochester, Pediatric Residency Training Program, Rochester, NY

Kirsten Slungaard, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Amir Surmawala, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Alok Swaroop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Daniel Tawfik, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

Justin Taylor, University of New Mexico, Albuguerque, MX

Anish Thomas, MBBS, MD, SUNY Update Medical University, Syracuse, NY

Jacob Tiegs, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC

Muthiah Vaduganathan, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX

Samiah Zafar, MD, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

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The program is offered to institutions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. For more information, please visit www.hematology.org/education/awards/trainee.cfm .

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.