Promising medical trainees awarded funding to pursue research in hematology

(WASHINGTON, April 29, 2008) – The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is proud to announce the 2008 recipients of its Trainee Research Awards. This year 40 medical students, undergraduates, and residents will each receive $4,000 to conduct research on blood and blood-related diseases through this program, which is designed to encourage the pursuit of research and spark an interest in hematology.

In addition, each award winner is provided with travel stipends to attend the ASH annual meeting, one of the largest medical meetings in the country, in December. The meeting provides important opportunities to meet other researchers as well as hear the latest scientific developments in the specialty.

Since 1995, Trainee Research Awards have supported nearly 600 trainees who are just beginning their scientific careers. The funding is distributed through hematology training programs at the awardees' institutions and supports three-month-long projects in laboratory research or clinical investigation.

The 2008 Trainee Research Award recipients are:

Thomas M. Baker, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Stephanie L. Battle, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD

Sarah Bass, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Julie Boiko, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Komal Bora, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

Carla Borgono, PhD, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jordana Boro, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bridget Bradley, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Hannah Brown, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Eiko Browning, MD, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

Karin Chang, University of Toledo, College of Medicine, Toledo, OH

Claudia S. Cohn, MD, PhD, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill-Cornell, New York, NY

Daniel Delitto, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Fernando C. Diaz, Center for Innovation and Transference in Health, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Matthew J. Frigault, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Alex Hessel, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Iman Imanirad, MD, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL