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Seven scientists to receive ASH awards
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The American Society of Hematology will present 2013 Honorific Awards to seven scientists for their contributions to the understanding and treatment of hematologic diseases.
Professor Sir David Weatherall, MD, of the University of Oxford, will receive the Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology.
The Henry M. Stratton Medal will be presented to Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD, of Duke University School of Medicine, for her accomplishments in the fields of iron homeostasis and erythropoiesis, and to Elaine Jaffe, MD, of NCI, for her accomplishments in the field of lymphoma.
Katherine High
ASH will honor Katherine A. High, MD, of Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, with the E. Donnall Thomas Lecture and Prize for her efforts to identify the molecular basis of hemophilia and develop novel genetic therapies. High is a HemOnc Today Editorial Board member.
Andrew Weyrich
Andrew Weyrich, PhD, of the University of Utah, will receive the William Dameshek Prize for his research on the cellular and molecular causes of blood clots.
ASH will honor Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, of Stony Brook University, and David J. Kuter, MD, DPhil, of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, with the Ernest Beutler Lecture and Prize for their advances in the discovery of thrombopoietin.
The awards will be presented at the ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition, scheduled for Dec. 7-10 in New Orleans.