ASH presents research training awards to seven fellows

ASH announced seven recipients of the 2016 ASH Research Training Award for Fellows, a yearlong program designed to encourage careers in academic hematology by providing protected research during training.

Charles S. Abrams

“Fellows who conduct high-quality research during their training improve their chances of receiving an academic appointment and research funding to start their careers; however, it is often difficult to devote time to research,” ASH president Charles S. Abrams, MD, said in a press release. “By supporting protected time for scientific exploration, the [training] award positions the next generation of physician–scientists for successful careers in hematology.”

This year’s recipients and their research topics are:

• Waitmann Aumann, MD, of Duke University Hospital — CRM1 dimerization in CALM-AF10 leukemia;

• Shruti Chaturvedi, MBBS, of Vanderbilt University — Alternate pathway of complement in adults with sickle cell disease and acute chest syndrome;

• Gordon Cohen, MD, MPH, of The Johns Hopkins University — Overcoming imatinib (Gleevec, Novartis) resistance in pediatric Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphocytic leukemia;

• Anna Halpern, MD, of University of Washington — Developing and testing models to predict ICU admission and mortality for adults with acute myeloid leukemia;

• Sakiko Suzuki, MD, of University of Massachusetts — Novel therapy of leukemia through alternative splicing of MPL;

• Justin Taylor, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — Biological and mechanistic effects of XPO1 alterations in hematopoietic malignancies; and

• Amy Tang, MD, of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital — Transfusion-related iron overload and posttransplantation outcomes in a chemotherapy-based mouse model of allogeneic stem cell transplant.