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ASH announces physician–scientist career development award recipients
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Two medical students received the 2017-2018 ASH Physician–Scientist Career Development Award.
The award helps students attending accredited medical schools in the United States or Canada gain experience in hematology research under the mentorship of an ASH member.
This year’s recipients are Mara Rosenberg of Oregon Health & Science University and Max Brodsky of Drexel University College of Medicine.
Recipients spend more than 80% of their time conducting clinical, laboratory or translational research. They each receive $42,000 to cover supplies, insurance, educational expenses, salary and meeting attendance.
Rosenberg will study next-generation sequencing–based minimal residual disease detection assays for patients with leukemia.
Brodsky will explore mechanisms of ruxolitinib (Jakafi, Incyte) resistance in JAK2/ASXL1 double-mutant myeloproliferative neoplasms.
“Mentorship and training of the next generation of hematologists is of utmost importance to ASH,” society President Kenneth C. Anderson, MD, of Lebow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics and Jerome Lipper Myeloma Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, said in an ASH–issued press release. “Mara and Max are two talented medical students who show dedication and enthusiasm for hematology research, and ASH is thrilled to foster their continued growth and guide them toward successful research careers.”