ASH Directions
Introducing the ASH Ambassador Program
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Ambassador
Program supports recruitment and retention of trainees
to hematology and to the Society, particularly under-
represented minorities, through grassroots promotion of
ASH’s career development and training programs. ASH
Ambassadors are ASH members who serve as representa-
tives of ASH on the faculty at medical institutions and
function as a bridge between the Society, mentors, and
trainees.
The following individuals are the first ASH Ambassadors
and will serve three-year terms beginning in August 2018:
• Oyebimpe Adesina, MD, MS, University of
Washington
• Natasha Archer, MD, MPH, Boston Children’s
Hospital
• Laura De Castro, MD, MHSc, University of Pittsburgh
• Maria Teresa De Sancho, MD, MSc, Weill Cornell
Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital • Onwuemene Oluwatoyosi, MD, MS, Duke
University School of Medicine
• Adolfo Diaz, MD, UT Health San Antonio Cancer
Center • Terri Parker, MD, Yale School of Medicine
• Tamara Dunn, MD, Stanford University • Rita Paschal, MD, University of Alabama at
Birmingham
• Robin Jacob, MD, Meharry Medical College • Myra Rose, MD, Morehouse School of Medicine
• Allison King, MD, MPH, PhD, Washington
University School of Medicine • Santosh Saraf, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Anjlee Mahajan, MD, University of California –
Davis
• Tammuella Singleton, MD, Tulane University
School of Medicine
• Brandon McMahon, MD, University of Colorado • Kim Smith-Whitley, MD, Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia
• Rakhi Naik, MD, MHS, Johns Hopkins • Rahma Warsame, MD, Mayo Clinic Rochester
ASH Announces 2018
Scholar Award Recipients
One of ASH’s most prestigious award programs, the ASH Scholar Awards
financially support fellows and junior faculty dedicated to careers in
hematology research as they transition from training programs to careers
as independent investigators.
Each award provides $100,000 for fellows and $150,000 for junior fac-
ulty over a two- to three-year period. The program funds hematologists
in the U.S. and Canada who conduct basic, translational, and clinical re-
search that furthers the understanding and treatment of blood disorders.
To read the full list of 2018 Scholar Award recipients, visit
hematology.org/Scholar-Awardees.
San Francisco, CA
Become an ASH
Congressional Fellow Apply for Research
Support
The ASH Congressional
Fellowship, offered through a
partnership with the American
Association for the Advancement
of Science, is a yearlong
program that provides qualified
applicants an opportunity to
work closely with U.S. members
of Congress on health policy.
To learn about the experience
of ASH’s first Congressional
Fellow, Catherine Zander, PhD,
see “Notes From the Hill” on
page 26. Visit hematology.org/
congressionalfellowship for more
information and to apply by
January 31, 2018. The ASH Research Training
Award for Fellows is open to
junior researchers pursuing
careers in academic hematol-
ogy who need protected time
to conduct clinical, basic, or
translational research. Each
award recipient is given $70,000
in salary support for one year.
Visit hematology.org/RTAF for
more information. The applica-
tion deadline is January 15, 2018.
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