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ASH Announces This Year’s
Top Award Recipients
Each year, the Society recognizes outstanding hematologists who have made significant
contributions to the field with the following Honorific Awards: Wallace H. Coulter
Award for Lifetime Achievement in Hematology, Ernest Beutler Lecture and Prize,
E. Donnall Thomas Lecture and Prize, Henry M. Stratton Medal, and the William
Dameshek Prize. In addition, the ASH Mentor Award is given to two exceptional
mentors to recognize the oft-overlooked role of mentors in shaping the hematology
community.
This year’s prizes were awarded to 10 outstanding hematologists who have made
valuable contributions to the understanding and treatment of hematologic diseases.
Read more about the winners below.
Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime
Achievement in Hematology
The Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime
Achievement in Hematology, the Society’s
highest honor, is named for the late Wallace
Henry Coulter, a prolific inventor who made
important contributions to hematology and to
ASH.
Aaron Marcus, MD, of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, who
passed away in May 2015, will be honored for his groundbreaking
research in hemostasis and thrombosis and his unwavering dedication to the field throughout his nearly 60-year career.
E. Donnall Thomas Lecture and Prize
This award, named after the late Nobel Prize Laureate and past
president of ASH E. Donnall Thomas, MD, recognizes pioneering
research achievements in hematology that have repre