ASH Announces Physician-Scientist Career Development Award Recipients
Blood ’ s Impact Factor Continues to Rise
ASH Takes Action on World Sickle Cell Day
ASH Directions
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Mehdi Hamadani Named Editor of ASH News Daily 2018
Mehdi Hamadani , MD , has been named the 2018 Editor-in- Chief of ASH News Daily , the official newspaper of the ASH annual meeting . Dr . Hamadani , a lymphoma and bone marrow transplant specialist , is an assistant professor of medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin ’ s ( MCW ’ s ) Division of Hematology and Oncology . He also serves as director of the Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at MCW ’ s Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee and is associate scientific director of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research , a research collaboration between the National Marrow Donor Program / Be The Match ® and MCW .
ASH News Daily is produced during the ASH annual meeting and is distributed daily to hotels , shuttle buses , and the convention center . Its four issues , each covering one of the four days of the
Mehdi Hamadani , MD meeting , feature previews and reviews of Education and Scientific Program sessions , as well as abstract presentations , named lectures , and other events .
Learn more about the publication at hematology . org / ashnewsdaily .
ASH Announces Physician-Scientist Career Development Award Recipients
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2018-2019 ASH Physician-Scientist Career Development Award ! This program offers medical students a unique opportunity to conduct hematologic research with experienced ASH members . Starting in July 2018 , the students will spend one year conducting laboratory , translational , or clinical research , and will each receive a $ 42,000 award to cover expenses , salary , and related costs .
This award was granted to :
• Christina Snider , BA , from Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine , to identify predictive markers of response to therapy in acute myeloid leukemia ( AML ) Research mentors : Anjali Advani , MD , and Jaroslaw Maciejewski , MD , PhD
• H . Moses Murdock , BS , Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania , to develop a dynamic risk model for older adults with AML receiving allogeneic stem cell transplantation in first remission Research mentors : R . Coleman Lindsley , MD , PhD , and Martin Carroll , MD
• Nicholas Jackson Chornenki , Bsc , McMaster University , for translational studies of disseminated intravascular coagulation in sepsis and trauma Research mentor : Patricia Liaw , MSC , PhD
• Princess Ikemenogo , MHS , BS , Meharry Medical College , to study cerebrovascular disease and cognition in adults with hemoglobin SC Research mentor : Allison King , MD , MPH , PhD , and Michael DeBaun , MD , MPH
• Robert Schwab , BA , Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania , to engineer oxidized low-density lipoprotein specific regulatory T cells to control and reverse atherosclerosis Research mentor : Carl June , MD
“ The Physician-Scientist Award is an opportunity for ASH to identify up-and-coming talented investigators and encourage them to choose hematology ,” said ASH President Alexis Thompson , MD , MPH . “ I am proud of this year ’ s recipients and look forward to following their continued success .”
Blood ’ s Impact Factor Continues to Rise
Blood has long been an important resource in hematology , and new data reveal its footprint is continuing to grow . The 2017 Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Report ® showed Blood ’ s impact factor rising from 13.164 to 15.132 , demonstrating the continued importance of the journal in hematology and medical science .
The report ranked Blood as the most cited peerreviewed publication in the field of hematology ,
and 23rd in citations overall , out of 8,964 journals . Blood ’ s value to the global scientific community is further indicated by its 0.27804 Eigenfactor score , ranking first in hematology and 27th among all scientific journals .
For more from Blood , please visit bloodjournal . org .
ASH Takes Action on World Sickle Cell Day
On June 19 , ASH marked World Sickle Cell Day by taking measures to raise awareness of sickle cell disease ( SCD ) in Africa and elsewhere . In coordination with its SCD Coalition partners , ASH convened a webinar with health experts and members of the media to raise awareness of SCD , its global impact , and efforts to increase SCD screening in newborns .
While SCD is manageable , efforts to treat the disease are complicated by social stigma , lack of awareness , and the spread of misinformation . This year , approximately 300,000 children around the world will be born with SCD . In sub-Saharan Africa , more than half of infants born with SCD will die before their fifth birthday .
ASH founded the SCD Coalition to amplify the voice of the SCD stakeholder community , promote awareness of the disease and its treatment , and improve patient outcomes . The SCD Coalition webinar , “ Global Action : Improving Health Outcomes for Sickle Cell Disease ,” highlights the extent of the crisis and discusses two recently produced videos promoting newborn screening and combatting prevalent SCD myths in sub-Saharan Africa .
Watch the webinar and learn more about World Sickle Cell Day at scdcoalition . org / global .
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