AABB Announces 2003 Award and Scholarship Recipients

Honors recognize outstanding contributions to the field of
blood banking and transfusion medicine

“AABB is proud to recognize these outstanding individuals and organizations for their remarkable contributions to the field of blood banking and transfusion medicine,” said Roger Y. Dodd, PhD, past president of AABB. “Each has demonstrated a passion for providing quality services and/or advancements in sciences, so that we — as a community — can continue to foster the best practices and treatments possible.”

For detailed information about this year’s award recipients, visit “AABB Awards Nominations” in the “Pressroom” section of the AABB Web site: www.aabb.org .

The recipients of the 2003 AABB Awards and Scholarships include:

MEMORIAL AWARDS

Bernice Hemphill Memorial Award – Robert L. Travis, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, president and CEO of the Blood Bank of Delaware in Newark, Del.

Chapman-Franzmeier Memorial Award and Lecture – Kathleen M. Connolly, director of public relations at the Rhode Island Blood Center in Providence, R.I. This award is sponsored by Gambro BCT.

Dale A. Smith Memorial Award – Harold T. Meryman, MD, Biomedical Research Institute in Rockville, Md. Baxter Healthcare Corporation sponsors this award.

Emily Cooley Memorial Award and Lecture – James P. AuBuchon, MD, E. Elizabeth French professor and chair of the Department of Pathology at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.

Ivor Dunsford Memorial Award – Nancy Marie Heddle, MSc, FCMLS(D), director of Transfusion Medicine at McMaster University located in Hamilton, Ontario in Canada. This award is sponsored by V.I. Technologies.

Joel Solomon Memorial Award – Howard F. Taswell, MD, Emeritus Professor of Laboratory Medicine and former director of the Mayo Clinic Blood Bank and Transfusion Service, Rochester, Minnesota.

John Elliott Memorial Award – Bill T. Teague, BS, MT(ASCP)SBB, president and CEO of Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center in Houston, Texas.

Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award and Lecture – Victor A. McKusick, MD, university professor of Medical Genetics at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.

Morten Grove-Rasmussen Memorial Award – Donald R. Branch, BS, BA, MT(ASCP)SBB, PhD, scientist with Canadian Blood Services in Toronto, Ontario in Canada.

Sally Frank Memorial Award and Lectureship – John J. Moulds, MT(ASCP)SBB, director of Immunohematology Assay Development and Research at Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics in Raritan, N.J. The Sally Frank Memorial Fund sponsors this award.

W. Quinn Jordan Memorial Award and Lecture – Kay Gregory, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, director of regulatory affairs at AABB in Bethesda, Md. United Blood Services/Blood Systems sponsors this award.

AWARDS OF RECOGNITION

President’s Award – Advanced Medical Technology Association, Washington, D.C.

Distinguished Service Award – Donald D. Doddridge, MA, MT(ASCP), president and CEO of Florida Blood Services, Inc., in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Distinguished Service Award – Jeffrey McCullough, MD, professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology; chair of Molecular and Cellular Therapy at Variety Children’s Association; and director of the Biomedical Engineering Institute at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn.

Tibor Greenwalt Scientific Lectureship Award – James N. George, MD, vice-president of the American Society of Hematology and professor at the University of Oklahoma, Hematology-Oncology section, Oklahoma City, Okla. This award is sponsored by BCA/hemerica.

AWARDS OF MERIT

Business Category – San Diego Chargers in San Diego, Calif., nominated by the San Diego Blood Bank.

Education Category – Goshen High School and Peg Kolman, RN, in Goshen, N.Y., nominated by New York Blood Center, Hudson Valley Blood Services Region.

Group Category – City of Delta, Colo., nominated by St. Mary’s Regional Blood Center.

Individual Category – Hans Moeller in Cold Spring, N.Y., nominated by New York Blood Center, Hudson Valley Blood Services Region.

Newspaper Category – Frontiersman in Wasilla, Alaska, nominated by the Blood Bank of Alaska, Inc.

Other Media Category – Southern California Cartoonists Society in San Diego, Calif., nominated by the San Diego Blood Bank.

Radio Category – KLOL-FM, Rock 101 in Houston, Texas, nominated by the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center.

Television Category – WFTV Channel 9 – ABC in Orlando, Fla., nominated by the Central Florida Blood Bank.

AABB-BAXTER SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

SBB Scholarship Recipient
Dorothy N. Kasibante, MT (ASCP) SBB, Gulf Coast School of Blood Bank Technology in Houston, Texas.

Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Award Recipients
Salim Haddad, MD, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
Hanh Khuu, MD, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
Christine Wheeler, MD, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

The AABB Awards Committee is currently accepting nominations for AABB Memorial Awards, 2004 Awards of Merit, and 2004 Outstanding Achievement Awards. All submissions are due by Friday, January 30, 2004. For more information, visit “AABB Awards Nominations” in the “Pressroom” section of the AABB Web site: www.aabb.org.

About AABB

Established in 1947, the American Association of Blood Banks is an international association of blood banks, including hospital and community blood centers, transfusion and transplantation services and individuals involved in activities related to transfusion and transplantation medicine. AABB supports high standards of medical, technical and administrative performance, scientific investigation, clinical application and education. It is dedicated to encouraging the voluntary donation of blood and other tissues and organs through education, public information and research. AABB member facilities are responsible for collecting virtually all of the nation’s blood supply and transfusing more than 80 percent. Approximately 2,000 institutions (community and hospital blood banks, hospital transfusion services and laboratories) and 8,000 individuals are members of AABB, including physicians, scientists, administrators, medical technologists, blood donor recruiters and public relations personnel. Members are located in all 50 states and 80 foreign countries.