Memorial Awards and Lectureships
2011 Dale A. Smith Memorial Award
This award, created in 2002, honors Dale A. Smith, a long-time Baxter Healthcare executive who was responsible for establishing the Fenwal Division of Baxter. The award recognizes groundbreaking work performed in the application of technology to the practice of transfusion medicine by an individual or an institution. Recipient is selected by the National Blood Foundation (NBF) Scientific Grants Review Committee with formal approval by the NBF Board of Trustees.
Jeffrey M. Linnen, PhD
Director, Product Development
Gen-Probe Incorporated
San Diego, Calif.
Citation: For his significant contribution to the development of the target-capture transcription-mediated amplification assays for human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus and West Nile virus nucleic acids that are now employed to screen donors in the United States and around the world.
2011 David B. Pall Prize for Innovative Research in Transfusion Medicine
The David B. Pall Prize for Innovative Research in Transfusion Medicine was created in 2005 to honor Pall Corporation's founder, whose lifetime research advanced the practice of transfusion therapy. This award recognizes a scientist whose original research resulted in an important contribution to the body of scientific knowledge. Recipient is selected by the National Blood Foundation (NBF) Scientific Grants Review Committee with formal approval by the NBF Board of Trustees.
Cheryl Lobo, PhD
Associate Member, Laboratory Head
New York Blood Center
New York, N.Y.
Citation: For her National Blood Foundation-funded research of the erythrocytic invasion by the Babesia parasite, resulting in the development of novel therapies for treating the infection and effective strategies for screening blood donors.
2011 Emily Cooley Memorial Award and Lectureship
The Emily Cooley Memorial Award and Lectureship began as a lectureship in 1963, and was designated as a Memorial Award in 1983. This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated teaching ability and has made a major contribution to the field of immunohematology and transfusion medicine or cellular therapies. Recipient is selected by the Annual Meeting Education Program Unit with formal approval by AABB's Board of Directors.
Paul M. Ness, MD
Director, Transfusion Medicine
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Md.
Citation: For his enduring contributions in advancing the care of patients requiring transfusion therapies, including delineation of strategies for selecting the safest blood components based upon infectious and immunologic risk. Dr. Ness is a mentor par excellence and plays a major role in guiding the field in his role as editor of Transfusion.
2011 Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award
This award, renamed in 2005, honors leaders from the blood banking and transfusion medicine community, including Bernice Hemphill, W. Quinn Jordan, and Joel Solomon. The award recognizes an individual who made significant contributions in the areas of administration, quality programs, law and/or government affairs. Recipient is selected by AABB's Administrative Section Coordinating Committee with formal approval by AABB's Board of Directors.
Mary Beth Bassett, BS, MT(ASCP)
Senior Vice President, Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs
Blood Systems, Inc.
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Citation: For her dedication and outstanding leadership in the quality and compliance arena and for her willingness to freely share her expertise with others.
2011 John Elliott Memorial Award
Established in 1956, this award recognizes an individual who has given outstanding service to AABB by demonstrating a willingness to lend his/her expertise to the association through work on committees, the AABB Board of Directors and other areas. Recipient is selected by AABB's Transfusion Medicine Section Coordinating Committee with formal approval by AABB's Board of Directors.
Peter A. Tomasulo, MD
Chief Medical and Scientific Officer
Blood Systems, Inc.
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Citation: For his involvement and leadership role on a number of key AABB initiatives, from the U.S. Biovigilance Network Steering Committee's Donor Hemovigilance Working Group to the Transfusion-related Acute Lung Injury Task Force. Through his involvement with AABB committees, he has increased the attention paid to donor adverse reactions.
2011 Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award and Lectureship
This award was created in 1954 to honor Karl Landsteiner, MD, whose lifetime research laid the foundation for modern blood transfusion therapy. The award recognizes a scientist whose original research resulted in an important contribution to the body of scientific knowledge. Recipient is selected by AABB's Board of Directors.
Yuet Wai Kan, MBBS, DSc
Louis K. Diamond Professor of Hematology
University of California
San Francisco, Calif.
David John Weatherall, MD, FRCP, FRS
Regius Professor of Medicine Emeritus
Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
Headington, Oxford, UK
Citation: For their independent and collaborative study of the molecular genetics of hemoglobinopathies such as thalassemia and sickle cell disease. Their efforts have facilitated prenatal diagnosis for at-risk pregnancies, accurate diagnosis of patients with suspected hemolytic anemia, and improved clinical management of patients around the world affected by these serious hemolytic anemias that often require intensive transfusion support.
2011 Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award and Lectureship
This award honors Tibor Greenwalt, MD, the first registrant at the first AABB Annual Meeting and founding editor of Transfusion. The award recognizes an individual who made major scientific or clinical contributions to hematology and transfusion medicine and succinctly communicated these advances. Recipient is selected by the Annual Meeting Education Program Unit with formal approval by AABB's Board of Directors.
Harvey J. Alter, MD, MACP
Distinguished NIH Investigator
Chief Clinical Studies and Associate Director for Research
Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Md.
Citation: For being a highly accomplished investigator whose efforts have contributed greatly to the understanding of viral infectious risk for recipients of blood transfusions and organ transplants. He was a member of the teams responsible for identification of two viruses – hepatitis B and hepatitis C – that formerly plagued transfusion recipients.
2011 President's Award
This honor recognizes extraordinary public service and contributions by an individual(s) or an organization in the health care arena. The recipient's work furthers AABB's goals and mission.
Sharlene Billiet, MT, SBB(ASCP)cm
Transfusion Service Technical Supervisor
Metropolitan Medical Laboratory, PLC
Davenport, Iowa
Katharine Appleton Downes, MD
Medical Director
University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Department of Pathology
Cleveland, Ohio
Joy Fridey, MD, MBA
Director, Transfusion Medicine
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif.
Jerome L. Gottschall, MD
Senior Medical Director, BloodCenter of Wisconsin
Professor, Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wis.
Paul M. Ness, MD
Director, Transfusion Medicine
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Md.
Edward L. Snyder, MD, FACP
Professor, Laboratory Medicine
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Conn.
Dian Swafford, MSM, MT(ASCP)
Blood Bank Manager
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
Albany, Ga.
Citation: For their dedication to transfusion safety and for supporting development of biovigilance in the United States by piloting the Hemovigilance Module of the National Healthcare Safety Network.
Kadi Schroeder, RN, BSN, MBA
Director of Ancillary Services
Bonfils Blood Center
Denver, Colo.
Peter A. Tomasulo, MD
Chief Medical and Scientific Officer
Blood Systems, Inc.
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Mary J. Townsend, MD
(Formerly Medical Director at Coffee Memorial Blood Center)
Chief Medical Officer, Southern Region
Blood Systems, Inc.
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Citation: For their dedication to donor safety and for supporting development of biovigilance in the United States by piloting the Donor Hemovigilance System.
Jamie Blietz, MBA, CAE
Director, National Blood Exchange
AABB
Bethesda, Md.
William P. FitzGerald
Senior Advisor, Biomedical Preparedness
American Red Cross
Washington, D.C.
Ruth D. Sylvester, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Director, Regulatory Services
America's Blood Services
Washington, D.C.
Wendy Trivisonno Director, Products and Operations
Blood Centers of America
West Warwick, R.I.
Citation: For sharing their expertise, diplomacy, cooperation, leadership and facilitation skills that have been instrumental in the development and implementation of orderly blood community response systems on behalf of the AABB Interorganizational Task Force on Domestic Disasters and Acts of Terrorism.