1985 - 2010 Scientific Research Grant Recipients/Scholars 

^S denotes NBF Scholar status.

2010

Julie Audet, PhD
University of Toronto
Directed Expansion and Differentiation of Blood Progenitor Cells using TAT-Conjugated Transcription Factors

Rachel Bercovitz, MD
The University of Colorado Denver, Dept. of Pediatrics
Transfusion-related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) from Plasma Products: Understanding the Pathogenesis of Immune- and Non-Immune-Mediated TRALI and Determining Methods to Mitigate TRALI Risk

Jonathan Finn, PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The Development and Safety Characterization of Novel Hyper-functional Factor IX Variants for the Treatment of Hemophilia B

Peter Ghoroghchian, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Fundamental Design and Characterization of Nanoscale Polymersomes as Advanced Hemoglobin-based Oxygen Carriers

Mariluz Mojica Henshaw, PhD
University of Utah, Cell Therapy Facility
Development of a Xeno-free Microcarrier-based Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Expansion System

Jill Johnsen, MD
Puget Sound Blood Center and University of Washington
The Role of Blood Group Antigens in Von Willebrand Factor Homeostasis

Bartolomeu Nascimento, MD
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto
Trauma Resuscitation Formula-driven versus Laboratory-guided Transfusion Study (TRFL): Coagulopathy Substudy

Sergey Shevkoplyas, PhD
Tulane University, Biomedical Engineering
The Relationship between the Ability of Stored Red Blood Cells to Perfuse Microvascular Networks and their 24-hr Post-Transfusion Recovery in Vivo

2009

Alicia Barcena, PhD
University of California San Francisco
Evaluation of human fetal membranes as a source of hematopoietic stem cells.

Daniel Gonzalez-Nieto, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Connexin-43 in the hematopoietic stem cell niche.

Taku Kambayashi, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania-Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
The role of GMCSF in regulatory T-cell proliferation and homeostasis.

Chance John Luckey, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital Blood Bank
Directed differentiation of embryonic stem cells by regulated caspase9 cleavage of zona-occludens2.

Nicolas Pineault, PhD
Héma-Québec
A cellular-based therapy to prevent or reduce thrombocytopenia.

Ayaz Rahman, MD
Emory University Division of Cardiology
The effects of fresh versus older RBC transfusions in subjects with cardiovascular disease.

Rahima Zennadi, PhD
Duke University Medical Center
Regulation by nitric oxide of sickle red cell adhesion.

2008

Hava Avraham, PhD
Institute of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization by Cannabinoids

Rose Beck, MD, PhD
Case Western Reserve, University School of Medicine-Department of Pathology
Notch-induced NK Cells for Cell Therapy in Hematologic Maligancy

Christine M. Cserti-Gazdewich, MD, FRCP
University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network.
Cytoadherence in Pediatric Malaria (CPM) Study.

Nobuharu Fujii, MD PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Identification of Novel H-Y Antigens using Artificial Neural Network

Mark R. Looney, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF)
The Role of Platelets in Experimental Transfusion-related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI)

Adam Munday, MD PhD
Puget Sound Blood Center
Platelet Cold Receptors: Potential for Improving Platelet for Improving Cold Storage

Beth Shaz, MD
Emory Center for Transfusion and Cellular Therapies, Emory University School of Medicine
Blood Donation considerations in African Americans

2007

Spero Cataland, MD
Ohio State University
A Randomized Study of Concurrent Cyclosporine and Plasma Exchange versus Concurrent Corticosteroids and Plasma Exchange as the Initial Therapy of Thrombotic Throbocytopenic Purpura

Peiman Hematti, MD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
ESC-derived MSC transplantation in NOD/SCID mice

Cheryl Ann Lobo PhD
New York Blood Center
Role of Red Cell Glycophorins in the Invasion of Babesia divergens

A. Louise McCormick, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine
The role of cytomegalovirus-encoded inhibitor of caspase-8 activation, vICA, in disease following transfusion or transplantation

Michael Milson, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Genetic correction of the Fanconi Anemia stem cell defect

Lirong Qu, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Detection and Quantification of Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) Genomes in US Blood Donors with Sensitive real-time PCR

Astrid Van Halteren, MD, PhD
Leiden University Medical Center
Pregnancy-Induced Minor Histocompatibility Alloimmune T Cells and Fetal Microchimerism: Friends of Foes?

Saul Yedgar, PhD
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Repair of red blood cell flow properties for transfusion therapy: the effect fo leukoreduction and rejuvenation

2006

Kent W. Christopherson II, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas
CD26 Inhibition As A Method Of Improving Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Efficiency

Jeanne E. Hendrickson, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Effect Of Host Inflammation On Alloimmunization To RBC Transfusion

Lana Kaiser MD, DVM
Michigan State University
Transfusion Iron Overload And Cardiac Arrhythmias

Marcus O. Muench, PhD
Blood Systems Research Institute
In Utero Transplantation Of The Hematopoietic Microenvironment

Eric M. Ostertag, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Cloning and Characterization of Monoclonal Anti-ADAMTS13 Autoantibodies from Patients with Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)

Robert Paulson, PhD
Penn State University
Role Of BMP4 Signaling On Short-Term Radioprotection

Jill Storry, PhD
Lund University in Sweden
Characterization of the Vel Blood Group System

Leon L. Su, MD
Emory University
Recipient Kinetics and the Role of Host Factors in Transfusion-Transmitted Cytomegalovirus (TTCMV) Infection

Lan Zhou, PhD
Case Western Reserve University
Regulation of Granulopoiesis by Fucosylated Glycans Through Selectin-Mediated Adhesion and Fringe-Modified Notch Signaling Pathways

Xianzheng Zhou, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Cancer Center
Adoptive Cord Blood T Cell Therapy Of Leukemia By The Sleeping Beauty Transposon

2005

Marie Bleakley, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA 98109-1024
Discovery of Antigens for Targeted Therapy of Leukemia

Jose Cancelas, MD, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039
Mobilization of Hematopoietic Stem Cells by Reversible Inhibition of Rac-Type Rho GTPases: Demonstration of Proof-of-Concept for Future Clinical Applications

Li Chai, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA 02115
A Novel Intracellular Pathway of WT1/HSAL2 in Leukemogenesis

Brian S. Custer, MPH, PhD
Blood Systems Research Institute
San Francisco, CA 94118
Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Return Behavior in Temporarily Deferred and Eligible Voluntary Blood Donors

Craig E. Daniels, MD
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN 55905
The Accuracy of Natriuretic Peptides (BNP and N-pro-BNP) in the Differentiation Between Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) and Transfusion Related Circulatory Overload (TACO)

Allison Hubel, MS, PhD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Post Thaw Processing of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Products

Andrew Mackin, BVMS, MVS, DVSc, FACVSc, Diplomate ACVIM
Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Mississippi State, MS 39762-6100
Evaluation of the Efficacy of Phototreatment of Packed Red Blood Cells at Preventing Transfusion-Associated Transmission of Babesiosis In Dogs

Nora Ratcliffe, MD
VAMC White River Junction and Manchester
White River Junction, VT 05009
The Role of Dendritic Cell Subsets in Autoimmune Myocarditis and the Potential for Cytotherapy

Steven R. Sloan, MD, PhD
Children's Hospital Boston
Boston, MA 02115
Role of the CCL4 Chemokine in the Immune Response to Red Cell Transfusions: Implications for Immunosuppressive Therapy

2004

Ognjen Gajic, MD^S
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN
Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

Andres Hidalgo, PhD^S
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Optimizing Cord Blood Transplantation by Upregulation of Selectin Ligands

Qizhen Shi, MD, PhD^S
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Targeting Human Platelet Glycoprotein Ibα Gene Expression to the Platelets of Bernard-Soulier Syndrome Mice

X. Long Zheng, MD, PhD^S
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Characterization of Autoantibodies Directed Against ADAMTS13 Metalloprotease Underlying Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

James C. Zimring, MD, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Selective Induction of Allotolerance in Bone Marrow Transplantation

2003

Laura Cooling, MD, MS^S
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Molecular Analysis of Globo- and Lacto-Family Glycosyltransferases: Molecular Etiology of the LKE-Negative and LKE-Weak Phenotypes

Yvonne H. Datta, MD^S
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Genetic Mapping and Characterization of the Bleeding Disorder in the Fawn-Hooded Hypertensive Rat

Carl S. Goodyear, PhD^S
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA
Mechanisms of Immunomodulation by Protein A Pheresis

Suresh Shelat, MD, PhD^S
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Characterization of the Human Immune Response in Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Using Repetoire Cloning

Steven L. Spitalnik, MD^S
Columbia University
New York, NY
Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions: A Transgenic Mouse Model

Scott S. Tykodi, MD, PhD^S
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA
Identification of Antigens Mediating Graft-versus-Tumor Effects Following MHC-Identical Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

2002

Larry J. Dumont, MBA^S
Gambro BCT
Lakewood, CO
Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) Reactivation – Human Exposure Model and Mechanism D

Michael Hodsdon, MD, PhD^S
Yale University
New Haven CT
Regulation of von Willebrand Factor Susceptibility to Proteolytic Cleavage by a Plasma Metalloproteinase

Lennart Logdberg, MD, PhD^S
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Use of Bone Marrow Stem Cells for Pancreatic Islet Repopulation and Regeneration

Una O'Doherty, MD, PhD
Regulation of HIV-1 Latency in Resting T Cells by Dendritic Cells

2001

Maria Bettinotti, PhD^S
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Molecular Basis of Polymorphisms in Neturophil Antigen NB1: CD177

Sandra L. Haberichter, PhD^S
Blood Research Institute; Blood Center of SE Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Role of the von Willebrand Factor Propeptide in Targeting vWF to the Regulated Storage Pathway

Jonathan David Kurtis, MD, PhD^S
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Novel Erythrocyte Invasion Protiens As Vaccines For Human Falciparum Malaria

Peter L. Perrotta, MD^S
SUNY @ Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York
Role Of Apoptotic Mechanisms In Platelet Dysfunction And Death

2000

Walter L. Biffl, MD^S
Denver Health Medical Center
Denver, Colorado
Blood Transfusion-Provoked Delay in Neutrophil Apoptosis in Trauma may be Altered by Modifying Transfusion Practices

Jeffrey L. Carson, MD^S
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, New Jersey
The Effect of Anemia and Transfusion on Postoperative Delirium

Thomas H Fischer, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Hyperbaric Freezing for the Preparation of Rehydrated, Lyophilized Platelets

James D. Gorham, MD, PhD^S
Dartmouth Medical School
Lebanon, New Hampshire
T Cell Cytokine Secretion in a Murine Model of Transfusion-associated ImmunoModulation (TRIM)

Patricia Kopko, MD^S
Sacramento Medical Foundation Blood Centers
Sacramento, California
The Association of HLA Class II Antibodies and White Blood Cell Activation with Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury

Krista V. Lankford, MD^S
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Mechanisms of Action of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) in Thrombotic Metalloprotease (MP) and Its Antibody Inhibitor (IMP)

Karina Yazdanbakhsh, PhD^S
New York Blood Center
New York, New York
Recombinant Antigens as Tools for Identification of Alloantibodies in Patients' Sera

1999

David G. Meyers, MD^S
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas
A Historical Cohort Study of the Effect of Lowering Body Iron Through Blood Donation on Cardiac Events

Andrey Skripchenko, PhD^S
Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross
Rockville, Maryland
The Mechanism(s) of virus Photoinactivation by Dimethylmethlene Blue

Connie Westhoff, PhD^S
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Deciphering the Function of the Rh Proteins

1998

Douglas P. Blackall, MD^S
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Recombinant Blood Group Antigen Engineering: Glycophorin A as a Model Glycoprotein

Raymond L. Comenzo, MD^S
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
Immunoglobulin Genes And DNA Vaccines: Synergy With Stem-Cell Transplant?

Robertson Davenport, MD^S
Univeristy of Michigan Department of Pathology
Ann Arbor, MI
A Murine Model of Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions

Timothy C. Fisher, MB, Ch.B^S
USC School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
Red Blood Cell Antigen Masking by Covalently-Bound Polyethylene Glycol

Eleanor Pollack, MD^S
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Substrate and Inhibitor Binding Sites of Human Coagulation Factor Xa

Jo Anna Reems, PhD^S
Blood Systems Foundation
Tempe, AZ
Ex Vivo Expansion of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells: Evaluation of their Function in a Mouse Transplant Model

John Donald Roback, MD, PhD^S
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA
The Role of Leukocytes in Transfusion-Transmitted Cytomegalovirus (TT-CMV) Infection: Development of an Animal Model

John Rosenberg, PhD^S
Blood Center of Southeast Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Impact of von Willebrand Factor on Factor VIII Gene Targeting

1997

Scott Burger, MD^S
University of Minnesota—Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
Adhesive Interactions in Hematopoietic Cell Homing

Petr Jarolim, MD^S
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Characterization of Blood Group Antigens Carried by Erythroid Band 3

Diane Krause, MD, PhD^S
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Regulation of Cd34 Expression During Hematopoiesis

Stanley J. Naides, MD
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Structure-Function Relations in Parvovirus B19 Binding to Solid Phase Immobilized Glyosphingolipid Cell Receptor

Christopher Silliman, MD, PhD^S
Bonfils Blood Center
Denver, CO
The Pathophysiology of Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury in an Animal Model and In Vitro Investigation of Endothelium as an Active Participant

Dorothea Zucker-Franklin, MD^S
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY
Studies on Prevalence and Transmissibility of HTLV-I/II Tax

1996

Emily Baron-Casella, PhD^S
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Identification of the Epitopes and Antibodies Involved in the HPA-3 (Bak) and HPA-4 (Pen) Alloantigen Systems

Tylis Y. Chang, MD^S
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ABO Antibodies: The Ontogeny of the Natural Repertoire

Laura Cooling, MD^S
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Population Differences in Blood Group Antigen Expression Among Normal Platelet Donors

Loren D. Fast, PhD^S
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island
The Immunological Consequences of Blood Transfusion: Early Events

Karen E. King, MD
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
The Role of Complement and Complement Inhibitors in Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions

Louis V. Kirchhoff, MD^S
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Use of Recombinant Trypanosoma Cruzi Proteins for Serologic Diagnosis of Chagas Disease

Joni M. Lohmann, MD
Veterans Affairs, Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Nonisotopic Analysis of the Survival Characteristics of Multiple Concurrent Platelet Populations with a Biotin Label

Jack T. Stapleton, MD
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Detection of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in the Whole Blood of Volunteer Blood Donors With and Without Elevated Alanine Transanimase

Neil Young, Msc, FIBMS^S
University of Oxford
Oxford, England
Molecular Analysis of Alloreactivity in Recipients of HLA-One-Haplotype-Matched or Fully HLA-Mismatched Pre-Transplant Blood Transfusions

1995

Francesco Bertolini, MD, PhD^S
Maugeri Foundation, Pavia Medical Center
Pavia, Italy
Collection and Ex-Vivo Expansion of Placental Blood-Derived Hematopoietic Progenitors for Transplantation

Brian Curtis, BS, MT(ASCP)SBB^S
The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Role of ABO Blood Group Incompatibility in the Pathogenesis of Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Louis A. DePalma, MD^S
The George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Gene Expression in Activated Cord Lymphocytes: Relevance to Neonatal Immunohematology

Susan H. Eshleman, MD, PhD^S
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Regulation of Protein Glycosylation: Characterization of Glycosylation Signals for Recombinant Protein Design

Malcolm R. MacKenzie, MD^S
Sacramento Medical Foundation Center for Blood Research
Sacramento, California
Immunoregulatory B Cells in Transfusion

Martha Osbornes
Central Kentucky Blood Center
Lexington, Kentucky
Retaining First Time Donors: Testing the Effectiveness of Interventions Designed to Increase Personal Perception as a Committed Donor

Robert I. Roth, MD, PhD^S
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
San Francisco, California
A Mechanism for Endothelial Cell-mediated Thrombosis: Deleterious Consequences of the Interaction of Cell-free Hemoglobin and Bacterial Endotoxin

Gerald Soslau, PhD^S
Hahnemann University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Response of Stored Platelets to Paired Agonists in the Presence and Absence of Extracellular ATP

Connie Westhoff, PhD^S
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
Targeted Deletion of the Rh Genes in Human Erythroleukemia Cells

Theodore Wun, MD^S
University of California Davis Cancer Center
Sacramento, California
Thrombopoietin Effects on Human Platelets

1994

Douglas P. Blackall, MD^S
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Human Blood Group Glycophorins as Receptors for the Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Parasite

Paul F. Bray, MD^S
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Application of Novel Molecular Methods to Genotype and Identify New Platelet Specific Antigens

Umakant J. Dumaswala, PhD^S
Hoxworth Blood Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Glutamine Improves Red Cell Preservation

Walter H. Dzik, MD^S
New England Deaconess Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Transient Microchimerism Following Allogeneic Blood Transfusion

Cheng-Han Huang, MD, PhD^S
New York Blood Center
New York, New York
Studies on Human S-s-U and S-s-U+ Red Blood Cells–Molecular Basis, Phenotypic Heterogeneity and Relationship to Other Surface Markers of Glycophorin

Maryanne Keashen-Schnell^S
American Red Cross Blood Services
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Antibody Detection in the Thrombocytopenic Disorders of Pregnancy

Alan H. Lazarus, PhD^S
St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Study of a B-cell Regulatory Pathway to Delay or Prevent Platelet Alloimmunization in a Human-PBMC-SCID Mouse Model

Christine S. Rinder, MD^S
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
An In Vitro Model of the Effects of Platelet Transfusion on Leukocyte Function

S.M. Hossein Sadrzadeh, PhD^S
New England Deaconess Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Oxygen Free Radical Damage of Gamma-Irradiated Blood

1993

Jeffrey L. Carson, MD^S
UMDNJ - R.W. Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Cost Effectiveness of Autologous Blood Transfusion

Scott Cobourn, PhD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Regulation of CD44 Expression in Erythroid Cells

Ellen P. Klohe, PhD^S
Inland Northwest Blood Center
Spokane, Washington
Effects of Methyldopa on Leukocyte Subpopulations

Douglas M. Lublin, MD, PhD^S
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Rh Blood Group System

Marion Reid, PhD^S
New York Blood Center
New York, New York
Studies on the Surface Markets of Glycophorin in Molecules in Human Red Blood Cells

Rosetta Sue Shirey, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB^S
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
An Animal Model of DSTR and DHTR

1992

Michael P. Busch, MD, PhD^S
Irwin Memorial Blood Centers
San Francisco, California
Impact of Homologous Blood Transfusion on HIV Replication and Disease in Vivo

Loren D. Fast, PhD^S
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island
Blood Transfusion and GVHD: Induction, Prevention and Modulation

Linda L. Kelley, PhD^S
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Erythropoietin Regulation of the Cell Cycle in Erythroid Progenitor Cells

Stuart E. Lind, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Use of Conjugated Estrogens in Von Willebrand's Disease

Joann Moulds, PhD^S
University of Texas Medical School
Houston, Texas
Determination and Localization of Human Blood Group Polymorphisms on Complement Receptor One (CR1)

Marguerite A. Neill, MD
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis for the Investigation of Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti by Blood Transfusion

1991

Raymond L. Comenzo, MD^S
Boston, Massachusetts
On the Role of Fibronection in Peripheral Blood Progenitor Cell Amplification

Christopher D. Hillyer, MD^S
Emory University Hospital Blood Bank
Atlanta, Georgia
Peripheral Blood Stem Cells for Allogeneic Transplantation: Development of an Animal Model-Initial Phase Investigations

Hwai-Tai C. Lam, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB^S
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
A Cost-Effective Study of a Prospective Utilization Monitoring Program for Transfusion Practice

Peter J. Larson, MD^S
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The Role of the GIA Domain in the Function of Vitamin K-dependent Coagulant Proteins

John B. Lowe, MD^S
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Molecular Genetics of the Human Lewis and Lewis-related Blood Group Loci

Donald L. Siegel, PhD, MD^S
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Biology of Human Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

Priscilla Y.L. Yam, MS, FIMLS^S
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
The Detection of Minimal Residual Disease Using T-Cell Receptor Gene Rearrangements and the Polymerase Chain Reaction

1990

Kenneth D. Friedman, MD
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Studies of von Willebrand Variants to Define the VWF Domain that Binds Glycoprotein IB

Douglas M. Lublin, MD, PhD^S
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri
Molecular Biological Approaches to Immunohematology: Pilot Study of Cromer Blood Group

Allen Mayer, MD, PhD^s
Irwin Memorial Blood Center
San Francisco, California
Adaptation of Capillary Separation to PCR Amplification for Donor Infectious Disease Screening

C. Ann Rearden, MD^S
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California
Antigenicity and Autogenicity of the MN Blood Group Sialoglycoprotein Glycophorin A

Brian R. Smith, MD^S
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Platelet-Leukocyte Interactions

Douglas M. Smith, MD^S
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Allogeneic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Yucatan Miniature Swine

1989

Neil Blumberg, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York
Comparison of the Clinical and Immunologic Effects of Autologous or Homologous Blood Transfusions in Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion Surgery

Janice P. Dutcher, MD^S
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Evaluation of Hematologic Changes Associated with Interlukin-2 Administration to Patients with Metastatic Malignancy and Evaluation of Migration of Activated Autologous Lymphocytes in these Patients

Walter H. Dzik, MD^S
New England Deaconess Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Leukopoor Platelet Concentrates: Development and Evaluation of a Method for Preparing Leukocyte Depleted Platelet Concentrates from Single Units of Whole Blood

Joseph P. Meyer/John A. Barrett, MD
Cook County Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
Fresh Frozen Plasma Use During Massive Transfusion

Sandra J. Nance, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB^S
American Red Cross, Los Angeles-Orange Counties Region
Los Angeles, California
A Comparison of the Efficiency of the Monocyte Monolayer Assay IgG Subclassing, OD450 Amniotic Fluid, and Ultrasonography in Prediction of the Severity of Hemolytic Disease of the New Born

James A. Sloand, MD^S
Highland Hospital
Rochester, New York
Characterization of Platelet Glycoprotein Ib in Chronic Renal Failure

1988

Timothy H. Carlson, PhD^S
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Preparation and Properties of an Improved Antithrombin III Concentrate

Thomas S. Kickler, MD^S
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
Antiallotypic Antibodies in Platelet Transfusion Recipients–Their Clinical Significance

Joann Moulds, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB^S
University of Texas
Houston, Texas
Quantitation of C4A (Rodgers) and C4B (Chido) in Order to Study Their Role in Complement Mediated Pathology

Harry E. Prince, PhD^S
American Red Cross, Los Angeles-Orange Counties Region
Los Angeles, California
Lymphocyte Activation by Oxidized Erythrocytes: Characterization of the Responding Cells and the Cellular Interactions Required

1987

Chester Andrzejewski, PhD, MD^S
University Intramural Correspondence
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
New Assessments of Anti-Erythrocyte Autoantibody Heterogeneity in Immune Hemolytic States

Jerome L. Gottschall, MD
The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mechanism of Action of Platelet Aggregating Factor in TTP: Implications for Gamma Globulin Therapy

Lauralynn Lebeck, MT(ASCP)SBB
St. Luke's Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Immunoregulatory Activity of Human Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells.

1986

John B. Lowe, MD^S
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Molecular Biology of the Human A Blood Group Glycosyltransferases

Paul Mintz, MD^S
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, Virginia
Correlation of Non-invasive Assessment of Platelet Morphology with Platelet Recovery and Survival

David Scrivner, MD^S
American Red Cross, St. Louis Bi-State Chapter
St. Louis, Missouri
Hydrocortisone Impairs Lak Activity by Inhibition of Effector/Target Cell Binding

Edward L. Snyder, MD^S
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Calcium-Dependent Proeolysis of Actin During Storage of Platelet Concentrates

Edward J. Victoria, PhD^S
University of California
San Diego, California
Transmembrane Skeletal Association of the RH Antigens.

1985

James P. AuBuchon, MD^S
American Red Cross, Rochester Region
Rochester, New York
Use of Indium111 as a Red Cell Label in Survival Studies

Brooks Jackson, MD^S
University of Minnesota Hospitals
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Non-Detection of Human Cytomegalovirus DNA in IgM Seropositive Blood Donor Using Spot Hybridization

Melanie S. Kennedy^S
Ohio State University Hospitals
Columbus, Ohio
Managerial Role Delineation for Blood Bank Specialists

Jane M. Rachel, MT(ASCP), MA^S
Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Evaluation of a Solid Phase Red Cell Adherence Method for Prospective Platelet Crossmatching