AABB and the AABB Foundation are proud to present the names of those who donated to the Foundation and its Research and Education Trust Fund in 2022. Their generosity helped the AABB Foundation award six deserving individuals with an early-career scientific research grant. The Foundation distributed $450,000 to fund research projects through its early-career Scientific Research Grant Program. This funding allows researchers to conduct studies that may advance the field and help further their career in transfusion medicine or biotherapies.
AABB and the Foundation laud the giving spirit behind these donations with a special thanks to recurring donors who remain committed to our mission, those who donated to the AABB Foundation for the first time and those who made anonymous donations.
Many previous grant recipients have leveraged their Foundation-funded research into successful careers, becoming industry experts and leaders whose scientific contributions continue to advance the field and improve patient treatment and safety.
Thank you for supporting the AABB Foundation’s mission to fuel innovative research in transfusion medicine and biotherapies for the benefit of donors and patients.
Cynthia Eicher, MHS, MT(ASCP)SBB
John B. Miller, MBA
Debra BenAvram, FASAE, CAE
Michael P. Busch, MD, PhD
Brian Custer, PhD, MPH
Delisa English, MBA
James Gorham, MD, PhD
David R. Green
Margaret A. Keller, PhD
Mary Grable McLeod, MT(ASCP)SBB
Melanie Sloan, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB,
CQA(ASQ)
Steven L. Spitalnik, MD
Thoma Spitzer, MD
Dana V. Devine, PhD
John Hess, MD
Jerry A. Holmberg, PhD, MT(ASCP)SBB
Karen Palmer, BS, MT(ASCP)
Michael Parejko, MS, MT(ASCP)
Marlon Webb, CQA(ASQ), MT(ASCP)BB
Michael Bauer, MD, FACP
Sally Campbell-Lee, MD
Jose Cancelas, MD, PhD
Tony S. Casina, MT(ASCP)SBB
Nancy Dock, PhD
Nancy Dunbar, MD
Michael Grogan
William Heaton, MD
Jane and Louis Katz
Donna Regan, MT(ASCP)SBB
Jill Storry, PhD, FIBMS
Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD, FCAP
Bruce Wellman, MD
Susan M. Wilson, BS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Phil Accooe, CLS, MBA, MLS(ASCP)SBB, MS
Christine Bales, BS, MT(ASCP)
Neil Blumberg, MD
Donald R. Branch, BS, MT(ASCP), SBB, PhD
Angela Buscemi
Jeffrey L. Carson, MD
Meghan Delaney, DO, MPH
Andres Elizondo
Brenda
Grossman, MD, MPH
Frances Ivester, MLS(ASCP), MS, CQA(ASQ)
Jeffrey Jhang, MD
Susan Johnson, MSTM, MT(ASCP)SBB
Diane Killion, JD
C. Michael Knudson, MD
Vijai Mohan
Michael F. Murphy, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, FFPath
Sandra
Nance, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Marc Pearce, MBA
Elpidio Pena, MD
Amy Quiggins
Lynsi C. Rahorst, MHPE, MT(ASCP)SBBCM
Bruce Sachais, MD, PhD
Faiqa Sadique, MS, SBB, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ)
Eileen Selogie, SBB, MT(ASCP)
Beth
Shaz, MD
Nancy M. Shotas, MT(ASCP)BB, CQA(ASQ)
Donald Siegel, MD, PhD
Arthur J. Silvergleid, MD
Toby L. Simon, MD
Jean Stanley, MBA, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ)CMQ/OE
Moritz Stolla, MD, PhD
Axel Stover, PhD
Amar T.
Subramanian, MS, MD
Rebecca Jean Thomas, MT(ASCP)SBB
Dan Waxman, MD
Gay Wehrli, MBA, MD, MSEd
Susan Wilkinson, EdD, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Karina Yazdanbakhsh, PhD
Ariel Acaylar
Amer Akmal, MD
Jasem Albasri, MS, SBB
Zahrah Alzohayan
Chester Andrzejewski, MD, PhD
Kathleen Angel, BS, MT(ASCP)
Silvia Arango
Matthew Asch
Ibtihaj Awadelkariem, MLS
Christina Beck, MD
Jennifer
Bendig
Nancy Benitez, MHS, (ASCP)SBB
Helen Bixenman, MBA/HCM, CHC, CG(ASCP) CMDLMCM, QLCCM
Patricia Brunker, MS, MD, PhD
Suzanne Butch, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA
Hongliang Chen
Jacquelyn Choate, MD
Darawadee Chodtanaboon
Celia Clifford, BS, CMQ/OE, CQA(ASQ), MS, MT(ASCP)
Eran Cohen-Barak
Fatmata Conteh
Laura Cooling, MD, MSc
Michael Creer, MD, PhD
Christine Cserti-Gazdewich, MD
Brian Curtis, PhD, D(ABMLI), MT(ASCP)SBB
Celeste Lorena Dean-El, BB(ASCP), MS, SBB(ASCP)
Vilma Diaz
Karen Wiedemann Eldin, MD, MBA
Reem Farrid
Joy Fridey, MD, MBA
Maribeth S. Friend, CQA(ASQ), MLS(ASCP)SBB, MS
Sarah
R. Futterman-Devies, MT(ASCP)
Brian Gannon, BA, MBA
Janet Gatti, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Dianne Geary, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB
Christopher Gonzalez, MD
Martin Grable
Jun Guzman
Janis Hamilton, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Salwa Hindawi,
MSc, MRCPATH, CTM
Nora V. Hirschler, MD
Charlotte Hollinger, MT(ASCP)
Lydia Howard, MD, BS, MT(ASCP)
Catarina Jacinto Correia, MD, MSc
Eapen Jacob, MD
Brett Janis
Lynn Johnson
John Kalp
Morimasa Kaneko
Kathleen Kelly, PhD
Cynthia M. Kukenberger, MS, SBB
Alaina Kutcher
Michael Lankiewicz, MD
Barbara Ledford, SBB(ASCP)CM
Nichole Lepage
Lily Li, MD, PhD
Mary Lieb, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ)
Albert Lim, MLS(ASCP)
Jiang Ling
Erin Macintosh
Roselyn Marfoe, MT(ASCP)SBB
Charif Masri, MLS(ASCP)SBB
Terrance McBurney, MD
Ramier Adorador Medrocillo, RMT, MT(AMT), MLS, BB(ASCPi)
Tina Greta Melin
Cedrice Mentor, BS, MT, BB(ASCP)
Jacquelyn Messenger, MLS(ASCP)SBB, MS, PhD
Andrea Michaud, MS, MT(ASCP)
Karen Milks, MLS(ASCP)SBB
Maureen Miller, MD, MPH
Celina Montemayor, MD, PhD
Marvin Moore, BS, MLS(ASCP)SBB
Samantha Munro
Lama Musallam,
MSc, FHEA
Bruce H. Newman, MD
Sherri L. Nichols
Christian Parcher Nixon, MD, PhD
Susan Noone, MPH, CQA(ASQ)
Kay Ollech, BSN, RN
Hugo A. Otiniano, BS
Roberto Pascone, PhD
Julie Pennington
Elizabeth Jean
Picardal Lucas
Jacqueline Poston, MD
Michael C. Poynter
Jo-Anna Reems, MT(ASCP), PhD, SBB
Patricia A. Reilly, MT(ASCP)SBB
Tina Reynard, MLS(ASCP)SBB
Bradley Stan Richards, BS, MT(ASCP)BB, DLM, CLS
Stephanie Robinson
Michelle Robinson
Susan Roseff, MD
Diptiranjan Rout, MD
Kathleen Rowe, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Sheila Rudesheim, SBB, MT(ASCP), BS
Kim W. Sanford, MD
Sharol Saunders, MT(ASCP)SBB
Janet L. Schmid, MD
John W. Semple,
PhD
Arell Shapiro, MD
Patricia Shi, MD
Akihiro Sam Shimosaka, PhD
Christopher Silliman, MD, PhD
Yariv Sivan
Jayanna Slayten, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Cees Th. Smit Sibinga, MD, PhD, FRCPEdin, FRCPath
Mary Elizabeth Smith,
MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ)
Donna Strauss, MS
David Stroncek, MD
Gale L. Suwe, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Erica Swenson, DO
Mamie Thant, MD, MS
Perumal Thiagarajan, MD
Aaron Tobian, MD, PhD
Mazen Toushan, MD
Mary Townsend,
MD
Susan Van Ausdall
Nancy Van Buren, MD
Ljiljana Vasovic, MD
Randall W. Velliquette, SBB(ASCP)
Thomas Watkins, DO, MPH
Scott Webber
Paige Welborn
Patricia Whitacre, MT(ASCP)SBB
Patrick J. White
Patricia
Williams, MT(ASCP)SBB
Patrick Wilson, MD
Shelly Ann Wise
David Woods, PhD
Fumiichiro Yamamoto, PhD
Efthymia Yiacoumi, BSc, DIC, MSc
Marie Zeuthen
Amber Zevallos
“I am incredibly grateful to all the donors and volunteers for providing the funding that will help in our shared mission of fighting cancer. The support from this award was absolutely essential, as it allowed me to continue working on my projects as well as transition to an independent investigator, and make progress toward the goal of advancing therapies for curing cancer. I strongly believe that this work will have a major impact in patients’ lives, especially in patients from under-privileged areas where healthcare resources are lacking. This is what I aspire to do for patients.”
— Saba Ghassemi, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2023 AABB Foundation Scholar
Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
American Red Cross
Coastal Blood Foundation
Fresenius Kabi
Roche
Vitalant
Grifols
New York Blood Center
QuidelOrtho
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies
Canadian Blood Services
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
Topeka Community Foundation
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Blood Centers of America, Inc.
Digi-Trax
WellSky
Beta Sigma Phi
Emory University
New York Biologics, Inc.
The AABB Foundation would also like to thank the AABB Corporate Partners for their support.
Michael F. Murphy, MD, FRCP, FRCPATH, FFPATH
Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD, FCAP
Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD, FCAP
Matthew Asch
Gay Wehrli, MBA, MD, MSEd
Toby L. Simon, MD
Dan Waxman, MD
John Hess, MD
Cees Th. Smit Sibinga, MD, PhD, FRCPEdin, FRCPath
Diane Killion, JD
Tony S. Cassina, MT(ASCP)SBB
Susan Wilkinson, EdD, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Jiang Ling
William Heaton, MD
Michael P. Busch, MD, PhD
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