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President's Awards

This honor recognizes the extraordinary public service and contributions of an individual or an organization in the health care arena. The recipient's work furthers AABB's goals and missions.

2025 Recipients:

Arwa Zakariya Al Riyami, BSc, MD, FRCPC

Arwa Zakariya Al Riyami, BSc, MD, FRCPC

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For extraordinary dedication and service, throughout a remarkable career, to advancing AABB's mission of improving lives by making transfusion medicine and biotherapies safe, available and effective worldwide.

Anne Eder, MD, PhD

Anne Eder, MD, PhD

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For extraordinary dedication and service, throughout a remarkable career, to advancing AABB's mission of improving lives by making transfusion medicine and biotherapies safe, available and effective worldwide.

Joanne Kurtzberg, MD

Joanne Kurtzberg, MD

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For important, pioneering research and leadership that has advanced the field of transfusion medicine, transplantation and biotherapies, and has improved donor and patient safety.

Naomi C. Luban, MD

Naomi C. Luban, MD

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For pioneering research in pediatric transfusion and leading the REDS-4P and many other pediatric-focused studies over a long career.

Martin L. Olsson, MD, PhD

Martin L. Olsson, MD, PhD

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For important, pioneering research and leadership that has advanced the field of transfusion medicine, transplantation and biotherapies, and has improved donor and patient safety.

Mark A. Popovsky, MD

Mark A. Popovsky, MD

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For important, pioneering research and leadership that has advanced the field of transfusion medicine, transplantation and biotherapies, and has improved donor and patient safety.

Thomas H. Price, MD

Thomas H. Price, MD

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For important, pioneering research and leadership that has advanced the field of transfusion medicine, transplantation and biotherapies, and has improved donor and patient safety.

Les E. Silberstein, MD

Les E. Silberstein, MD

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For important, pioneering research and leadership that has advanced the field of transfusion medicine, transplantation and biotherapies, and has improved donor and patient safety.

Olive J. Sturtevant, MHP, MT(ASCP), SBB, SLS, ASQ(CQA)

Olive J. Sturtevant, MHP, MT(ASCP), SBB, SLS, ASQ(CQA)

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For extraordinary dedication and service, throughout a remarkable career, to advancing AABB's mission of improving lives by making transfusion medicine and biotherapies safe, available and effective worldwide.

Nicole Thornton

Nicole Thornton

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For field-advancing research in immunohematology, and particularly for the significant discovery of a new blood group system.

Louise A. Tilley

Louise A. Tilley

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For field-advancing research in immunohematology, and particularly for the significant discovery of a new blood group system.

Bethany Weathersby

Bethany Weathersby

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For important advocacy that has advanced the care of women and children affected by blood incompatibility.