ASH News Daily 2015 - Day 1 - (Page B-1)
ASH NEWS DAILY
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57th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology
Issue 1, Section B
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Orlando, FL
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SCHEDULE
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Registration
Orange County Convention Center
West Building, Level 1 Concourse
7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Education/Scientific Program
9:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Poster Session I - Viewing
Orange County Convention Center
(Hall A2 - A3)
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Education/Scientific Program
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Exhibits Open
Orange County Convention Center
(Exhibit Hall A4 - B4)
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Career-Development Lunch Sessions
Open only to trainees wearing a blue
badge
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Product Theaters in Exhibit Hall
Orange County Convention Center
(Exhibit Hall A4 - B4)
12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.
Simultaneous Oral Sessions
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Education/Scientific Program
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Education/Scientific Program
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Poster Session I - Presentations
Orange County Convention Center
(Hall A2 - A3)
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Orange County Convention Center
(Poster Hall - Hall A, Level 2)
IN THIS SECTION
Special Symposium
on Quality
B-7
2015 MMSAP Participants
B-10
Trainee Events & Services
B-16
Things to Do in Orlando
B-27
Blood Celebrates 70 Years
of High-Impact Excellence
T
aking your first steps into
Orange County Convention Center this year, it will
be hard to miss the fact that Blood,
the flagship journal of ASH and the
premier journal for hematology,
has a birthday approaching. Glance
down at the logo on this year's tote
bags and badge lanyards, and it is
readily apparent that the journal
will be commemorating its 70th anniversary in 2016. In fact, the 2015
ASH Annual Meeting marks the
kickoff of an entire year of exploring
the story of Blood and the landmark
accomplishments and contributions
of its many editors, reviewers, and
authors through the years.
No one is more enthusiastic
about the coming year's fanfare
than Blood Editor-in-Chief Dr. Bob
Löwenberg. "Throughout the anniversary year 2016," he says, "each
weekly issue of Blood will feature a
'Flashback' to one historical article
published in the era of Blood's first
25 years that marks a seminal de-
velopment in the field." He has also
announced that six of the journal's
Past-Editors, Drs. John W. Adamson, Arthur W. Nienhuis, James D.
Griffin, Kenneth Kaushansky, Sanford J. Shattil, and Cynthia E. Dunbar (all successive Editors-in-Chief
between 1983 and 2012), will contribute retrospective editorials to
Blood recounting their unique experiences, as a reflection of their special and intense involvement with
the evolution of the field.
Seven decades ago in 1946, medical book publisher Henry M. Stratton, and Blood's first Editor-in-Chief
Dr. William Dameshek, established
the inaugural volume of the journal.
This was a culmination of more than
a century of consecutive hematologic breakthroughs. Between 1832
and 1944, hematology's forerunners detected the role of bone marrow in hematopoiesis; introduced
blood staining techniques; discovered blood groups; and recorded
the very first descriptions of numerous diseases including leukemia,
sickle cell disease, von Willebrand
disease, and macroglobulinemia.
And in the years since that first edition, Blood has served its audience
of dedicated investigators and clinicians across the globe and continued as a driving force for scientific
innovation and discovery. "There is
no way the founding editors could
ever have foreseen its future growth
»» BLOOD Page B-25
Reception to Honor 2016 ASH-AMFDP
Awardees and 2015 MMSAP Participants
T
onight at 6:30 p.m., ASH invites all interested meeting
attendees to the Promoting
Minorities in Hematology Presentations and Reception, which will
showcase training and research
opportunities geared toward increasing the diversity of scholars
in the field of hematology. One of
the many highlights of the event
will be the scientific presentations from the 2015 ASH Minority
Medical Student Award Program
(MMSAP) participants (see page
B-14 for more on this year's winners).
The reception will also feature
poster presentations by students
participating in the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's
Minority Research Supplement,
and the ASH-Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (ASH-AMFDP) 2016 Award
winners will be announced. The
ASH-AMFDP award program is a
partnership between ASH and the
Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program of the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation. Please
join us at the Regency Ballroom O-P
(Hyatt Regency Orlando) to hear
the impressive research presentations and learn more about these
exciting opportunities. The event
will conclude with a buffet dinner
and networking session (Regency
Ballroom Q).
Natasha Archer, MD, MPH, is a
pediatric hematologist/oncologist
at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's
Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, an instructor in pediatrics at
Harvard Medical School, and associate physician in the Division of
Global Health Equity at Brigham
and Women's Hospital. She is also
the senior health and policy advisor for Hematology at Zanmi La-
Natasha Archer,
MD, MPH
Rayne H.
Rouce, MD
sante (the Haitian sister organization of Partners In Health).
Dr. Archer's research focuses on
the delivery of effective sickle cell
disease care to children worldwide.
As an ASH-AMFDP awardee, Dr.
Archer will explore the relationship between fetal hemoglobin and
malaria infectivity. Hemoglobin
»» RECEPTION Page B-6
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