Don’t You … Forget About (C)ME
As you walk away from the 2020 Annual Meeting, don’t forget about continuing education credits. Here are some FAQs, and complete info can be found on the ASH website. Is CME/MOC available? Attendees do not need to attend the live sessions as they air in order to claim...
Classical Hits: A Hematology Review
I’m with Dr. Alice Ma on this one. Classical hematology, or the study of nonmalignant, but not so “benign,” hematologic conditions evokes an image of white bearded, Latin speaking, tweed blazer (with elbow patches) wearing physicians, gathering in dusty, musty...
Fair Is Foul and Foul Is Fair: Race, Ethnicity, and Disparities Hovered Through the Meeting Air!
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair;Hover through the fog and filthy air.”— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 1 The apportionment ratios of personhood based on race, ethnicity, and gender, once seemingly fair from the Western worldview, are emerging as increasingly foul to many....
ASH Clinical Practice Guidelines Update and Upcoming Webinar
ASH published several clinical practice guidelines in Blood Advances this year and plans to release several more in the coming year. Three sickle cell disease (SCD) guidelines, one acute myeloid leukemia (AML) guideline, and one venous thromboembolism (VTE) guideline...
2020 Global Research Award Winners
Now entering its fourth cycle, the ASH Global Research Award was created especially for trainees and early- career investigators based in countries outside of the United States and Canada. It is intended to support these hematologists during the critical period...
With Time on Your Side, the Sky’s the Limit: ASH Research Training Award for Fellows
The ASH Research Training Award for Fellows (RTAF) is an award open to both MD and MD/PhD researchers between their second and fifth year of fellowship designed to encourage junior researchers in hematology, hematology/oncology, and other hematology-related programs...
ASH Announces 2020 Minority Graduate Student Abstract Achievement Awards
The Minority Graduate Student Abstract Achievement Award is part of the ASH Abstract Achievement Award program. This award program is meant to encourage minority graduate students in the field of hematology and is part of the broader minority recruitment initiative at...
“Why I Volunteer”: Lorena Lobo de Figueiredo-Pontes, MD, PhD — International Consortium on Acute Leukemia
The International Consortium on Acute Leukemia (ICAL) is an international network that seeks to improve the care of patients with acute leukemia. ASH member and ICAL participant Dr. Lorena Lobo de Figueiredo-Pontes (Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao...
“Why I Volunteer”: Curt Bodkyn, MBBS, MRCPI, MHPE — Children’s International Consortium on Acute Leukemia
The Children’s International Consortium on Acute Leukemia (C-ICAL) is an international network that seeks to improve the care of pediatric patients with acute leukemia. Dr. Curt Bodkyn (The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad; Eric Williams Medical...
Dr. Jerome Seid Shares His Hopes for the ASH Congressional Fellowship
The ASH Congressional Fellowship is in its third consecutive term, and in 2020, Dr. Jerome Seid, a medical hematologist/oncologist at Great Lakes Cancer Management Specialists, sat down with ASH News Daily to share his expectations for this unique experience, which...