ASH News Daily 2017 - Issue 1 - B-8

ASH News Daily

Page B-8

Saturday, December 9, 2017

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MiNoRity RecRuitMeNt iNitiAtive

ASH Congratulates the 2017 MMSAP Participants

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ince 2004, the ASH Minority
Medical Student Award Program (MMSAP) has provided
underrepresented minority medical students with an opportunity
to engage in an eight-to-12-week
hematology-related research project
under the guidance of an ASH member. In 2016 the career-development

award program, part of the Minority
Recruitment Initiative (MRI), was
expanded beyond the traditional
eight-to-12-week project - this year,
22 minority medical students from
the United States and Canada who
are enrolled in DO, MD, or MD/
PhD programs, took part in one of
the following experiences:

* Summer research experience
for minority medical students between their first and second year of
medical school, to be conducted during the summer break (8-12 weeks)
with a laboratory- or clinically based
hematology investigator.
* Flexible research experience
for minority medical students in

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their first, second, or third year of
medical school, to be completed
over the course of a year (an approximately 320- to 480-hour commitment).
* Yearlong research experience
for minority medical students in between their first and second, second
and third, or third and fourth years
of medical school. Participants will
take a year off from medical school
to engage in research full-time.
Designed to spark minority medical students' interest in the field of
hematology, MMSAP is the first in a
pathway of initiatives under ASH's
MRI, a program committed to increasing the number, and creating a
pipeline, of minority medical scholars in hematology.
Program participants are paired
with both a research and careerdevelopment mentor to assist them
with the execution of their projects
and offer career guidance throughout medical school and beyond. After the research year, the students
are encouraged to remain involved
with ASH throughout medical
school and residency to keep them
engaged in the study of hematology
and to help them gain experience in
the field. Each of the 22 award recipients received a stipend of $5,000
during his/her research experience
and a $2,000 allowance for travel
to this year's annual meeting. Each
MMSAP participant will present his
or her findings at this evening's Promoting Minorities in Hematology
Presentations and Reception, which
will be held from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., at
the Georgia Aquarium.

2017 MMSAP
SUMMER PARTICIPANTS

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Alexandra Boye-Doe
Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Research Title: Red cell adhesion
in adult patients
with sickle cell
disease, at baseline and with
pain, measured
on a microfluidic
device
Research Mentor: Jane Little,
MD, University
Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
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