AABB and the AABB Foundation are proud to present the names of those who donated in 2023. 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.
John B. Miller, MBA
Debra BenAvram, FASAE, CAE
Brian Custer, PhD, MPH
Delisa English, MBA
David Ronald Green, MSA
Jan Hartmann
Mary Grable McLeod, MT(ASCP)SBB
Steven L. Spitalnik, MD
Jose Cancelas, MD, PHD
Tony S. Casina, MT(ASCP)SBB
Nancy Dunbar, MD
Karen Palmer, BS, MT(ASCP)
Hua Shan
Melanie Sloan, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ)
Ronit Slotky, PhD, MSC
Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD, FCAP
Marlon Webb, CQA(ASQ), MT(ASCP)BB
Michael P. Busch, MD, PhD
Sally Campbell-Lee, MD
Meghan Delaney, DO, MPH
Jerry A. Holmberg, PhD, MT(ASCP)SBB
Paul M. Ness, MD
Donna M. Regan, MT(ASCP)SBB
Bruce Wellman, MD
Susan Wilson, BS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Ivy Winick
Phil Accooe, CLS, MBA, MLS(ASCP)SBB, MS
Jasem Albasri, MS, SBB
Jennifer Andrews
Steve Apfelroth, CABP
Raghunath Azhwar
Michael Bauer, MD, FACP
Brian Bautista
Vijay Bhoj
Neil Blumberg, MD
Laura Bou-Maroun
Barbara Bryant, MD, MT(ASCP)SBB
Lorraine Caruccio
Aleksandra Chikunova
Chancey Christenson
Sonia Coco
Angelo D'Alessandro
Phillip J. DeChristopher, MD, PhD
Gregory Denomme
Amar Desai
Adrienne Devine, MT(ASCP)
Mélanie Dieudé
Steven Drews
Jessica Drouillard
Cyrus Eduljee
Tamar Feldman
Warren Fingrut
G. Michael Fitzpatrick
Lisandro Fortuny
Ludwig Frontier
Mark Fung
Marc Germain
Ruchika Goel
Richard Gonzales
James Gorham, MD, PhD
Iain Gosbell
Martin A. Grable
Brenda Grossman, MD, MPH
Yannis Hadjiyannis
Zerela Henry
Amanda Hess, MBA
John R. Hess, MD
Shana Hughes
Sarah Ilstrup
David Irving
Ryan Jajosky
Michael Janasik
Brett Janis
Susan Johnson
Carmen Julius
Jason Kang
Alesia Kaplan
Scott Krummey
Dane E. LaCasse, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB
Isra Levy
Chance Luckey
Jim Manolios
Denese Marks
Janet McNaughton
Cedrice Mentor, BS, MT, BB(ASCP)
Sarah Morley
Naheed Mufti
Maria DLA Muniz, MD
Kim-Anh Nguyen
Susan Noone, BS, MPH, CQA(ASQ)
Clifford Numark
Patrick W. Ooley MS, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ)CMQ/OE
Monica Pagano
Chantale Pambrun
Michael Parejko, MS, MT(ASCP)
Elpidio Pena, MD
Rita Fitzpatrick Reik, MD, FCAP
Nabiha Saifee
Harpreet Sandhu
Eileen A. Selogie, MT(ASCP)SBB
Beth Shaz, MD
Aaron Shmookler
Nancy M. Shotas, MT(ASCP)BB, CQA(ASQ)
John Spinosa
Thoma Spitzer, MD
Jean Stanley, MBA, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ)CMQ/OE
Bruce Steven Sachais, MD, PhD
Moritz Stolla, MD, PhD
Suzanne Thibodeaux, CABP(H),MD,PHD
Pierre Tiberghien
Hlaing Tint
Bryan Visser
Geraldine Walsh
Dan Waxman, MD
Homayemem Weli
Anne Winkler
Marius Witzoe
Amber Janney Zevallos
Eman Abouahmed
Maureen Ahler, MT(ASCP), MS
Kirsten Alcorn, MD
Bernard Appiah
Vee Armstrong, AIBMS
Laura Astuto, MLS(ASCP)
Doreen Atlak
Fernanda Azevedo-Silva
Greg L. Ball
Heide Banan
James Bancroft
John Barry
Stephanie Bates
Susan Bator, MD
Danielle Baumberger
Colleen Baumer
Charles Beavers
Joanne Becker
Carmen Alesia Bell
Mauricio Beltran
Nancy Benitez, MHS, (ASCP)SBB
Helen Bixenman, MBA/HCM, CHC, CG(ASCP)CMDLMCM,QLCCM
Bethany Bledsoe
James Boiani
Janet Boshell
Riley Bradford
Donald R. Branch, BS, MT(ASCP), SBB, PhD
Connie Breaker
Bethany Brown
Debra Bucholz, MBA, BS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Suzanne Butch, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA
Elizabeth Caldwell
Elizabeth T. Callais, MT(ASCP)SBB
Timothy Carll
Bonnie Carmichael
Adam Carr
Regina Castor
Danielle Chasse
Linda L. Chezosky, MT(ASCP)BB
Jody Chinn
Jacquelyn Choate, MD
Stella T. Chou
Adrienne Clark
Emily Coberly
Fabrice Cognasse
Cynthia R. Condrey, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ) PMP
Joseph Connor
Taylor Costello
Joan Eckardt Craft
Rosa Elena Crouson, MLS(ASCP)SBB
Julie Cruz
Brian Curtis, PhD, D(ABMLI), MT(ASCP)SBB
Melissa Cushing
Felicia Darden
Marie Dequattro
Dana V. Devine, PhD
Cristine Clemente Dos Santos
Sandy Drake
Ashley Duits
Megan Dupont
Rachel Elder
Karen Wiedemann Eldin, MD, MBA
Kristin Engstrom
Danielle Falconer
Lola Famuyiwa
Sean Fitzgerald
Jayson Frederick
Jacquelyn Fredrick, MBA, MT(ASCP)SBB
Emeline Masson Frenet
Hope Galarza
Patricia A. Galdon, BS, BA
Richard Gammon
Ray Ganesh
Jaime Gannon
Eric Gehrie
Janet Geraigery
David Gibb
Purdey Go
Christopher Gonzalez, MD
Raymond P. Goodrich Jr, PHD
Edward Gordon
Jed Gorlin, MD, MBA
Alycia Green
Lauro Eleazar Guerra Jr, BS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Janice Habel
Gregory R. Halverson, BS,MT(ASCP)SBB,DLM
AISHA HAMID
Janis Hamilton, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Hyojeong Han
Hank Hanna, MD
Nancy Heddle, MSc, FCSMLS(D)
Salwa Ibrahim Hindawi MSc, MRCPATH, CTM
Nora V. Hirschler, MD
Alexander Hoefinger
Sherry Hogan
Edward Holcomb
Marie Hollenhorst
Charlotte Hollinger, MT(ASCP)
Lydia Howard, MD, BS, MT(ASCP)
Bryna Howell
Sheri Hugan, SBB, MLS(ASCP)
Shiu-Ki Hui
Shujaat Hussain
Jesse Iregui
Sukeyuki ITO
Pauline James
Piotr Jarosz
Sandy Johnston
Jennifer Jones
Cassandra Josephson
Vidyadhari Karne
Jane and Louis Katz
Richard Kaufman
Margaret A. Keller, PhD
Kathleen Kelly, PhD
Mohammadreza Khoshi
Kristina Kizer
Robert Kruse
Mercy Kuriyan, MD
Vincent Laroche
Baia Lasky
Barbara Ledford, SBB(ASCP)CM
Lesley Lee
Patricia Claudia Leon Michel MT
Elaine Leung
Claire Hubener Lewis
Lily Li, MD, PhD
Mary Lieb, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ)
Adria llanes
Nicklas Lundman
Kelly Lust
Denise Malicki, MD, PhD
Marisela Marchan
Lori Martell
Beth Martens
Charif El Masri, MT(ASCP)SBB
Richard Mathews
Terrance McBurney, MD
Jamie McDaniel
Toccarra McEachern
Kim Lea McKenzie, BS
Christine McLaughlin
Pamela Meceda
Andrea Michaud, MS, MT(ASCP)
Maureen Miller, MD, MPH
Celina Montemayor, MD, PhD
Marvin H Moore Jr, BS, MLS(ASCP)SBB
Cheryl Moore
Teresa Moreira-Weil
Pavel Munerman
Michael F. Murphy, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, FFPath
Susan N. Nahirniak MD, FRCPC
Heike Nash
Mario Neto
Katie Palmer
Roberto Pascone, PhD
Michael Passwater, MT(ASCP)SBB, DLM(ASCP)
Cristey Pebley
Laura Petitti
Marcus Picard-Maureau
Jessica Poisson, MD
Alicia Prichard
Tanyanikka Pugh
Amy Quiggins
Eva D. Quinley
Jordan Radigan
Glenn Ramsey
Opal Reddy
Jo-Anna Reems, CABP, SBB, MT(ASCP), PHD
Patricia A. Reilly, MLS(ASCP)SBB
Debra Reisner
Diana Riddle
Linda Rockwood
Julisa Rodriguez
Lawrence C. Rodriguez MT(ASCP), BS
Robert Rogers
Karen Roush, MD
Rachel Rucker-Schmidt, MD
Sheila Rudesheim, SBB, MT(ASCP), BS
Paula Saa
Jessica Sabelhaus
Irma M. Sainz
Darlene Sanders
Berta Santos
Jason Sapia
Misheil Savage
Susanna Schelkoph
Janet L. Schmid, MD
Joseph Schwartz
John Sherbeck
Andrea Sherlaw
Melissa Siemsen
Robert Sikorski
Christopher Silliman, MD, PhD
J. Leanna Simpson
Jayanna Slayten, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Mary Elizabeth Smith, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ)
Ashley Somenzi
Linda Song
Bryan R. Spencer, PhD
Patricia Spizuoco
Victoria Studebaker MT(ASCP)SBB
Amar T. Subramanian, MS, MD
Gale L. Suwe, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Selina Taylor
Tiffiney Teo
Mamie Thant, MD, MS
Perumal Thiagarajan, MD
Rebecca Jean Thomas, MT(ASCP)SBB
Barbara Thompson
Thomas Thompson
Rebecca Thornton
Marcia E. Tinker
Aaron Tobian, MD, PhD
Grace Abena Birago Totoe, SBB, MD
Muriel W. Touretzky, MT(ASCP),RN
Mary Townsend, MD
Susan Van Ausdall
Quynh Vantu
Ljiljana Vasovic, MD
Randall W. Velliquette, SBB(ASCP)
Susan Veneman MT(ASCP)SBB
Sean A. Vickerie, BB(ASCP), MS
Julie Wascom
Thomas Watkins, DO, MPH
Jessica Watson, MLS(ASCP)
Erin Westby, MLS(ASCP)SBB,MS
Carolyn Wetzel
Patricia Whitacre, MT(ASCP)SBB
Susan Wilkinson, EdD, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Patrick Wilson
Shelly Ann Wise
Efthymia Yiacoumi, BSc, DIC, MSc
Michelle Zeller
Marie Zeuthen
“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
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American Red Cross
Coastal Blood Foundation
Roche
Vitalant
Fresenius Kabi
QuidelOrtho
Canadian Blood Services
Santa Barbara Foundation
Beckman Coulter
Blood Centers of America, Inc.
The Richard H. Yearick Foundation
The AABB Foundation would also like to thank the following AABB Corporate Partners for their support:
AdvantaCell
ARC-One
Ashland, Inc.
Baptist Memorial Healthcare
Biobridge Global
Boekel Scientific
Digi-Trax
Gilead
GPI
Grifols
Haemonetics
Hemanext
Helmer
Hettich Instruments
Immucor
Johnson & Johnson
MacoPharma
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Quotient Biodiagnostics
RadSource
Sanofi Genzyme
Standex Scientific Solutions
Terumo
ThermoFischer
Cedrice C. Mentor, BB(ASCP), MS
Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD, FCAP
Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD, FCAP
Eva D. Quinley, MT(ASCP)SBB, MS, CQA(ASQ)
Steven L. Spitalnik, MD
Delisa English, MBA
Nancy M. Dunbar, MD
Tony S. Casina MT(ASCP)SBB
Jose Cancelas, MD, PhD
Tony S. Casina MT(ASCP)SBB
Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski, FCAP,MD,PHD
Michael P. Busch, MD, PhD
Jan Hartmann
Mary Elizabeth Smith, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ)
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