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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.

2024 Recipients:

For extraordinary leadership and a transformational impact on the blood community’s efforts to address the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections, as well as for long-term dedication and service to AABB’s mission:

Harvey Alter, MDHarvey Alter, MD

Michael Busch, MD, PhD Michael Busch, MD, PhD

Louis Katz, MD Louis Katz, MD

Jeffrey McCullough, MDJeffrey McCullough, MD

Paul Ness, MDPaul Ness, MD

Susan Strame, PhD, MSSusan Stramer, PhD, MS

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:

Brian Gannon, BA, MBABrian Gannon, BA, MBA

David Green, MSADavid Green, MSA

Brenda Grossman, MD, MPHBrenda Grossman, MD, MPH

Michael Murphy, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, FFPathMichael Murphy, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, FFPath

Susan Roseff, MDSusan Roseff, MD

Steven Spitalnik, MDSteven Spitalnik, MD

Lynne Uhl, MDLynne Uhl, MD

For extraordinary dedication and service, throughout a remarkable career, to advancing AABB’s mission of making transfusion medicine and biotherapies safe and available worldwide; and for significantly advancing transfusion medicine education in low-resource settings, notably through his leadership of the Global Standards Committee and impactful initiatives such as founding and leading the AABB Global Transfusion Forum.

Quentin Eichbaum, MD, PhD, MPH, MMHC, MFA, MSc, MA, MMEd, FCAP, FASCPQuentin Eichbaum, MD, PhD, MPH, MMHC, MFA, MSc, MA, MMEd, FCAP, FASCP