Susan R. Conway, MD (Children’s Research Institute);
Mark Lee, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital);
Yunfeng Liu, PhD (New York Blood Center);
Panagiotis Mistriotis, PhD (Auburn University);
Jansen Seheult, MB
“Congratulations to this year’s scholars for the outstanding research they’ve completed,” said AABB Foundation president Richard Schäfer, MD, FRSB.“ Their work exemplifies the curiosity, dedication and scientific rigor that drive progress in our field. I believe this is just the beginning of careers filled with impactful contributions to transfusion medicine and biotherapies.”
The AABB Foundation Scholars will be honored at the 2025 AABB Annual Meeting for their completed research in the following areas:
Harnessing the naïve T-cell compartment to generate multi-antigen-specific SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells (Conway).
Identification of T cell epitopes in hemophilia patients with inhibitors using next-generation mapping technologies (Lee).
Mechanisms of interferon activation and mononuclear phagocyte expansion in sickle cell disease (Liu).
Eliminating senescent bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells using microfluidics (Mistriotis).
A Stochastic, Multicompartment, Dynamic Model of Hemostasis and Oxygenation During Trauma Resuscitation: Building a Platform for in Silico Trials of Transfusion Strategies (Seheult)
Validation of a potential curative gene editing approach across the diverse sickle cell disease patient population using induced pluripotent stem cells (Vanuytsel).
Mechanisms underlying factor VIII-specific CD4 T cell activation in mice with hemophilia A (Zerra).