64th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition: Promoting Minorities in Hematology Oral Presentations Jefferson Ballroom

Special-Interest Sessions

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Jefferson Ballroom (Hilton New Orleans Riverside)

ASH invites all interested meeting attendees to this event, which will showcase training and research opportunities geared toward increasing the diversity of scholars in the field of hematology. The highlight of the session will be scientific presentations from the ASH Minority Medical Student Award, the ASH Minority Resident Hematology Award, the ASH Minority Hematology Graduate Award, and the ASH Minority Hematology Fellowship Award program participants. A reception will follow the presentations.

The Role of Superoxide Dismutase 2 in Sickle Cell Disease

Atinuke Dosunmu-Ogunbi

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Characterization of Epstein-Barr Virus Genome Diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Elshafa H. Ahmed, DVM, PhD

Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Point of Care Evaluation of Rapid Testing Technologies in the Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease

Halimat Shadia Olaniyan, BS

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Covington, KY

Specific Membrane Lipid Levels Correlate with the Degree of Sickling in Mouse Models

Jasmin Martin, MD

American University of Antigua, Osbourn, Antigua and Barbuda

Biasing Genome-Edited HSPCs Towards the Erythroid Lineage Using Truncated Epor

Joab Camarena, BS

Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

Understanding Risk of Hematologic Malignancy in Hereditary Hemolytic Anemias and Hemoglobinopathies, a Multi-Institutional Matched Case-Control Study

Miriam Osei, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA