American Society of Hematology honors prominent researchers with ma...( (San Diego Calif. December 9 2003) ...)

(San Diego, Calif., December 9, 2003) The American Society of Hematology is pleased to announce the winners of two of the Society's highest honors. Gary Gilliland, M.D., Ph.D., has been chosen to receive the 2003 William Dameshek Prize, and Janet Rowley, M.D., has been awarded the Henry M. Stratton Medal. Dr. Gilliland and Dr. Rowley are being recognized for their exceptional contributions to hematology research.

The William Dameshek Prize, endowed by the late Dr. William Dameshek, a past president of the Society and the original editor of Blood, the official journal of the American Society of Hematology, recognizes an investigator who has made recent outstanding contributions to hematology research. This year's recipient is Gary Gilliland, M.D., Ph.D., who is recognized for his important work on the molecular pathogenesis of leukemia. Dr. Gilliland's discoveries have provided new ways to look at how cancer is caused and how it can potentially be cured.

Recently, Dr. Gilliland's team discovered the cause of hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) based on responsiveness of HES patients to the leukemia drug imatinib (Gleevec). Dr. Gilliland and his colleagues also have developed strategies for effective treatment of HES patients who have developed resistance to small molecule inhibitors such as imatinib. Future research will investigate whether these strategies may one day benefit leukemia patients who are imatinib-resistant.

Dr. Gilliland is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and is a faculty member of the school's Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program in the Department of Genetics. He is also the Director of the Leukemia Program at the Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center, an Associate Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Janet Rowley, M.D., is the 2003 recipient of the Hen
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American Society of Hematology
9-Dec-2003

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