Past Award Winners
2024 Award Winners and Research Projects
The 2024 Research Fellowship Award Selection Committee included Margaret Ragni, MD, MPH (Hematology), D. Ware Branch, MD (OB/GYN), James Bussell, MD (Hematology), and Eric Grabowski, MD, ScD (Hematology).
Special Award Focus Area: Bleeding Disorders Affecting Women and Girls ($35,000) – These research fellowship grants are made possible, in part, through the generous support of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.
Jameel Abdulrehman, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Mentor: Leslie Skeith, MD
Project Title: Recurrence after Stopping Anticoagulants in Individuals with Estrogen-associated Venous Thromboembolism: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
Molly Smith, MD
Attending Physician/Instructor, Pediatrics
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Mentor: Eric Grabowski, MD, ScD
Project Title: Improving Screening for and Detection of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Adolescents in a Primary Care Setting
Award Focus Area: Blood Disorders – All Blood Disorders ($15,000)
Mofiyin (Mofi) Obadina, MD, MSCR
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hematology
UNC Comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease Program, Chapel Hill, NC
Mentor: Jane Little, MD
Project Title: Hypoxia in Pregnant Women with Sickle Cell Disease
Yan Xu, MD, FRCPC, MSc
Assistant Professor
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Mentor: Marc Carrier, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Project Title: Population-based Racial Equity in Pregnancy-associated Venous Thromboembolism (PREPARE VTE): Impacts of Neighborhood, Language, and Immigration Status
2023 Award Winners and Research Projects
The 2023 Fellowship Selection Committee included Margaret Ragni, MD, MPH (Hematology), D. Ware Branch, MD, (OB/GYN), James Bussell, MD (Hematology), and external reviewers, Courtney Fitzhugh, MD, (SCD/Hematology), and Karina Wilkerson, APRN, MSN, FNP-C, CCRP (SCD/Hematology).
Special Award Focus Area: Bleeding Disorders Affecting Women and Girls ($35,000) – These research fellowship grants are made possible, in part, through the generous support of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.
Jennifer Schloss, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Mentor: Shipra Kaicker, MD
Project Title: Use of single cell surface protein and gene expression studies to map immune alterations in female patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia as compared to those with acute disease and systemic lupus erythematosus
Award Focus Area: Blood Disorders – All Blood Disorders ($15,000)
Ann M. Bruno, MD
Assistant Professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Mentor: D. Ware Branch, MD
Project Title: A pilot study of rivaroxaban transfer into human milk
Sarah Detlefs, MD
Assistant Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Mentor: Jacquelyn Powers, MD
Project Title: Detection of non-anemic iron deficiency in early pregnancy (NAID Study)
Joacy Gerard Mathias, PhD
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Duke University, Durham, NC
Mentor: Nirmish Shah, MD
Project Title: Insights into contraception use among Women with sickle cell disease: Identifying patient-perceived influential factors and reproductive health gaps through focus groups
2022 Award Winners and Research Projects
The 2022 Fellowship Selection Committee included Margaret Ragni, MD, MPH (Hematology), Donna DiMichele, MD (Hematology), D. Ware Branch, MD, (OB/GYN), and James Bussell, MD (Hematology).
Special Award Focus Area: Bleeding Disorders Affecting Women and Girls ($35,000) –These research fellowship grants are made possible, in part, through the generous support of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.
Callie Berkowitz, MD
Research Fellow, Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina, Durham, NC
Mentor: Dr. Alice Ma
Project Title: Patient Assessment and Outcomes in Bleeding of Unknown Cause
Monica Bray, MD, FAAP, RHMSUS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center and McGovern School of Medicine, Houston, TX
Mentor: Dr. Lakshmi Srivaths
Project Title: Assessing Hypercoagulability and the Effect of Heparin Prophylaxis in SLE Using Global Hemostasis Assays
Katie N. Kennedy, MD
Hematology/Oncology Fellow, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Mentor: Dr. Darla Liles
Project Title: A Collaborative Approach to Women with Undiagnosed Bleeding Disorders
Award Focus Area: Blood Disorders – all Blood Disorders ($15,000)
Arielle L. Langer, MD, MPH
Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Mentor: Dr. Nancy Berliner
Project Title: Exacerbation of anemia from beta thalassemia minor during pregnancy: characterization of severity and use of erythropoietin stimulating agents
2021 Award Winners and Research Projects
The 2021 Fellowship Selection Committee included Margaret Ragni, MD, MPH (Hematology), D. Ware Branch, MD, (OB/GYN), and James Bussell, MD (Hematology).
Special Award Focus Area: Bleeding Disorders Affecting Women and Girls ($35,000) –These research fellowship grants are made possible, in part, through the generous support of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.
Bethany Samuelson Bannow, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, The Hematology Center at OHSU, Portland, OR
Mentor: Dr. Alison Edelman
Project Title: Bleeding in Carriers of Hemophilia A: The Role of von Willebrand Factor, Platelet Function and Endometrial Tissue Expression of FVIII
Click Here to read more about Dr. Samuelson Bannow’s project.
Emilie Vander Haar, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York, NY
Mentor: Dr. James Bussel
Project Title: The Natural History of Anti-HPA-alloimmunization in a Diverse Patient Population
Award Focus Area: Blood Disorders – all Blood Disorders ($15,000)
Zachary Ramsay, MD
Research Fellow at the Caribbean Institute for Health Research, Kingston 7, Jamaica
Mentors: Professor Monica Asnani and Dr. Deva Sharma
Project Title: The Influence of Sex Hormones and Menses on Sickle Cell Pain in Women
Click Here to read more about Dr. Ramsay’s project.
2020 Award Winners and Research Projects
The 2020 Fellowship Selection Committee included Margaret Ragni, MD, MPH (Hematology), D. Ware Branch, MD, (OB/GYN), and James Bussell, MD (Hematology).
Special Award Focus Area: Bleeding Disorders Affecting Women and Girls ($35,000) –These research fellowship grants are made possible, in part, through the generous support of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.
Joseph H. Oved, MD
Instructor, Division of Hematology at Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP), Bala Cynwyd, PA
Mentor: Dr. Michele P. Lambert
Project Title: Defining the dysbiosis of the gut microbiome in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed ITP
Ming Y. Lim, MD
Assistant Professor, HSC, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mentors: Dr. Geroge Rodgers and Dr. Sara Simonsen
Project Title: Obstetric complications and postpartum contraceptives in women with von Willebrand disease – a statewide population-based study
Click Here to Read Dr. Lim’s Story
Award Focus Area: Blood Disorders – all Blood Disorders ($15,000)
Lauren Andrew, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Calgary in Canada
Mentor: Dr. Leslie Skeith
Project Title: Understanding patients’ and physicians’ perspectives and barriers to participating in postpartum clinical trials: A qualitative substudy of the pilot PARTUM trial
Click here to read Dr. Andrew’s story.
2019 Award Winners and Research Projects
Special Award Focus Area: Bleeding Disorders Affecting Women and Girls ($35,000) – These awards were made possible through an educational grant through Takeda.
Annemarie E. Fogerty, MD
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Mentor: Dr. Walter H. Dzik
Project Title: Mechanism of Gestational Thrombocytopenia
Chelsea Kebodeaux, MD
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine
Mentor: Dr. Oluyemisi Adeyemi-Fowode
Project Title: Alternate-day versus daily oral iron therapy in adolescents with iron deficiency anemia and heavy menstrual bleeding: a randomized clinical trial.
Special Award Focus Area: Blood Disorders Affecting Women and Girls ($15,000)
Jerome Jeffrey Federspiel, MD, PhD
Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Mentor: Dr. Andra H. James
Project Title: Preventing venous thromboembolism following cesarean delivery: building evidence to inform practice
2018 Award Winners and Research Projects
Special Award Focus Area: Bleeding Disorders Affecting Women and Girls ($35,000) –This research fellowship grant was made possible, in part, through the generous support of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.
Julia Coleman, MD
Mentor: Dr. Christopher C. Silliman
Project Title: Sex Dimorphisms in Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy: A Mechanistic Exploration of a Sex-Specific Survival Benefit Project
Click Here to Read Dr. Coleman’s Story
Special Award Focus Area: Blood Disorders Affecting Women and Girls ($15,000)
Tazim Dowlut-McElroy, MD, MS
Mentors: Julie L. Strickland MD, MPH; Shannon L. Carpenter, MD, MS
Project Title: Use of Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine Device for the Treatment of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Adolescents with Bleeding Disorder
Click Here to Read Dr. Dowlu-McElory’s Story
2017 Award Winners and Research Projects
Special Award Focus Area: Bleeding Disorders Affecting Women and Girls ($35,000) –These awards were made possible through an educational grant from Shire/Baxalta.
Margo Rollins, MD
Pediatric Hematologist
Mentor: Robert Sidonio, Jr., MD, MSc
Project: Determine the feasibility and utility of a novel point of care device (Anemocheck) in the monitoring of reduction of hemoglobin during the menstrual cycle in symptomatic Hemophilia A or B carriers
Ruchika P. Sharma, MD
Pediatric Hematologist
Mentor: Veronica Flood, MD
Project: Coagulating Disorders in Menstruating Adolescent Females
Click Here to Read Dr. Sharma’s Story
Special Award Focus Area: Blood Disorders Affecting Women and Girls ($15,000)
Deva Sharma, MD
Pediatric Hematologist
Mentor: Michael DeBaun, MD
Project: Epidemiologic study of acute vaso-occlusive pain associated with menstruation in women with sickle cell disease
Click Here to Read Dr. Sharma’s Story
2016 Award Winner and Research Project
Special Award Focus Area: Blood Disorders Affecting Women and Girls ($15,000)
Leslie Skeith, MD
Hematologist
Mentor: Marc Rodger, MD
Project: Exploring the concept of a minimal clinically important difference in women with antiphospholipid syndrome and past pregnancy loss