Past Award Winners

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

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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 Description: Dr. Coleman will investigate whether sex hormones affect clot formation and stability, thrombin formation and platelet function in vitro and whether differential levels of sex hormones in vivo may confer differential thrombelastographic profiles in female populations and outcomes in female trauma patients.

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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

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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

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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