近日，湖南大学生命医学交叉研究院梅杨教授荣获美国血液学会（American Society of Hematology）全球研究奖 (Global Research Award)。
成立于1958年的美国血液学会（ASH）是全球最大的研究血液疾病病因及临床转化治疗的专业科学协会，拥有来自全球近100个国家的会员。ASH为世界各地致力于治疗血液疾病的临床医生和科学家提供服务。
“全球研究奖”项目自2018年设立以来，每年从来自全球的申请者中挑选8-10名获奖人，旨在世界范围内遴选优秀青年科学家从事血液学基础和临床研究。申请人需经过预申请和正式申请两轮筛选，入选者可获得总额10万美金的经费资助。
梅杨教授长期致力于血液病理学及血液肿瘤学的研究，相关研究成果发表于PNAS、Nature Communications 、Blood、 Leukemia、Haematologica等国际知名高水平期刊。课题组将与美国西北大学Feinberg医学院Peng Ji教授团队、浙江大学医学院黄河教授团队密切合作，共同研究骨髓增生异常综合症发生及其向白血病转化的分子机制。
Press Release | Award Announcement
American Society of Hematology Selects Dr.Yang Mei to Receive the Global Research Award
[Changsha, Aug. 23] – Hunan University (HNU) is pleased to announce that the professor Yang Mei has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to receive the 2021 ASH Global Research Award. Dr. Mei is one of nine talented early-career investigators selected for this honor.
Through the ASH Global Research Award, ASH helps ease this difficult transition for researchers outside the United States and Canada by providing partial salary or other support during that critical period, allowing recipients to pursue research projects that will help them get to the next step in their careers.
The nine researchers selected for this year represent ten countries: Australia, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Nigeria, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Dr. Mei will receive research support for his project on Roles of Inflammation in Leukemic Transformation in Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
“I am deeply honored to receive this award, and would like to appreciate ASH for promoting the global hematologic studies as well as the early-career academic development for our young investigators.” said Dr. Mei.
“The recipients of the ASH Global Research Award will conduct valuable research that will help increase hematology capacity in their home countries,” said 2021 ASH President Martin S. Tallman, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. “Through the ASH Global Research Award, we are able to support the career growth of these future leaders and nurture collaboration across borders, fostering a diverse, global hematology research workforce.”
Hunan University (HNU) is located at the foot of the picturesque Yuelu Mountain and on the west bank of the rippling Xiangjiang River in the historically and culturally renowned City of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. It is remarkably recognized as an "Ancient Millenarian Academy, Famous Centennial University". HNU, enrolled in project 211/985 and the project of building world-class universities, is one of the country's leading research and teaching universities in central China.
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) (www.hematology.org) is the world’s largest professional society of hematologists dedicated to furthering the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders affecting the blood. For more than 60 years, the Society has led the development of hematology as a discipline by promoting research, patient care, education, training, and advocacy in hematology. ASH publishes Blood (www.bloodjournal.org), the most cited peer-reviewed publication in the field, and Blood Advances (www.bloodadvances.org), an online, peer-reviewed open-access journal.
