The AABB Foundation recently announced the recipients of the 2023 Early-Career Scientific Research Grants.
Tessa Barrett, BSc (Hons), PhD; Elliott J. Hagedorn, PhD; Erika Marques de Menezes, PhD; Shang-Chuen Wu, PhD; Julia Z. Xu, MD, MScGH; and Patricia E. Zerra, MD, will each receive a grant of up to $75,000 to further a one- or two-year research project. These are the latest researchers to receive funding from the AABB Foundation, which has fueled research in the fields of transfusion medicine and biotherapies since 1983.
The 2023 grants will fund research in the following areas:
- “Perioperative Bleeding: Study of Novel Platelet Candidates and a Diagnostic Transcriptomic Signature” (Barrett).
- “Stabilin Scavenger Receptors and the Trans-endothelial Migration of Blood Stem Cells” (Hagedorn).
- “Do Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Cold-Stored Platelets Act as Pro-inflammatory Mediators?” (Marques de Menezes).
- “Innate Drivers of Adaptive Immune Responses Relevant to Transfusion Medicine” (Wu).
- “Effect of Transfusion Modality on Hemorheology and Vascular Function in Sickle Cell Disease” (Xu).
- “Mechanisms Underlying Factor VIII-specific CD4 T Cell Activation in Mice with Hemophilia A” (Zerra).
Additionally, the application period for the 2024 cycle of the Early-Career Scientific Research Grants Program opened Saturday, July 1. The AABB Foundation awards grants to scientists engaged in original research in an area related to blood banking, transfusion medicine, biotherapies or patient blood management.
The AABB Foundation Scientific Research Grants Review Committee evaluates grant applications on scientific merit, focus and appropriateness to the scope of funding, and likelihood of yielding meaningful data. Additional information about the eligibility criteria, application process and previous recipients is available on the Early-Career Scientific Research Grants Program web page.
The application deadline is Dec. 1. AABB encourages researchers worldwide to apply.
