Fellowships Awarded by the Friends of José Carreras International Leukemia Foundation

2002-2005

Emmanuelle Passegue, Ph. D. for Comparison of the Gene Expression Profile of Leukemic Cells from a Given Origin to Normal Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Committed Myeloid Progenitors.

2001-2004

Homayoun Vaziri, Ph. D. for Molecular Determinants of Cellular Senescence and Immortalization.

2000-2003

• Dr. Soheil Meshinchi, M.D., Ph. D. for Biologic and Clinical Significance of Flt3 Internal Tandem Duplication in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
  
  
• Claudia S. Huettner, Ph.D. for Conditional transgenic models of BCR/ABL leukemia.

1999-2005

Francesco Galimi, M.D., Ph. D. for The Role of Telomere Maintenance in Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells: A Gene Transfer Approach.

1998-2001

Koichi Akashi, M.D. for Identification of a Human Common Lymphoid Progenitor

1997-2000

Matthew L. Fero, M.D. for Tumor Suppression by CDK Inhibitors.

1996-1999

Martin Sattler, Ph. D. for The Role of Activation of STAT Proteins by BCR/ABL in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML).

1995-1998

Isidro Sánchez-García, M.D. for Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Philadelphia Positive Leukemia.

1994-1997

Bruce Clurman, M.D., Ph. D. for Targeted Disruption of "Essential" Genes in Lymphoma Cells.

1993-1996

Robert S. Negrin, M.D. for Biology of Cytokine Induced Killer-Cells.

1992-1995

Alessandra Cesano, Ph. D. for An In Vivo Model of Cell-mediated Lysis Against Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

1991-1994

Catherine Verfaillie, M.D. for Pathogenesis and Possible Therapy of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

In addition to annual international fellowships, the Friends grants $40,000 per year for scholarships awarded in conjunction with the American Society of Hematology (ASH). The following is a list of Carreras/ASH scholars:

• Atul Bedi, M.D.
• Linda Burns, M.D.
• Harry Erba, M.D., Ph.D.
• David Fisher, M.D., Ph.D.
• Gary Gilliland, M.D.
• Stephen Hunger, M.D.
• Shiuh-Wen Luoh, M.D., Ph. D.
• Shahin Rafii, M.D.
• Ann Schott, M.D.
• Michael J. Thirman, M.D.
• Mark Walters, M.D.
• Elizabeth Yang, M.D., Ph. D.