We are extremely pleased to convey that Dr. Alexandra Soukup (Ali) in Emery Bresnick’s group was awarded the highly competitive American Society of Hematology Scholar award, a $100,000 award that can be used to develop her research over 2-3 years. Ali, who is already a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Senior Fellow, is developing unique bone marrow failure mouse models, discovering mechanisms that trigger silent predisposition mutations to yield pathogenesis and elucidating how enhancer aberrations generate human bone marrow failure and leukemia. This is part of the efforts in the Bresnick group to elucidate mechanisms of normal and malignant hematopoiesis and forge clinical/translational strategies to transform clinical practice in these areas.
Congratulations to Ali!