Hematopoiesis: An ASH Trainee Council Production

In this Pride Month-themed episode of Hematopoiesis, Drs. Emily Liang, Ajay Major, Michael Hochman, and Shail Maingi discuss career development, community building, and navigating the workforce for LGBTQ+ trainees in hematology.

Tune in to the Hematopoiesis podcast to hear a conversation about the increasingly relevant topic of geriatric hematology. Many blood disorders and hematologic malignancies are diseases of older adults, and in this introduction to geriatric hematology, Drs. Maya Abdallah and Ajay Major talk about “staging the aging.”

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Join physician-scientist and Nobel laureate Bill Kaelin, MD, and Eric Vick, MD, of the ASH Trainee Council as they discuss choosing a target as a physician-scientist.

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In this episode, Trainee Council Chairs, Drs. Becky Zon and Ajay Major, interview Dr. Nancy Berliner, Blood Editor-in Chief and Dr. Andrew Roberts, Blood Deputy Editor, on their careers in academic editing and publishing, including career development tips for trainees who are interested in a career in publishing.

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In the second episode of this Hematopoiesis Bench to Bedside series, Dr. Manuel Espinoza-Gutarra has conversations with Dr. Aaron Mitchell, Dr. Yousuf Zafar (@yzafar), Dr. Aju Mathew, and Dr. Nandita Khera (@khera_nandita), experts in the field of financial toxicity in cancer patients, who offer different perspectives regarding the impact of the financial costs of modern anticancer treatment puts on patients, how should we adequately measure it and how to tackle it.

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In this episode of Hematopoiesis, Dr. Alexis Caulier has exciting conversations with three experts in the field about how early bench work on the genetic regulation of fetal hemoglobin led to the development of bedside gene therapies. Dr. David Nathan revisits the beneficial role of fetal hemoglobin to improve the clinical manifestations of hemoglobinopathies. Dr. Vijay Sankaran (@bloodgenes) highlights the great impact of studying gene regulatory networks in developing innovative gene therapies, and Dr. Courtney Fitzhugh (@CourtneyFitzhu1) emphasizes the importance and the specificities of clinical trials for innovative therapies.
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In the third episode of this Hematopoiesis Women in Hematology three-part series, Dr. Becky Zon (@beckyzon) has a conversation with Director of the Haematology Clinical Trials Unit at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Australia Dr. Nada Hamad (@nadahamad). Dr. Hamad shares her experiences as a lymphoma/bone marrow transplant/cellular therapies clinician, President of the ANZTCT, an intersectional feminist, and Vogue magazine star. 
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In the second episode of this Hematopoiesis Women in Hematology three-part series, Dr. Becky Zon (@beckyzon) has a conversation with Director of Women’s Thrombosis and Hemostasis Program at Penn Medicine Dr. Ariela Marshall (@AMarshallMD) who shares her experiences, including starting a new center to care for female patients, leading the Women in Hematology group at ASH, and advocating for those who struggle with infertility.
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In the first episode of a three-part series for Hematopoiesis on women in hematology, Dr. Nina Balanchivadze (@NinaOncMD) has a conversation with Blood Editor Dr. Nancy Berliner. From first female chief resident to chief of hematology, Dr. Berliner shares her career path and provides invaluable advice on mentorship and career advancement for women in hematology. Dr. Berliner is the H. Franklin Bunn Professor of Medicine and Chief of Hematology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and is a past ASH president.
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In the latest episode of Hematopoiesis, Dr. Ajay Major explores the field of systems-based hematology, in which clinicians not only take care of patients with hematologic diseases, but also optimize the care of hematology patients throughout an entire health care system. In this episode, Dr. Major interviews three hematologists, Dr. Nathan Connell, Dr. Ming Lim, and Dr. Jori May, about how they got involved in systems-based hematology, why systems-based hematologists are vital to health care systems, and their advice for trainees who are interested in a career in this increasingly important field.
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