The American Society of Hematology (ASH) awarded Nancy Speck, PhD, IRM Associate Director and Cell and Developmental Biology Department Chair at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the 2015 Henry M. Stratton Medal for Basic Science for her “seminal contributions in the area of hematology research” over the summer.

Dr. Speck accepted her award on Tuesday, December 8 during the 57th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition in Orlando.

She also co-leads the Hematologic Malignancies Program at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center and is an investigator at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute.

“I’m very grateful to ASH for bestowing this huge honor on me,” Speck said. “However this recognition also belongs to all of the wonderful students and postdocs I’ve had the privilege to work with during my career.”

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ASH Press Release