Curriculum

Because Scholars come from diverse backgrounds and have a variety of prior training experiences, the curriculum for each scholar is individualized. All scholars participate in a basic or translational science lab meeting or journal club, as appropriate. All participate in the K12 colloquium series (see below), with a focus on key citations from the literature, with tutorial-style review with each speaker. The American Society of Hematology Self Assessment Program (SAP) is also available as a learning tool.

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Previous Lectures

The lecture series will resume in September 2010

Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, May 6, 2010

"Assembly and destruction of von Willebrand factor, a mobile adhesive protein"
Dr. Evan Sadler, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
This lecture was not recorded

Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, April 13, 2010
"Translation of Cellular Therapies"
Dr. Leslie Silberstein, Director, Joint Program in Transfusion Medicine at Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, March 9, 2010
"Malaria and Blood Groups”
Dr. Sunny Dzik, Co-Director, Blood Transfusion Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, February 9, 2010
"Anemia in the Elderly”
Dr. Nancy Berliner, Chief, Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, Special Trainee Presentations Day, January 12, 2010
“Altering the Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease”
Dr. Maureen Okam, Associate Physician, Hematology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital

“Derivation of disease-free induced pluripotent stem cells from a patient with Pearson syndrome”
Dr. Suneet Agarwal, Staff Physician, Children’s Hospital Boston
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No Lecture Series in the Month of December (due to the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, December 5-8, 2009, New Orleans, LA).

Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, November 10th, 2009
"Why the anemia in Diamond Blackfan anemia?”
Dr. Colin Sieff, Children's Hospital Boston
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, October 13th, 2009
"Modeling blood diseases with induced pluripotent stem cells”
Dr. George Q. Daley, Children's Hospital Boston
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No Lecture Series in the Month of September 2009

Harvard Blood Scholars Colloquia Series breaks in July and August and resumes in September.

Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, June 9th, 2009
"Micromanipulating Cell Proliferation and Cancer”
Dr. Judy Lieberman, Immune Disease Institute
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, May 12th, 2009
"Transcriptional Disorders of Megakaryopoiesis”
Dr. Alan Cantor, Children's Hospital Boston
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, April 14th, 2009
"A Physical Approach to Sickle Cell Disease”
Professor L. Mahadevan, Harvard University
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, March 10th, 2009
"Does TdT Represent a Novel Therapeutic Target in Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cells?”
Dr. Ronald McCaffrey, Brigham & Women's Hospital
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No Lecture Series in the Month of February 2009

Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, Special Trainee Presentations Day, January 13, 2009
“Understanding Inadequate Response to Deferasirox”
Dr. Deborah Chirnomas, Associate Director, Thalassemia Program, Children's Hospital Boston

“Iron Refractory Iron Deficiency Anemia (IRIDA)”
Dr. Matthew Heeney, Hematology Clinic Director, Children’s Hospital Boston
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No Lecture Series in the Month of December (due to the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, December 4-9, 2008, San Francisco, CA).

Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, November 18, 2008
"Role of Rho GTPases in HSC Engraftment and Retention in the Marrow"
Dr. David Williams, Chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, October 14, 2008
"Ion Transport in Erythrocytes: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Opportunities"
Dr. Carlo Brugnara, Director of the Hematology Laboratory, Children's Hospital Boston, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, Year 3 Kick-Off Lecture, September 9, 2008
"Harvard Catalyst-How the New CTSA Program at Harvard Will Facilitate Clinical & Translational Research"
Dr. Ellis Neufeld, Director of the Blood Scholars Program, Associate Chief of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston
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Harvard Blood Scholars Colloquia Series breaks in July and August and resumes in September.

Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, June 10, 2008
"Recombinant von Willebrand Factor - From Conception to Clinical Development "
Dr. Bruce Ewenstein, VP, Clinical and Medical Sciences, BioScience Division of Baxter Healthcare
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, May 13, 2008
"The Tortuous Tale of the Crawling of Cells Toward Critical Care Management "
Dr. Thomas Stossel, Director of the Division of Translational Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, American Cancer Society Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, April 8, 2008
"Visualization of Cytoplasmic Structure Reveals how Platelets are Produced and how they Regulate Angiogenesis "
Dr. Joseph Italiano, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Associate Biologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, March 11, 2008
"Control of Blood Cell Development "
Dr. Stuart Orkin, Chairman of the Department of Pediatric Oncology at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, David G. Nathan Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, February 12, 2008
"Factor VIII Inhibitors and Cell Membrane Phosphatidylserine: A Tale with Two Antibodies and a Milk Protein "
Dr. Gary Gilbert, Hematologist, VA Boston Healthcare System
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, Special Trainee Presentations Day, January 8, 2008
“Genetic Approaches to Erythropoiesis and Globin Gene Regulation”
Vijay Sankaran, 4th Year Medical Student, Harvard Medical School

“Serum Regulators of Hepcidin Expression”
Dr. Thomas Bartnikas, Research Fellow, Children’s Hospital Boston
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No Lecture Series in the Month of December (due to the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, December 8-11, 2007, Atlanta, Georgia).

Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, November 13, 2007
“Molecular Mechanisms of Erythroid Metabolism”
Dr. Mark Fleming, Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Acting Pathologist-in-Chief, Children’s Hospital Boston.
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, October 9, 2007
“The Cancer Treatment Revolution”
Dr. David Nathan, Robert A. Stranahan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, President Emeritus, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, Year 2 Kick-Off Lecture, September 11, 2007
“Genomic Approaches to Hematopoietic Differentiation”
Dr. Benjamin Ebert, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital.
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Harvard Blood Scholars Colloquia Series breaks in July and August and resumes in September.

Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, June 12, 2007
“New Therapies in Myelodysplastic Syndrome”
Dr. Richard Stone, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Clinical Director of the Adult Leukemia Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, May 8, 2007
“Tipping Iron Balance”
Dr. Nancy Andrews, formerly Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and Dean for Basic Sciences and Graduate Studies, Harvard Medical School.
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, April 10, 2007
“Thrombus Formation In Vivo”
Dr. Bruce Furie, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, March 13, 2007
“Novel Anticoagulants that Selectively Inhibit Coagulation Serine Proteases”
Dr. Ken Bauer, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director of Thrombosis Clinical Research, Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center, and Chief of Hematology, Veteran’s Administration Boston Healthcare System.
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Harvard Blood Scholars Monthly Colloquium, February 13, 2007
“Marrow Failure and Chromosomal Instability: Insights from Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome”
Dr. Akiko Shimamura, formerly Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Bone Marrow Failure Clinic at Children’s Hospital Boston.
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Inaugural Lecture of the Harvard Blood Scholars Colloquia Series, January 9, 2007
“Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonists—from Molecule to Medicine”
Dr. David Kuter, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Professor Health Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program Director for Hematology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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