Winner of the ICSH Carol Briggs-Smalley Award 2021 announced

ICSH is pleased to announce the winner of the Carol Briggs-Smalley award for 2021.

The quality of the submissions to the award was once again very high and the judging panel is confirm the winner for 2021 is Ms Sarah Clarke from PathWest in WA Australia for her proposed project titled:

"The utility of flow cytometry (FISH) for detection of IGH translocations in plasma cell myeloma"

The award's judging panel and the ICSH Board wish Ms Clark many congratulations and look forward to receiving a first progress update at the ICSH General Assembly in October 2022.

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About the Award

The Carol Briggs-Smalley Scholarship Award was set-up in 2015 to honour the significant contributions Carol Briggs made to the discipline of laboratory haematology.

Each year ICSH seeks applications from Medical Technologists and Medical Laboratory Scientists on laboratory haematology projects particularly those that are related to standardization in laboratory haematology. Projects related to standardization in cellular analysis, haemostasis, flow cytometry, haemoglobinopathies and molecular haematology are all considered to be suitable for the award.

It is expected that as part of the award the project results and findings are published in a suitable peer reviewed laboratory haematology journal and are also presented at an appropriate international haematology meeting.

An amount up to Euro 5000 is allocated to the successful applicant for expenses related to the project.

Applications for the 2022 Award are expected to open mid-2022, here - https://www.icsh.org/awards

Note:applicants with a medical qualification or PhD are ineligible for this scholarship.