The Mary Rodes Gibson Memorial Award in Hemostasis & Thrombosis was established in 2006 to recognize the trainee (undergraduate student, medical student, graduate student, resident physician, or postdoctoral [MD or PhD] fellow) who is the first author and presenter of the highest scoring abstract submitted in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis. This annual award is made possible by the Mary Rodes Gibson Hemostasis-Thrombosis Foundation to continue the legacy of Mary Rodes Gibson who suffered from severe, type 3 von Willebrand disease.

This year’s recipient is Yacine Boulaftali, of INSERM in Paris, France. Mr. Boulaftali’s abstract, “Anticoagulant and Antithrombotic Effect of Platelet Protease Nexin-1,” will be presented during the Special Session on the Basic Science of Hemostasis & Thrombosis held tomorrow from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Moscone Center, Room 2009.