The American Society of Hematology (ASH) awarded Nancy Speck, professor of cell and developmental biology in 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.” Dr. Speck is  associate director of Penn’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine, co-leads the hematologic malignancies program at Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center and is an investigator at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute. She will accept her award on December 8 during the ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, Florida.

Dr. Speck is recognized for her key contributions to the understanding of developmental hematopoiesis (the production of blood cells) as well as the translation of these findings into leukemogenesis (the development of leukemia).