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American Association of Blood Banks

2028 AABB Awards
Opens Sep 23 2026 12:00 PM (EDT)
Deadline Jan 29 2027 11:59 PM (EST)
Description

Thank you for taking the time to nominate a candidate for an AABB Memorial or Leadership Award. Please carefully review the full descriptions on our AABB Awards Site to ensure that you select the best-suited award(s) for your candidate's contributions and body of work. The following awards listed below will be presented at the 2028 Annual Meeting. Each award is also hyperlinked to its individual online description.

  1. Dale A. Smith Memorial Award
  2. Emily Cooley Memorial Award
  3. Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award
  4. Landsteiner-Alter Award and Lectureship
  5. Sally Frank Memorial Award
  6. Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award & Lectureship

Be prepared to provide a personal statement about why you are nominating your candidate. The application requests detailed answers to 3-5 award-specific questions, 2 personal recommendations, and a current CV/Biosketch. As a nominator, if you choose to complete the application on their behalf, you should be prepared to provide those things as well. Otherwise, the nominee will be invited to collaborate and complete the application.  

During Spring 2027, award-specific Review Teams of professionals in the field review all nominations, led by Awards Committee members. Final selections are then presented to the Board for approval. All candidates are notified of their status no later than July 2027. Please send any comments or inquiries to awards@aabb.org. 

2028 AABB Awards


Thank you for taking the time to nominate a candidate for an AABB Memorial or Leadership Award. Please carefully review the full descriptions on our AABB Awards Site to ensure that you select the best-suited award(s) for your candidate's contributions and body of work. The following awards listed below will be presented at the 2028 Annual Meeting. Each award is also hyperlinked to its individual online description.

  1. Dale A. Smith Memorial Award
  2. Emily Cooley Memorial Award
  3. Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award
  4. Landsteiner-Alter Award and Lectureship
  5. Sally Frank Memorial Award
  6. Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award & Lectureship

Be prepared to provide a personal statement about why you are nominating your candidate. The application requests detailed answers to 3-5 award-specific questions, 2 personal recommendations, and a current CV/Biosketch. As a nominator, if you choose to complete the application on their behalf, you should be prepared to provide those things as well. Otherwise, the nominee will be invited to collaborate and complete the application.  

During Spring 2027, award-specific Review Teams of professionals in the field review all nominations, led by Awards Committee members. Final selections are then presented to the Board for approval. All candidates are notified of their status no later than July 2027. Please send any comments or inquiries to awards@aabb.org. 

Opens
Sep 23 2026 12:00 PM (EDT)
Deadline
Jan 29 2027 11:59 PM (EST)