John Goldman receives Janet Rowley Prize

Professor John M. Goldman (FRCP, FRCPath, FMedSci) was awarded the Janet Rowley Prize during the recent ESH –iCMLf 13th International Conference on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Biology and Therapy held in Estoril, Portugal. Currently Emeritus Professor of Haematology at Imperial College in London and Medical Director of the Anthony Nolan Trust,  Professor Goldman was the first to autograft patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia using peripheral blood stem cells. His former positions include Chair of the Department of Haematology at the Imperial College of Medicine at Hammersmith and Fogarty Scholar of Hematology at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He has served as president of several international haematology organisations including the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and the European Hematology Association.  Professor Goldman is also a member of the ESH Scientific Committee and has chaired the International CML conference organized jointly with the International CML Foundation for over ten years. The next ESH - iCMLf International Conference on CML will be held in Baltimore, USA from September 20-23. 2012