Pearl Toy
Pearl Toy, MD, has been named the recipient of the 2007 International Woman in Transfusion Award, a lifetime achievement award given jointly by the three major transfusion medicine professional societies.
Toy is chief of the UCSF Blood Bank, professor of Laboratory Medicine, director of the Transfusion Specialized Center of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) and director of the Chancellor's Concert Series. Her research and clinical work focuses on the safety, efficacy and availability of the blood supply.
In 2004, three of the major transfusion medicine organizations in the world - the American Association of Blood Banks, the British Blood Transfusion Society and International Society of Blood Transfusion - established this unique award to honor women for lifetime achievements in transfusion medicine and science.
Through this award, the three organizations acknowledge women professionals whose cumulative record - in original research, innovative educational methods or outstanding clinical practice - demonstrates important and significant contributions to the body of medical and/or scientific knowledge or to the understanding and practice of transfusion medicine.
Toy will receive the award and present a lecture at the annual meeting of American Association of Blood Banks later this year.
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