Awards

The CTTACC Awards recognize individuals whose research, leadership, and innovation have advanced transfusion medicine, trauma care, and the development of lifesaving therapies for wounded service members and civilian patients alike. These honors celebrate the lasting contributions of those who have helped shape the science and practice of transfusion medicine through groundbreaking discoveries, clinical excellence, and dedicated service to the field.

2025

Kathleen Lowry Pearce Award for Excellence in Transfusion Medicine

Exemplary Contributions in Providing Access to Life Saving Therapies for Severely Injured Trauma Patients

Jason Sperry MD MPH FACS
Section Chief, Trauma Surgery: Professor of Surgery and Critical Care; Director of Acute Care Surgery Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh

Kathleen Lowry Pearce Award for Excellence in Transfusion Medicine​​

In Loving Memory

Kathleen Lowry Pearce
May 3, 1986 – March 8, 2023

Katee was fun, charming, strong, caring, beautiful inside and out. Everyone that knew her, or even just met Katee, wanted to be around her. She was electrifying and exuberant. Katee was outgoing, confident, strong-willed, and family-oriented. She was also a little weird – in the best way possible. Katee was a selfless caregiver and strived to find the good in everyone. She was a natural; excelling at anything she put her mind to (with the exception of snowboarding). She also loved being a Colorado native and found comfort in the outdoors. Katee was an avid golfer – but only golfed barefoot – a Green Bay Packer fan, and country music aficionado. Katee was passionate about music and travelled to concerts across the country with her friends and cousins. Katee was a lifelong equestrian with the Pony of America (POA) Colorado Club and animal lover, owning several dogs including Copey, Girly Girl, and Skeeter.

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CTTACC Lifetime Achievement Awards

Excellence in Regenerative Medicine to Improve the Lives of Critically Ill Patients

Anthony Atala MD
W. Boyce Professor and Chair of the Department of Urology at the Wake Forest School of Medicine G. Link Professor and Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Pioneering Work in the Development of Life Saving Strategies and Interventions in Tactical Combat Casualty Care

Frank Butler MD FAAO FUHM
CAPT Medical Corps USN (Ret) Consultant in Tactical Combat Casualty Care Joint Trauma System, Adjunct Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine Uniformed Services University, Presidential Citizens Medal Recipient 2024

Exemplary Contributions in the Development of Novel Cellular Therapies that Improve the Lives of Critically Ill Patients

Diana Farmer MD FACS FRCS
Chair and Distinguished Professor, Department of Surgery, Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Shriner’s Hospitals for Children; Founder and Co-director, Center for Surgical Bioengineering, UC Davis

CTTACC Recognition Awards

Exemplary Contributions to Trauma Care, Veteran Advocacy, and Advancing Global Health Solutions

Donny Donahue
USAF Pararescueman (PJ)
Former Navy SEAL Officer

Exemplary Contributions in the Research and Development of Life Saving Cellular Therapeutics

David Stroncek
Director, Center for Cellular Engineering, National Institutes of Health

Abstract Award Winners

Ms. Kirti Gupta
Ph.D. Scholar
Taipei Medical University

Rachel Russo, MD,MS,NHDP-BC,FACS
Assistant Professor in Residence
University of California Davis

Christa Pawlowski, PhD
COO and EVP Research & Development
Haima Therapeutics LLC

2023

Kathleen Lowry Pearce Award for Excellence in Transfusion Medicine

Exemplary Contributions in Providing Access to Life Saving Therapies for Severely Injured Trauma Patients

Donald H. Jenkins MD
Col US Airforce (Ret)

Kathleen Lowry Pearce Award for Excellence in Transfusion Medicine​​

In Loving Memory

Kathleen Lowry Pearce
May 3, 1986 – March 8, 2023

Katee was fun, charming, strong, caring, beautiful inside and out. Everyone that knew her, or even just met Katee, wanted to be around her. She was electrifying and exuberant. Katee was outgoing, confident, strong-willed, and family-oriented. She was also a little weird – in the best way possible. Katee was a selfless caregiver and strived to find the good in everyone. She was a natural; excelling at anything she put her mind to (with the exception of snowboarding). She also loved being a Colorado native and found comfort in the outdoors. Katee was an avid golfer – but only golfed barefoot – a Green Bay Packer fan, and country music aficionado. Katee was passionate about music and travelled to concerts across the country with her friends and cousins. Katee was a lifelong equestrian with the Pony of America (POA) Colorado Club and animal lover, owning several dogs including Copey, Girly Girl, and Skeeter.

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CTTACC Lifetime Achievement Awards

Exemplary Contributions in the Development of Novel Therapies that Improve the Lives of Critically Ill Patients

Michael Matthay MD
Professor University of California at San Francisco Professor

CTTACC Award for Excellence in Leadership

For the Improving the Lives of the Wounded Warfighter

HON Lester Martinez-Lopez MD MPH
Major General US Army (Ret)
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

CTTACC Award for Excellence in Cellular Therapies

Exemplary Contributions in the Development of Novel Cell Therapies for Severely Injured Trauma Patients

Charles S. Cox Jr. MD FACS
The George and Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair in Neurosciences; Director, Children’s Program in Regenerative Medicine; Professor, Department of Pediatric Surgery, UTHealth Houston

Abstract Award Winners

Tanya Anand MD, MPH, MT(ASCP) FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Surgery Clerkship Director
Geriatric Trauma Director
Division of Trauma, Burns, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery
University of Arizona -Banner University Medical Center

Supinder Bedi, PhD
Assistant Profesor, Univerity of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston

Christa Pawlowski, PhD
COO and EVP of R&D
Haima Therapeutics

2019

CTTACC Award of Recognition

Exemplary Contributions in the Development of Novel Biologic Interventions for the Betterment of Humankind

Geoffrey S. F. Ling, MD, PhD
COL USA (Ret) Professor, Johns Hopkins

Exemplary Contributions in Transfusion Medicine and the Development of Life Saving Therapies for the Wounded Warfighter

Wilbur W. Malloy, MA, MLS(ASCP)SBB
LTC US Army (Ret)

2019

Presented by the UCSF Department of Laboratory Medicine and UCSF Center for Research in Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapies

Co-hosted by the Uniformed Services University