The Scott Murphy Memorial Lecture was established in 2007 by the BEST Collaborative in recognition of the tremendous contribution of the late Dr. Scott Murphy, a past chair of the BEST Collaborative, had made to the field of transfusion medicine and to the science of platelet storage. The BEST Collaborative encourages junior faculty involved in the broadly understood field of transfusion medicine to apply for this unique award.
| Meeting | Presenter | Topic |
| BEST LVX Mar 2023 |
Yasuyuki Arai, MD, PhD, FACP | The best management in cytotherapy, transfusion, transplantation, CAR-T, and beyond |
| BEST LXIV Sept 2022 |
Ruchika Goel, MD, MPH | BIG DATA applications and the power of collaborative efforts in yielding high-quality research output |
| BEST LXIII Apr 2022 |
Jamie Nash | The understated importance of extracellular vesicles in cold-stored platelet concentrates |
| BEST 30th Anniversary Nov 2021 |
Shailaja Hegde, PhD | RhoA targeting suppresses cold-induced platelet lesion and allows refrigerated storage of functional human platelets up to fourteen days |
| BEST LXI Apr 2021 |
Beau R. Webber, PhD | The bench-to-bedside development of a novel, first-in-human CRISPR/Cas9 engineered T cell therapy for metastatic gastrointestinal cancer |
| BEST LX Nov 2020 |
Krystalyn E. Hudson, PhD | Tolerance and Autoimmunity to Red Blood Cells |
| BEST LIX June 2020 |
Sandya R. Panch, MD, MPH | Engineering blood cells for improved transfusion, transplantation, and immunotherapies: Studies in mice, macaques and (wo)men |
| BEST LVIII Oct 2019 |
Sean R. Stowell, MD, PhD | The Development and Consequences of RBC Alloimmunization |
| BEST LVII Apr 2019 |
Cliona O'Farrelly, PhD, FTCD | Infection with HCV-contaminated anti-D reveals viral resistance: is there a mechanism?’ |
| BEST LVI Oct 2018 |
Robert Makar, MD, PhD | Diagnosis and Treatment of TTP: Lessons from the Harvard TMA Research Consortium |
| BEST LIV Oct 2017 |
Robert A.J. Signer, PhD | Hematopoietic Stem Cells: Lost in Translation |
| BEST LIII Apr 2017 |
Zoe McQuilten, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA | Transfusion and patient blood management research in critical illness and trauma |
| BEST LI Apr 2016 |
Cedric Ghevaert, MD, PhD | Generating platelets for transfusion in vivo: feasibility and safety |
| BEST L Oct 2015 |
Angelo D'Allessandro, PhD | Metabolomics of Stored Red Blood Cells |
| BEST XLIX Apr 2015 |
Fabrice Cognasse, PhD | Emerging roles for platelets as immune and inflammatory cells |
| BEST XLVIII Oct 2014 |
Eldad Arie Hod, MD | The side effects of RBC transfusions |
| BEST XLVII Apr 2014 |
Abel Sánchez-Aguilera, PhD | Selective regulation of hematopoietic progenitors by estrogens provides a basis for new anti-leukemic strategies |
| BEST XLVI Oct 2013 |
Alex Benson, MD | Plasma Transfusion in Liver Disease: Deadly Dogma |
| BEST XLIV Oct 2012 |
Nicole C. Smits, PhD | Novel Role of Anticoagulant Heparan Sulfate in Antithrombin Anti-Inflammatory Signaling |
| BEST XLIII April 2012 |
Hendrik Feys, PhD | ADAMTS13, a primary hemostasis maverick |
| BEST XLII Oct 2011 |
Shibani Pati, MD, PhD | Modulation of Vascular Stability in Traumatic Injury by Plasma and MSCs |
| BEST XLI April 2011 |
PD Dr rer.nat. Karen Bieback | Adipose Tissue: Not All Bad? Adipose Stem Cells for Cell Therapy |
| BEST XL Oct 2010 |
Patricia A. R. Brunker, MD, DPhil (Oxon) | Blood Groups: Anthropology and Blood Products |
| BEST XXXIX March 2010 |
Dra. Ana M. Galán | Platelets: Hemostasis, Transfusion and Beyond |
| BEST XXXVIII Oct 2009 |
Erin Meyer, DO and Meghan Delaney, DO, MPH | Improving the Reporting of Platelet Clinical Trials |
| BEST XXXVII Apr 2009 |
Dr Aneta Kopacz | The impact of NAT for Blood Transfusion Safety and Understanding of Biology of HBV Infection |
| BEST XXXVI Oct 2008 |
Christine Cserti-Gazdewich MD, FRCP(C) | The Deadliest Ties that Bind: Malaria and the Immunohematology of Host Blood Groups |
| BEST XXXV Apr 2008 |
Dr Nick Watkins | Platelet Functional Genomics - The Bloodomics Project |
| BEST XXXIV Oct 2007 |
Garth H Utter, MD MSc | Post Transfusion Microchimerism |
| BEST XXXIII Apr 2007 |
Dr Sandra Cauwenberghs | Platelet Responsiveness and Function During Storage: Implications for Platelet Transfusion Therapy |