Hal E. Broxmeyer

Hal E. Broxmeyer (1943/1944 – 8 December 2021) was an American microbiologist. He was a professor at the Mary Margaret Walther Program for Cancer Care Research, and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He received a BS degree from Brooklyn College in 1969 and a PhD from New York University in 1973.

Life and career
Broxmeyer was internationally recognized for his work on human umbilical cord blood as a source of transplantable hematopoietic stem cells. In 1988, he first coordinated a study in successfully demonstrating clinical utility of cord blood transplantation to cure a hematological disorder of a child (Fanconi anemia) working together with Dra. Gluckman. This intervention took place in Hospital Saint-Louis (Paris) and was successful. Work from his laboratory established the field of clinical cord blood transplantation.

He died from thyroid cancer on 8 December 2021, at the age of 77.

Awards and honors

 * 1) Dirk van Bekkum Award (2002)
 * 2) E. Donnall Thomas Prize and Lecture (2006)
 * 3) President, American Society of Hematology (2010)
 * 4) Elected Fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science (2012)