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Professional education highlights from CSTM 2025
… Transfusion Medicine (CSTM) conference, held in St. John’s last month. In this blog, Canadian Blood Services knowledge … Transfusion Medicine Physician Trainee program has been a longstanding educational program at Canadian Blood Services … It includes rotations through several departments in a blood centre, an annual retreat, and weekly didactic …
Announcing the winner of the 2025 Canadian Blood Services Dana Devine Award
… transfusion field in Canada for nine years now and is a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Canadian Blood Services … name attached to the award, someone who has contributed a lot, there is a responsibility that comes with it,” Dr. … contribution to the field.” The focus of Dr. Cruz-Leal’s work is the mechanism of how antibodies can avoid the …
Stories that inspire: A trainee alumni spotlight at Canadian Blood Services’ Research Day 2025
… Stories that inspire: A trainee alumni spotlight at Canadian Blood Services’ … extended research and education network. It also serves as a key professional development opportunity, particularly for … stories worth telling. This spotlight honored Dr. Kumaran’s journey and highlighted the importance of creating space …
Canadian Blood Services’ statement about organ donation news reports in the U.S. July 2025
… statement about organ donation news reports in the U.S. July 2025 Friday, July 25, 2025 On July 20, 2025, U.S. … donation and transplant systems operate differently at a fundamental level. There are no profit driven incentives or … donation and transplantation. Additionally, there is a strict separation between intensive care unit health-care …
Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of a plasma donation program for gbMSM in Montréal from the point of view of cis and trans gbMSM, Héma-Québec staff and volunteers, current donors, and plasma product recipients
… Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of a plasma donation program for gbMSM in Montréal from the … summary was prepared by the project team with support from a Canadian Blood Services' knowledge broker. Last Updated: … current donors, and plasma product recipients. The project’s focus shifted following a 2022 policy change that …
New research publications: July 2025
… peer-reviewed publications in academic journals that are a main avenue for researchers to share their scientific … Donation policy & studies (4): These studies look at COVID’s lasting health effects, testing accuracy, blood donation … Shuman M, Fam PN, Berman R, Callum J, Clarke G, Lieberman L, Walsh C, Thorne J, Yan M. J Obstet Gynaecol Can . 2025 Jul …
Research teams page
… of Ottawa – Ottawa Jeannie Callum Adjunct scientist Queen's University – Kingston Ed Conway Adjunct scientist …
Agreement to manufacture immunoglobulins for patients in Canada
… is used exclusively for Canadian patients. There is a global shortage of immunoglobulins, a lifesaving medicine for thousands of Canadian patients, … Through our agreement with Grifols, we are creating Canada’s first-ever domestic supply chain for immunoglobulins, …