Research.Education.Discovery Blog

The Research.Education.Discovery blog showcases Canadian Blood Services’ work and explains the basic science behind what we do. We invite readers to explore the worlds of transfusion and transplantation science and learn more about how our research leads to improvements in everyday practices and ultimately – and most importantly – better outcomes for patients.

These R.E.D. blog posts are republished from Canadian Blood Services’ main website. See all blogs at blood.ca/RED.

 

January 28, 2025
Abby Wolfe

Canadian Blood Services’ national awards program recognizes exceptional contributors to the transfusion and transplantation system. One of the Lifetime Achievement Awards presented as part of the 2024

January 16, 2025
Kaitlyn Chuong

Our partnership with the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is helping to train the next generation of researchers in transfusion science. This blog post

December 13, 2024
Aldis Brennan

This year, the most viewed R.E.D. blog posts of the past year feature some of the incredible researchers and trainees that were part of Canadian Blood Services’ research and education network in 2024

December 10, 2024
Abby Wolfe

New Tour introduces journey of blood donation

Canadian Blood Services’ new Virtual Tour provides an easy to access, highly visual introduction to the journey of a blood donation from donor to

October 31, 2024
Abby Wolfe

As the Principal Investigator for the SexMatters trial described in this blog, Dr. Mickey Zeller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. She is also a Medical

September 17, 2024
Aldis Brennan
Melika Loriamini with arms crossed photoshoot


Dr. Melika Loriamini! 

This new award, in honour of Dr. Dana Devine, supports early

September 10, 2024
Trainees

Our partnership with the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is helping to train the next generation of researchers in transfusion science. This blog post

August 29, 2024
Abby Wolfe

Dr. Donald R. Branch’s work as a discovery scientist at Canadian Blood Services focuses on immunotherapy, seeking to further enhance understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in

July 30, 2024
Kaitlyn Chuong

This blog was originally prepared by CBR communications and programs coordinator Kaitlyn Chuong and former Canadian Blood Services knowledge broker Dr. Travis Sztainert, with edits provided by Abby