Launched in 2023 with funding from Canadian Blood Services, the Canadian Transfusion Trials Group (CTTG) is a national network of investigators focused on supporting high-impact clinical trials in transfusion medicine. Clinical trials provide the necessary basis of information for which decisions about blood products and recommendations for their use are made. One of CTTG’s key activities is to build capacity in the transfusion clinical trial landscape. A key imitative is the CTTG Lecture Series that facilitates monthly knowledge sharing events designed to deepen understanding of clinical

Each month, our R.E.D. blog showcases the activities of our research and education network and the innovation and collaboration that drives our scientific community forward. Included in these activities are the peer-reviewed publications in academic journals that are a main avenue for researchers to share their scientific findings. With a focus on methodology and a rigorous review process prior to publication, these publications are recognized as credible and reliable sources of scientific information. This blog provides an overview of the latest research publications that have been authored

Canadian Blood Services’ newly announced Surveillance and Discovery Laboratory (SDL) has been selected as a feature in the Medical Laboratory Professionals Association of Ontario (MLPAO) magazine, ADVOCATE. Medical laboratory professionals are integral to many aspects of Canadian Blood Services’ work, supporting the vein-to-vein continuum of Canada’s Biological Lifeline. The MLPAO’s Fall edition aims to focus on sharing highly technical, research-related stories from the field. It is distributed directly to 4,200 medical laboratory professionals including both medical laboratory technologists