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 highlights just some of the achievements in education, training or knowledge mobilization accomplished by CBR trainees. This is a repost of a blog written by CBR students Iryna Liubchak and Julliet Zama, and edited by Marie-Soleil Smith, It originally appeared on the Centre for Blood Research blog in January 2024. On November 16th, 2023, the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) held their 17th annual Earl W

Background Recipients of the Canadian Blood Services Lifetime Achievement Awards are individuals whose landmark contributions are recognized as both extraordinary and world class in the field of transfusion and transplantation medicine, stem cell or cord blood research in Canada and/or abroad. To be nominated for the Canadian Blood Services Lifetime Achievement Award, an individual must have contributed significantly to improving the safety or quality of blood, blood products, stem cells and/or cord blood or has made noteworthy improvements or advances in transfusion or transplantation

This post was written by Canadian Blood Services senior scientist, Dr. Sandra Ramirez-Arcos, on behalf of the microbiology lab, affectionately known as the Micro Lab, located at Canadian Blood Services’ head office in Ottawa. Current members of the Micro Lab include senior development assistants Yuntong Kou and Dilini Kumaran (who is also a PhD candidate), development assistant Adriana Zapata, post-doctoral fellow Sylvia Ighem-Chi, and PhD candidate Carina Paredes. Although a rare occurrence, bacterial contamination of blood components continues to be a significant post-transfusion infectious