Canadian Blood Services’ Clinical Guide to Transfusion co-editor Dr. Gwen Clarke is stepping back from her role after 20 years with the publication. Since 2002, Clarke has helped shape the Guide into one of the most visited resources on our professional education website, including overseeing its transition from a printed book to an online resource in 2006. Last year, the Guide’s 18 chapters had over 100,000 page views combined, and its popularity keeps growing. The Guide is a well-known resource for transfusion medicine experts in Canada—doctors who have undergone additional training that

Guiding the research that informs the future of transfusion, cellular therapy and transplantation By engaging an extended network of partners, Canadian Blood Services’ research sparks discovery, informs the development of new products and processes, contributes to the sharing of knowledge, and guides best practices for the care of patients and donors connected to Canada’s lifeline. Recent R.E.D. blog posts demonstrate the impact of our research efforts on diverse issues, including supporting a more inclusive donor pool through changes to eligibility criteria and investigating a potential

The BEST Collaborative Adding a title like ‘BEST President’ to any CV certainly has an impressive ring to it, but for Dr. Dana Devine, whose career has many accomplishments and accolades, it feels like coming full circle. Devine, Canadian Blood Services chief scientist, will commence her four-year term as President of the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative this September, two decades after she attended her first meeting with the international research organization. ‘It really feels like I’m coming full circle. I have had an enjoyable 20 years with BEST, partly due

This post was written by Ardin Sacayanan, an undergraduate student, and edited by Loulou Cai, a PhD student. Ardin and LouLou are trainees at the Centre for Blood Research at the University of British Columbia. The post originally appeared on the Centre for Blood Research blog in August 2022. Nicolas Pereyra is a graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Dana Devine, Canadian Blood Services chief scientist, located at the Centre for Blood Research. We are happy to congratulate Nicolas Pereyra for placing in the top three of this year’s UBC Three Minute Thesis (3MT)! The 3MT is an academic

Research 180 Video Competition now open for entries Canadian Blood Services’ latest trainee competition is delivered in partnership with the Centre for Blood Research at the University of British Columbia. We want to hear our trainees’ research stories and this year we’re excited to give trainees the opportunity to showcase these stories by creating engaging video content. “Impact in motion” The Competition’s theme is “Impact in motion”. We’re asking trainees to make 180-second videos that explains the applicant’s research and its impact/potential impact to a nonexpert public audience. The