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.

 

November 10, 2022
Erik Lamoureux

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

November 8, 2022
Trainees

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

October 27, 2022
Abby Wolfe

While blood transfusions in Canada are generally very safe, some reactions can still occur after a transfusion. Chapter 10 in Canadian Blood Services’ Clinical Guide to Transfusion provides health

October 6, 2022
Steven Jiang

This post was written by Steven Jiang, an MSc Student from the Kim Lab at the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) at the University of British Columbia. Below is an abridged version of the post that

September 29, 2022
Abby Wolfe

This post compiles responses from Canadian Blood Services transfusion medicine fellows Dr. Bryan Tordon (University of Toronto) and Dr. Isabelle Blais-Normandin (University of British Columbia)

September 22, 2022
Tricia Abe
Gwen Clarke headshot

Dr. Gwen Clarke

Canadian Blood Services’ Clinical Guide to Transfusion co-editor Dr

September 15, 2022
Abby Wolfe

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

September 8, 2022
Abby Wolfe

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

August 30, 2022
Trainees

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