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 30, 2021
Dr. Geraldine Walsh

Rising to the challenge

For Canadian Blood Services and its research and education network, the last fiscal year (April 2020 to March 2021) was marked by the continuing challenges of the COVID-19

November 12, 2021
Dr. Geraldine Walsh

Dr. Dana Devine inaugurated as AABB President

Congratulations to Dr. Dana Devine, Canadian Blood Services’ chief scientist, who was recently inaugurated as president of the Association for the

November 9, 2021
Tricia Abe

In August this year Dr. Alvin Zipursky, a Canadian physician and researcher, died at the age of 90. He was renowned for improving children’s health in Canada and around the world and made research

November 4, 2021
Dr. Geraldine Walsh

Lay Science Writing Competition launched Nov 2, 2021

Once again, Canadian Blood Services is delighted to partner with the Centre for Blood Research at the University of British Columbia to host this

October 28, 2021
Dr. Geraldine Walsh

Funding to drive innovation and education

DYK, Canadian Blood Services has multiple competitive funding programs open to Canadian researchers, educators and trainees interested in pursuing projects

October 18, 2021
Guest Author

This post was originally published on the CBR blog on September 2, 2021 as: “CBR-SBME Research Day 2021: A Spotlight on Summer Student Research”. It was written by Ardin Sacayanan, CBR-SBME summer

October 5, 2021
Tricia Abe

The latest evidence on managing patients with massive hemorrhage, a major cause of potentially preventable deaths, is now available in a recently updated chapter of Canadian Blood Services’ Clinical

September 29, 2021
Tricia Abe

A powerful collaboration between blood services, research institutions and industry leaders promises to bring blood transfusion therapy to new levels of precision and safety. The work is being

September 28, 2021
Dr. Geraldine Walsh
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