Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program helping team establish national best practices for out-of-hospital transfusions

Canadian Blood Services has multiple competitive funding programs open to Canadian researchers that pursue projects related to our research priorities. Since 2017, Canadian Blood Services’ Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program (BEAP) has supported innovative research projects that seek new knowledge or accelerate the application of existing knowledge to improve the efficient and appropriate utilization of blood products, while maintaining the safety of the blood system. Following a trauma in a remote location, an air ambulance urgently makes its way to pick up a bleeding patient. Due to
April 9, 2024

May 27
7:45 am | In-person and virtual

BC Transplant

BC Transplant's Education Day REGISTER NOW Please find the agenda to review the topics/presenters at this year's event. Event Our annual educational conference for healthcare professionals who work in organ donation and transplantation is back early this year as we move to a spring schedule going

Aug 8
11:30 am | Webinar

HLA Journal Club

HLA Monthly Journal Club Topic: Immunology and Biomarkers of Liver Transplant Rejection Presented by: Dr. Abubaker Sidahmed CLICK HERE TO REGISTER This is a monthly journal club where various topics and presentations will be presented for discussion, training, and education. For more information

May 16
1:00 pm | Virtual

Hemoglobin Bart's Hydrops Fetalis: Tailored management for a unique disease

The British Columbia Transfusion Medicine Rounds is a monthly 1-hour educational rounds with a multidisciplinary audience bringing together pathologists, clinicians, nurses, technologists, and researchers from British Columbia and throughout Canada who have an interest in Transfusion Medicine. For

Apr 4
10:00 am | Virtual

Strategies for managing staff shortages in the clinical laboratory

The British Columbia Transfusion Medicine Rounds is a monthly 1-hour educational rounds with a multidisciplinary audience bringing together pathologists, clinicians, nurses, technologists, and researchers from British Columbia and throughout Canada who have an interest in Transfusion Medicine. For

Apr 13
8:30 am | Calgary

Alberta Vein to Vein Conference 2024

Alberta Vein to Vein’s 2024 Conference will be held at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) MacDonald Hall on April 13, 2024 with the theme of “Transfusion Medicine: The More You Gnome”. Registration Registration is required by April 7, 2024. For additional event details and to

Apr 13
7:03 pm | Edmonton/Virtual

Second Annual Hematology Update

The Second Annual Hematology Update is an exciting and innovative conference that will be held online and in-person in Edmonton at the Robbins Learning Pavilion at the Royal Alexandra Hospital on Saturday, April 13, 2024. All sessions will be recorded and available for viewing at your convenience

Jun 13
12:00 pm | Virtual

Community-based research

The Canadian Transfusion Trials Group (CTTG) is a pioneering national initiative designed to promote collaboration and excellence in Transfusion Medicine research. CTTG, led by co-directors Drs. Donald Arnold and Jeannie Callum, represents a paradigm shift in transfusion medicine research. CTTG

Apr 11
12:00 pm | Virtual

Data integrity

The Canadian Transfusion Trials Group (CTTG) is a pioneering national initiative designed to promote collaboration and excellence in Transfusion Medicine research. CTTG, led by co-directors Drs. Donald Arnold and Jeannie Callum, represents a paradigm shift in transfusion medicine research. CTTG

Mar 27
1:00 pm | Virtual/Vancouver

Seminar Series: Endothelial caveolae, nitric oxide and cholesterol in vascular diseases and muscular dystrophy - from bench to bedside

This lecture is part of the CBR seminar series. The vascular endothelium is a critical and dynamic barrier between the blood and underlying tissues. We study how changes in endothelial function, vascular sheer stress and nitric oxide (NO) release can prevent atherosclerosis, aortopathies and