Blogue

Research and education highlights: Innovation and Portfolio Management in 2021–22

17 novembre 2022
Tricia Abe
Canadian Blood Services’ Innovation and Portfolio Management annual progress report for 2021–22 is now available. The report recaps the collaborations in research and education that take place every

Emerging Artificial Intelligence Methods to Assess Transfusion Quality

10 novembre 2022
Erik Lamoureux
Erik Lamoureux, recipient of a Canadian Blood Services graduate fellowship award and PhD Student at CBR, summarizes research on red blood cell deformability using deep learning in this blog repost

CBR Research Day 2022: A day to celebrate summer student research

8 novembre 2022
Trainees
Want to learn about the latest research at the Centre for Blood Research (CBR)? If cutting-edge, interdisciplinary work in science and medicine interests you, then you’ll want to catch this event

Updated resources for transfusion professionals: transfusion reactions

27 octobre 2022
Abby Wolfe
The chapter on transfusion reactions in Canadian Blood Services’ Clinical Guide to Transfusion, has been updated with all-new content. Chapter 10 provides transfusion medicine professionals with

“Squeeze-ability” of a red blood cell: The deformability of red blood cells is a useful biomarker for storage quality

6 octobre 2022
Steven Jiang
Red blood cell transfusions are a crucial and often life-saving treatment for patients living with anemia, sickle cell disease and other conditions. This post describes recent research from the Centre

BEST presidency a full-circle moment for chief scientist Dr. Dana Devine

8 septembre 2022
Abby Wolfe
Canadian Blood Services chief scientist, Dr. Dana Devine, attended her first meeting with the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative in 2002. This September, she’ll commence

UBC 3MT finalist calls for more science communication

30 août 2022
Trainees
Nicolas Pereyra, a graduate student at the Centre for Blood Research, placed third in the University of British Columbia’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Read on the learn about the research

Research 180 Video Competition: Share your research story

25 août 2022
Dr. Geraldine Walsh
Canadian Blood Services, in partnership with the Centre for Blood Research, just launched our first ever Research 180 Video Competition for trainees. Read on to learn more!

Better support for families of organ donors – 20 suggestions for improvement

23 août 2022
Jenny Ryan
The experiences of family members of deceased organ donors and suggestions to improve the organ donation process: a qualitative study was published August 8, 2022 in the Canadian Medical Association