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World Brain Death Project: Implications for Canadian practice

5 novembre 2020
Ross FitzGerald
The World Brain Death Project was created to formulate recommendations about the determination of brain death based on extensive reviews of the literature and expert opinion of a large multi

Treat the bleed: Practical guidance for physicians developed by leaders in transfusion medicine

5 novembre 2020
Tricia Abe
Canada’s leading experts in transfusion medicine came together to collaborate on Treat the Bleed, a website that provides guidance for front-line physicians in treating bleeding patients.

Challenges 2020 - Lay Science Writing Competition now open!

26 octobre 2020
Dr. Geraldine Walsh
The Centre for Innovation is delighted to launch our third annual Lay Science Writing Competition. This year’s theme – Challenges 2020 – provides an outlet for trainees to tell their stories of

Improving transfusion practice through serology education

22 octobre 2020
Tricia Abe
With funding from Canadian Blood Services’ BloodTechNet Award Program, transfusion medicine specialists developed Learnserology.ca, an online curriculum that supports serology education.

Tracking the prevalence of COVID-19 at top speed

20 octobre 2020
Catherine Lewis
How Canadian Blood Services quickly stood up a seroprevalence lab able to test thousands of donor blood samples for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies each day

Norman Bethune Symposium 2020

8 octobre 2020
Canadian Blood Services trainees
Postponed in April 2020, the Centre for Blood Research’s annual Norman Bethune Symposium moved to an online format and was held on Sept. 9, 2020. We heard from some Canadian Blood Services research

Machine learning opens new frontiers in red blood cell research

29 septembre 2020
Dr. Geraldine Walsh
With their recent study, Centre for Innovation senior scientist Dr. Jason Acker and his international colleagues bring studying red blood cell shape into the 21st century.

Dr. Heyu Ni inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

24 septembre 2020
Dr. Geraldine Walsh
The Centre for Innovation’s Dr. Heyu Ni has been honoured by induction into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Considered one of the highest honours for Canadian academics, Dr. Ni’s election as

Transfusion Camp carries on: educating physicians about using blood wisely

15 septembre 2020
Guest Author
Transfusion Camp is an educational program established by the University of Toronto QUEST program that teaches physicians how to use blood wisely. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we questioned whether