Current Funding Opportunities
BloodTechNet Competition
Through the BloodTechNet award, Canadian Blood Services supports the development of innovative educational projects that network the Transfusion, Cellular Therapy and Transplantation communities in Canada. These projects deliver educational tools and resources that support the development of skills, knowledge and expertise of the health professionals in this network.
Application deadline: January 30, 2018
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Graduate Fellowship Program
Canadian Blood Services Graduate Fellowship Program provides stipend support for young investigators who want to initiate or continue training in the field of transfusion science. Graduate students undertaking full-time research training in a Canadian institution are invited to apply.
Application deadline: November 30, 2017
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James Kreppner Award
The James Kreppner Award program supports legal research relevant to Canadian Blood Services. Research priorities for the James Kreppner Award include the legal and regulatory aspects of (a) donation, collection, storage, and use of blood, blood products, and hematopoietic stem cells; and (b) organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
Application deadline: November 30, 2017
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Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program
The objective of the Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program is to improve the efficient and appropriate utilization of blood products, while maintaining the safety of the blood system. To achieve this objective, the Program will support innovative research projects that seek new knowledge or accelerate the application of existing knowledge.
Application deadline: December 15, 2017
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Recent RED blog posts
The latest posts on R.E.D., our research, education and discovery blog.
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More MUST-READ posts by Dr. Jeannie Callum
The final two installments of a six-part guest blog series by Dr. Jeannie Callum titled Paying It Forward, Why we need YOU to give blood
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Coming soon:
- Highlights from the 2017 Canadian Critical Care Forum Deceased Donation Symposium
- A look at international research collaborations investigating use of blood products like O negative red cells
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Innovations in QEII pathology lab have worldwide impact
By Colleen Cosgrove, QEII Times, Published October 20, 2017
Minutes and seconds equal precious moments in organ transplantation, so when Dr. Robert Liwski and his team found a way to trim the time it takes to confirm an organ match by 70 per cent, the world listened.
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Transfusion News: Red Blood Cells Stored for More Than 35 Days are Safe
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Nature Outlook: Blood - The promise and perils of a vital fluid
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JAMA Editorial: Blood Transfusions From Previously Pregnant Women and Mortality - Interpreting the Evidence
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CTV Edmonton's Giving Hope: Extending life of blood donations
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New Publications
The latest transfusion, donation and transplantation research publications from our Medical Services and Innovation network.
Transfusion
A highly purified form of staphylococcal protein A alleviates murine immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Kapur R, Catalina MD, Aslam R, Speck ER, Francovitch RF, Semple JW. Br J Haematol. 2017 Oct 19. doi: 10.1111/bjh.14985. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29048127
An international investigation into AB plasma administration in hospitals: how many AB plasma units were infused? The HABSWIN study. Zeller MP, Barty R, Dunbar NM, Elahie A, Flanagan P, Garritsen H, Kutner JM, Pagano MB, Pogłód R, Rogers TS, Staves J, van Wordragen-Vlaswinkel M, Zwaginga JJ, Murphy MF, Heddle NM, Yazer MH; Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative. Transfusion. 2017 Oct 14. doi: 10.1111/trf.14368. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29030954
Red blood cell storage and in-hospital mortality: a secondary analysis of the INFORM randomised controlled trial. Cook RJ, Heddle NM, Lee KA, Arnold DM, Crowther MA, Devereaux PJ, Ellis M, Figueroa P, Kurz A, Roxby D, Sessler DI, Sharon Y, Sobieraj-Teague M, Warkentin TE, Webert KE, Barty R, Liu Y, Eikelboom JW. Lancet Haematol. 2017 Oct 5. pii: S2352-3026(17)30169-2. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(17)30169-2. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29021123
Maestro tissue factor reaches new hEIGHT. Pryzdial ELG. Blood. 2017 Oct 5;130(14):1604-1605. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-08-798520. No abstract available. PMID: 28983017
Nucleic acid extraction from buccal tissue for prediction of red blood cell phenotype. Berardi P, Clarke G, Cote J, Ribeiro E, Scalia V, Liwski R, Goldman M. Transfusion. 2017 Oct;57(10):2547-2548. doi: 10.1111/trf.14258. No abstract available. PMID: 28944546
Vox Sanguinis International Forum on platelet cryopreservation. Cohn CS, Dumont LJ, Lozano M, Marks DC, Johnson L, Ismay S, Bondar N, T'Sas F, Yokoyama APH, Kutner JM, Acker JP, Bohonek M, Sailliol A, Martinaud C, Pogłód R, Antoniewicz-Papis J, Lachert E, Pun PBL, Lu J, Cid J, Guijarro F, Puig L, Gerber B, Alberio L, Schanz U, Buser A, Noorman F, Zoodsma M, van der Meer PF, de Korte D, Wagner S, O'Neill M. Vox Sang. 2017 Oct;112(7):e69-e85. doi: 10.1111/vox.12532. Epub 2017 Sep 20. No abstract available. PMID: 28929500
Donation and Transplantation
Family veto in organ donation in Canada: framing within English-language newspaper articles. Anthony SJ, Toews M, Caulfield T, Wright L. CMAJ Open. 2017 Oct 17;5(4):E768-E772. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20170051. PMID: 29051158
Human bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cell derived osteoblasts promote the expansion of hematopoietic progenitors through beta-catenin and notch signaling pathways. Michalicka M, Boisjoli G, Jahan S, Hovey O, Doxtator E, Abu-Khader A, Pasha R, Pineault N. Stem Cells Dev. 2017 Oct 19. doi: 10.1089/scd.2017.0133. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29050516
Trends in deceased organ donation in Canada. Shemie SD. CMAJ. 2017 Sep 25;189(38):E1204-E1205. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.170988. No abstract available. PMID: 2894754
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