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ericawood.bsky.social
Head, Transfusion Research Unit, Monash University research.monash.edu/en/persons/erica-wood www.monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/units/transfusionresearch Haematologist, Monash Health monashhealth.org/services/haematology/professor-erica-wood
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Please join us for a great day of transfusion research at the annual @bloodsynergy.bsky.social open meeting on Tuesday 27 May 2025. You can participate on site in Melbourne, or online. All are welcome! More info and registration: bloodsynergy.org/outcomes/meetings

SO pleased to welcome the International Society of Blood Transfusion back to Australia in October 2025! 🇦🇺 Join the @isbt.bsky.social Regional Congress in partnership with HSANZ, ANZSBT and THANZ for Blood 2025 in sunny Perth 😎 More information: www.blood-isbt-2025.com

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the International Society of Blood Transfusion Regional Congress in beautiful Milan in June! Program information and registration: www.isbtweb.org/events/isbt-milan-2025-final.html or @isbt.bsky.social

Thank you @bloodsynergy.bsky.social team :) And thank you to the NHMRC for this great opportunity!

📣Blood Global Hematology is now open for submissions. Submit your research! https://buff.ly/43pfZ2b #bloodjournals

Wonderful weekend at the annual Monash Health Haematology research retreat - a lot of excellent progress shared, and a great opportunity to plan for the year ahead. Thanks to our organising team for another fantastic event!

New Episode: How do transfusion practitioners support neonatal & paediatric patients? Claire O'Reilly & Rachel Moss explore: ✅ Transfusion volumes & reactions ✅ Key info for parents & caregivers ✅ PBM strategies open.spotify.com/episode/5QcY... #NeonatalCare #PaediatricTransfusion #PBM

The world needs more girls and #WomenInScience! Today is #WomenInScience Day, a reminder that women and girls play a critical role in science. At the IFRC, we are proud to have extraordinary women across the Red Cross and Red Crescent network working and innovating for humanitarian action.

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

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New Big Data WP at ISBT! Advancing transfusion medicine with big data & omics research! Join us to collaborate, share insights, & optimize transfusion practices. 🔗 Read more & apply for membership: isbtweb.foleon.com/transfusion-...

Interested in #PNH? Join us in Paris for the 2nd Scientific Conference on PNH! 📅 Dates: May 15-16, 2025 📍 Location: Novotel Paris Centre Eiffel Tower. ipig2025.com/program

The #Transfusion Evidence Alert double issue Dec/Jan 2025 is out! See all the top articles here: www.transfusionevidencelibrary.com/alerts/latest Each one has an easy-to-read PICO summary Subscribe FREE to get the top ten to your inbox each month #transfusionmedicine #systematicreview #metaanalysis

The #HaroldGunsonFellowship isn’t just about attending the ISBT Congress—it’s about building lifelong connections and making friends who share your passion for transfusion medicine. Are you under 40 and dreaming of joining us at #ISBTMilan2025? This is your chance! www.isbtweb.org/events/isbt-...

In this trial involving patients with hematologic cancers, the immune responses that were elicited were similar for adjuvanted-dose and standard-dose influenza vaccines. Read the full trial results: nej.md/40ztLNF #MedSky #IDSky #Oncology

Congratulations Sant-Rayn Pasricha and colleagues in Malawi on this study of iron infusions for iron deficiency anaemia in the third trimester of pregnancy, published in @naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.wehi.edu.au/news/healthi...

Looking forward to see everyone in Milan at the 35th Regional Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion! @isbt.bsky.social #ISBTMilan Abstract submission open until 3 February.

Thank you, @isbt.bsky.social volunteers and staff and @sritransfusion.bsky.social for all your hard work with the Transfusion Evidence Round-Ups during 2024!

Closing 17 January 2025: Early and mid-career transfusion medicine professionals are invited to apply for the new fellowship from the BEST Collaborative (Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion) to honour Dr Dana Devine www.bestcollaborative.org/latest-news/...

Tired but happy after a big year! Thanks to our great team at Monash University's Transfusion Research Unit, and friends and partners across Australia and around the world. You can find out more about our work here: www.monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/units/transfusionresearch Looking forward to 2025!

Episode 2 of Talking Transfusion is out now! Best of TEL brings expert insights on the latest transfusion research & its impact on practice. 📲 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/05M9... #TransfusionPodcast #TalkingTransfusion @transfusionlib.bsky.social

Check out and subscribe to the quarterly Transfusion Round-Ups - a partnership between @transfusionlib.bsky.social and @isbt.bsky.social summarising the top new research you might have missed. In this episode of the Talking Transfusion podcast, reviewers summarise their 2024 Best of the TEL.

Welcome to the OPTIMAL Bluesky account! We are an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence bringing together patients, researchers and health professionals to generate the new knowledge and research capacity required to design, build and implement better systems for delivering #immunoglobulin therapy.

Finishing up at #ASH24 with an overloaded brain and lots of happy memories. The experience wouldn't be complete without this obligatory photo (with thanks to Zoe McQuilten). Thanks @ash-hematology.bsky.social and safe trips home, everyone!

Nice to see members of the @ash-hematology.bsky.social Scientific Committee on Transfusion Medicine today!

In addition to all the new science, one of the best things at the @ASH_hematology annual meeting is catching up with friends. Hallway selfie with Zoe McQuilten and #ASH24 scientific program co-chair Sant-Rayn Pasricha in San Diego. Well done Santa and team - great meeting!

Zoe McQuilten from Monash 🇦🇺presenting the final results of the Diaamond-AVA-first looking at hATG, CSA, and avatromboag. Similar results to eltrombopag seen. #ASH24 @ash-hematology.bsky.social

Thank you Zoe McQuilten for presenting the first results from DIAAMOND today at #ASH24. ash.confex.com/ash/2024/webprogram/Paper209378.html Thank you also to Lucy Fox and all visitors to our poster on the genomics results. More about the trial & registry: aaregistry.org.au/clinical-trials-diaamond

Lovely sunset in San Diego at #ASH2024. A bit hazy, like my jet-lagged brain, but I'm sure tomorrow will be another beautiful day! @ash-hematology.bsky.social

Fantastic meeting this afternoon of the global Lymphoma Registry Alliance, in partnership with Lymphoma Coalition representing patients around the world: lymphomacoalition.org). Thanks @elizahawkes.bsky.social for your leadership in bringing us together, and to all for participating.

Tomorrow at #ASH2024 we'll present the MRFF DIAAMOND trial results: - Oral 303: Efficacy & safety of avatrombopag combined with immunosuppression in treatment-naïve severe AA. Clinical results: 4.30pm, room 11 SDCC. - Poster 1318: cellular & cell-free genomic results. @ash-hematology.bsky.social

Our NHMRC OPTIMAL Centre of Research Excellence in improving immunoglobulin use and clinical outcomes has a new website! Find out more about our research here: www.optimalcre.org

Delighted that the Blood Synergy @bloodsynergy.bsky.social clinical research program has been funded by the NHMRC for a second 5-year period. Thanks to all involved to date, and welcome to our new investigators and collaborators! You can find more about our work here: bloodsynergy.org

You can read the TREATT results out now in Lancet Haem: www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(24)00317-X/abstract Great collaboration with @liseestcourt.bsky.social, Simon Stanworth and teams at NHSBT & Monash TRU. Thanks to all participants, and NHMRC & ANZSBT for supporting us!