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Building resiliency in health care


Tuesday, April 27, 2021

… grief and loss all of the time.” In 2012, Ken left his job at the hospital and began a new career supporting the … development specialist, he’s facilitating world-leading research on burnout among organ and tissue donation … project team has published numerous studies, reviews and research protocols on the causes and effects of burnout on …

Sickle cell disease and the need for blood from African, Caribbean and Black communities


Tuesday, June 11, 2024

… inequitable health services, concerns around gun violence, job security and unemployment, as well as healthcare … on donating blood if a person has ever had malaria. “ Our research also shows that barriers to donation are complex and … and Dr. Haw have collaborated on several community-based research projects over the years and have found that some …

Meet the Director: Dr. Chantale Pambrun


Friday, October 12, 2018

… donors and patients. Broadly the group works on discovery research related, applied development, knowledge mobilization … Blood Services, what was the most unusual or interesting job you’ve ever had?  Once upon a time, I worked at the … Canadian Blood Services' Centre for Innovation and ongoing research and education initiatives Canadian Blood Services – …

Hijacked! Research reveals the takeover of blood platelets by dengue virus


Wednesday, March 9, 2016

… Hijacked! Research reveals the takeover of blood platelets by dengue … viruses and pathogens has never been clearer ." New research from our  Centre for Innovation Scientist Dr. Ed … it’s been discovered that platelets can do part of the job. They can convert RNA to protein. Now in this study, we …

Meet the Researcher: Dr. Jelena Holovati


Tuesday, September 4, 2018

… leaders and visionaries.” Tell us about your areas of research… My primary research focuses on investigating innovative approaches to … activities — it often feels like I have a part time job as their private Uber driver. Also, I recently discovered …

Norman Bethune Symposium 2022 – trainee reports


Thursday, June 2, 2022

… Ottawa.  Did you present? And if so, tell us about the research you presented.  I was excited not just to attend … thanks to the organizers.  Want to learn more about the research that was presented at the 2022 Norman Bethune … clotting ability and give it a longer half-life, my job is to test the new protein's ability to bust clots both …

Dr. Celina Montemayor-Garcia on the potential of genomics to shape the future of transfusion medicine


Thursday, January 14, 2021

… for a career in medicine that would allow her to combine research and clinical service, she found her calling in … how close it was to patient care and I could see all the research opportunities to look at the genomic basis of … transfusion medicine colleagues have done a really good job of identifying a genetic variant and linking it to the …

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


Thursday, October 6, 2022

… an MSc Student from the Kim Lab at the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) at the University of British Columbia. Below … the post that originally appeared on the Centre for Blood Research blog in September  2022. Emel Islamzada, whose … ability to squeeze and change shape – crucial for its job, where it must squeeze through tiny blood vessels while …

From artificial intelligence to whale poop, and everything in between


Thursday, September 12, 2019

… Transfusion Blood Dr. Geraldine Walsh As Centre for Blood Research (CBR) director Dr. Edward Conway opened Research Day 2019 , there was a frisson of nervous tension … Congratulations to all presenters who did a fantastic job of describing their research and keeping the audience …

Lay Science Writing Competition Winner: What does it take to make a life-saving drug?


Thursday, April 21, 2022

… those tiny molecules. In my lab at the Centre for Blood Research, I spend my days (and nights) making proteins and … thousands of lives each year. It’s a pretty fulfilling job. My question to you is: When will you start your … at the University of British Columbia's Centre for Blood Research. Her project revolves around the creation of a new …