2024 Awards and Grants

Ruth Sanger Oration

Professor Alison Street AO

Peter Schiff Award (proudly sponsored by CSL Behring)

Neil Waters

Presidential Symposium Award

Prof Biswadev MitraMonash University
Resuscitation of adult shocked trauma patients using MHP guided by VHA vs SLT’s

 

Young Investigator Award for Best Abstract (proudly sponsored by National Blood Authority)

Stacie O’Brien – Healius Pathology

Rethinking D-Positivity: Molecular testing guidelines and clinical implication

Blood Management Award (proudly sponsored by the National Blood Authority)

A/Prof Tina Noutsos – Royal Darwin Hospital

Red Cell alloimmunization and HDFN in First Nations, rural and remote mothers and babies in the NT

 

Clinical Transfusion Award (proudly sponsored by CSL Seqirus)

Karen Beattie – Western NSW Local Health District

SCIg in the scrub: what matters to patients

 

Blood Bank Laboratory Award (proudly sponsored by Immulab) 

Dr Sandra Sowah – Australian Red Cross  Lifeblood

RH blood group genetic diversity in a Kenyan donor population: implications for chronically transfused patients in Kenya

 

Best Poster Prize (3 awarded)

Tammy Cates – RDNS Silverchain 

Integrating remote double independent blood checks in a community transfusion model

Leanna Pickles – Alfred Health

Implementation of Smart Fridge Technology to improve patient safety

Wayne Dyer – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

The Australian Blood Donor study and BioBank for donor health and transfusion safety research

 

ANZSBT Research Grants

Dr Sara Chiaretti “Haemoglobin Evaluation and Assessment for pRemature and Term Babies, Enabling Accurate Transfusions (HEARTBEAT) study”
Dr Ben Winskel-Wood “Investigating the haemostatic function of extracellular vesicles”
Prof Biswadev Mitra “Management of patients with critical bleeding in rural and regional Victoria”

South East Asia/Pacific Islands Registration Award (co-sponsored by the International Society of Blood Transfusion)

 

Dr Priscilla Paua Papua New Guinea
Dr Joyisa Deb India
Dr Purshotam Paudel Nepal