Peter Schiff Award, sponsored by CSL Behring
2023
Professor Catherine Hyland
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
2022
Dr Ellen Maxwell
Haematology,
Melbourne Pathology
2021
Dr Beverleigh Quested
BloodSafe
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
2020
Mr John Dagger
New Zealand Blood Service
Auckland New Zealand
2019
Professor Robert Flower
Research and Development
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Kelvin Grove QLD
2018
Dr Christopher Hogan
Austin Hospital
Heidelberg VIC 3084
2017
Dr Clive Seed
ARCBS
Clinical Services and Research
Perth WA 6000
2016
Dr Amanda Thomson
ARCBS
Alexandria NSW 2015
Associate Professor Craig French
Western Health
Footscray VIC 3011
2015
Dr Ben Saxon
ARCBS
Adelaide SA 5000
2014 Associate Professor Mark Dean
Central Coast Area Health
Gosford NSW 2250
2013 Dr Patrick Coghlan
ARCBS
East Brighton VIC 3187
2012
Dr Tony Keller
Australian Red Cross Blood Service
Osborne Park WA 6017
2011
Associate Professor David Roxby
Transfusion Medicine
SA Pathology at Flinders Medical Centre
Bedford Park SA 5042
2010
Associate Professor Graeme Woodfield
Molecular Medicine & Pathology
The University of Auckland
Auckland
New Zealand
2009
Mr Ken Davis
Chief Medical Scientist
Transfusion Medicine
SA Pathology at Royal Adelaide Hospital
Adelaide SA 5000
2008
Associate Professor Ralph Green
Discipline of Laboratory Medicine
School of Medical Sciences
RMIT University
Bundoora, VIC 3083
2007
Dr John Rowell
Dept of Haematology
Queensland Health Pathology Service
Herston, QLD 4029
2006
A/Prof Alison Street
Haematology Dept
The Alfred
Prahran, VIC 3181
2005 Mr Jim Carlton AO
2004 Dr Anne Fletcher
2003 Dr John Lloyd
2002 Dr Robert Beal
2001 Dr Gordon Whyte
2000 Dr James Isbister
1999 Dr Peter Schiff
CSL Behring Overseas Travel Grant
2023 Dr Rachel Githiomi – Ministry of Health HQ, Kenya, East Africa
2022 Dr Rena Hirani – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, NSW
2021 Mr Samantha Senavirathna – Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne and LifeBlood Melbourne processing centre, VIC
2018 Ms Alison Badger, Reference Laboratory – New Zealand Blood Service, Epsom, Auckland; Mr Neil Waters, Transfusion Research Unit, Monash University, Melbourne VIC
2017 Ms Helen Haysom – Dept of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine Transfusion Research Unit, The Alfred Centre, Melbourne VIC
2016 Ms Celine Loh, ARCBS, Alexandria NSW
2015 Ms Katrina Ki, ARCBS, Kelvin Grove QLD
2014 Dr Lacey Johnson, ARCBS, Alexandria NSW
2013 Dr Zoe McQuilten, Dept of Epidemiology & Preventative Med., Monash University, Prahran, VIC
2012 Ms Helen Atkinson, Transfusion Medicine, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, TAS
Report (14KB)
2011 A/Prof. David Roxby, SA Pathology at Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA
2010 Ms Rachel Donegan, New Zealand Blood Service, Auckland, New Zealand
2009 Ms Shaba Vakalia, SA Pathology at Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA
2008 Dr Catherine Hyland, ARCBS, Brisbane, QLD
2007 Ms Mary Zmijarevic, Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC
2006 Ms Ruth Power, Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC
2005 Dr Romi Sinha, Flinders Medical Centre, SA
Dr James Daly, Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC
2004 Mr David Roxby, Flinders Medical Centre, SA
2003 Ms Dianne Grey, Pathcentre, WA
2002 Ms Yoke Lin Fung
ANZSBT Research Fund
2023
Mr Niki Lee – Northern Pathology, Victoria – Verification of algorithm to enumerate FMH quantitation by flow cytometry (anti-D vs anti-HbF) and the correlation of non- stained cells with HbA level
Ms Tam Nguyen – UQ Centre for Clinical Research – Red BlOod Cell TranSfusion in ECMO – a feasibiliTy TriAl (the ROSETTA trial)
Associate Professor Lin Fung – University of the Sunshine Coast – Do cryopreserved platelets increase risk of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) in a laboratory model?
Dr Lacey Johnson – Austrlian Red Cross Lifeblood – Investigation of the fibrinolytic properties of cryopreserved platelets
2022
Dr Dianne van der Wal – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood – Crosstalk between platelets and cancer cells: do cancer cells interact with transfused platelets
Assoc. Professor Hergen Buscher – St Vincent’s Hospital (Sydney, Australia) – study administration; Monash University (Melbourne, Australia; The Alfred Hospital (Melbourne, Australia); Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Sydney, Australia) – Red BlOod Cell TranSfusion in ECMO – a piloT TriAl (the ROSETTA trial)
Drs Melinda Dean & Helen Faddy – University of the Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay Campus – Understanding the Pathophysiology of the Monocyte Monolayer Assay (MMA): Characterizing the Inflammatory Response to Clinically Significant anti-RBC Antibodies
Dr Aarany Sivakaanthan/Dr James Daly – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood – Supporting the clinical need for Gerbich negative blood in Papua New Guinea (PNG)
2021
Dr Andrew Flint – Monash University – Blood transfusion practices in intensive care
Dr Joanne Tan – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood – Whole blood for trauma resuscitation: Is it pro-inflammatory?
Dr Rebecca Griffiths – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood – Characterisation of the Kidd blood group system in the erythroid cells of control and Jk-null individuals
Dr Rena Hirani – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood – The prevalence of transfusion‐associated microchimerism in 45 and Up Study participants
2019
Dr Allison Mo – Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Anastazia Keegan – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, WA
Ms Aoibhe Mulcahy – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, QLD
Ms Sophie Shand – Sydney Ambulance Centre, NSW
Ms Lauren Waters – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, NSW
Ms Maree Perry – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, QLD
Dr Rebecca Munk – Women’s and Children’s Hospital, SA
2018
Dr Wayne Dyer – ARCBS, Alexandria, NSW
Dr Allison Mo – Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Edward Chew – The Royal Melbourne Hospital Parkville, VIC
2017
Professor Andrew Georgiou – Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University Sydney
Dr Rosemary Sparrow – School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Melbourne
Dr Dianne Van Der Wal – Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Alexandria, NSW
2016
Dr Leah Kivivali, Dept Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, VIC
Professor Paul Monagle, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC
Dr Zoe McQuilten, Monash Health, Clayton, VIC
2015
Dr Melinda Dean, ARCBS, Kelvin Grove, QLD
A/ Prof. Catherine Hyland, ARCBS, Kelvin Grove, QLD
Dr Lacey Johnson, ARCBS, Alexandria, NSW
2014
Dr Melinda Dean, ARCBS, Kelvin Grove, QLD
Dr Joanne Tan, ARCBS, Alexandria, NSW
Dr Erica Wood & Dr Zoe McQuilten, Dept of Epidemiology & Preventative Medicine, Monash University, VIC
2012/13
Dr Melinda Dean, ARCBS QLD
Dr Yen Siew Loh, ARCBS Sydney, NSW
Dr Rosemary Sparrow, ARCBS South Melbourne, VIC
2011
Dr Shir-Jing Ho, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW
A/Prof. David Roxby, Transfusion Service, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA
Mr John-Paul Tung, ARCBS, Kelvin Grove, QLD
2010
Dr Chad Andersen, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, SA
Dr Melinda Dean, ARCBS QLD
Dr Helen Faddy, ARCBS QLD
2009
Dr Robert Flower, ARCBS QLD
Dr Catherine Hyland, ARCBS QLD
2008
Dr Anoop Enjeti, Calvary Mater Hospital, NSW
Dr Catherine Hyland, ARCBS QLD
2007
Dr Anoop Enjeti, Calvary Mater Hospital, NSW
Ms Yoke Lin Fung, ARCBS QLD
Dr Rosemary Sparrow, ARCBS VIC
2006
Dr Rosemary Sparrow, ARCBS VIC
Dr Andrew Wei, St Vincent’s Hospital, VIC
2005
Dr Catherine Hyland, ARCBS QLD
Mr Neil Waters, ARCBS VIC
2004
Dr Rosemary Sparrow, ARCBS VIC
Dr Robert Flower, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW
Dr Greg Hodge, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, SA
2003
Dr Rosemary Sparrow, ARCBS, VIC
Dr Robert Flower, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW
2002
Dr Rosemary Sparrow, ARCBS VIC, shared with
Dr Angela Anniss
Dr Greg Hodge, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, SA
2001 Dr Angela Anniss, ARCBS VIC
Dr Natalie Cowley, ARCBS QLD
Dr Robert Flower, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW
2000
Dr Rosemary Sparrow, ARCBS VIC
Dr Robyn Minchinton, ARCBS QLD
Dr Jill Gready, ANU
South East Asia/Pacific Islands Travel Award
2023
The society wishes to thank the International Society of Blood Transfusion for its contribution to the following grants awarded in 2023.
Dr Andy Tang – Singapore/Malaysia
Ms Engla Merizka – Indonesia
Dr Haziq Ibrahim – Malaysia
2022
The society wishes to thank the International Society of Blood Transfusion for its contribution to the following grants awarded in 2022.
Putri Srihartaty – Indonesia
Septiana Veronica – Indonesia
2021
The society wishes to thank the International Society of Blood Transfusion for its contribution to the following grants awarded in 2021.
Phanouk Lon – Cambodia
Doreen Ugaia – Port Moresby
Engla Merizka – Indonesia
2019
The society wishes to thank the International Society of Blood Transfusion for its contribution to the following grants awarded in 2019.
Putri Srihartaty – Indonesia
Natasha Philip – Papua New Guinea
Josefina Oqui – East Timor
2018
The society wishes to thank the International Society of Blood Transfusion for its contribution to the following grants awarded in 2018.
Halimatun Othman – Malaysia
Monalisa Tuaifaiva – Samoa
Miranda Huanimaha – Solomon Islands
2017
The society wishes to thank the International Society of Blood Transfusion for its contribution to the following grants awarded in 2017.
Bipin Nepal – Nepal
Nova Hippy – Indonesia
Christie Nalupta – The Phillipines (withdrew)
Gretna Tauma – Kiribati (withdrew)
2016
The society wishes to thank the International Society of Blood Transfusion for its contribution to the following grants awarded in 2016.
Mine Kojet, Marshall Islands
Sandra Semi, Samoa
Roselyn Livae, Solomon Islands
2015
The society wishes to thank the International Society of Blood Transfusion for its contribution to the following grants awarded in 2015.
Thida Aung, Myanmar
Frida Rosita, Indonesia
Chea Sokhim, Cambodia
2014 The society wishes to thank the International Society of Blood Transfusion for its contribution to the following grants awarded in 2014.
Titien Budhiaty, Indonesia
Viola Asigau, PNG
Wati Ketenilagi, Fiji
Anthony Tabotabo, Solomon Islands
Report (14KB)
2013 The society wishes to thank the International Society of Blood Transfusion for its contribution to the following grants awarded in 2013.
Pich Bunthoeun, Cambodia
Report (14KB)
Adriu Sepeti, Fiji
Brenda Laurii, Solomon Islands
Theresa Tatuava, Cook Islands.
2012 The society wishes to thank the International Society of Blood Transfusion for its contribution to the following grants awarded in 2012.
Lupe Isaia, Samoa
Report (14KB)
2011 Lisa Barrow – Fed. States of Micronesia
2010 Sherly Yuliana – Indonesia
2009 Rosita Indriani – Indonesia
2008 Mary Aseta Mataia – American Samoa
2007 George Junior Pakoa – Vanuatu
2006 Sister Baulele Vari – Papua New Guinea
2005 Dr Rini Astuti – Indonesia
2004 Dr Rini Astuti – Indonesia (unable to attend)
2003 Makerita Samau – Samoa
2002 Aimin Tian – China
Hui Ping – Macau
2001 Donald Tahani – Solomon Islands
2000 Dr NK Naidu – Mumbai, India
1999 None
1998 Suresh Prasad – Fiji
1997 McIsaac Houhiapa – Solomon Islands
1996 None
1995 Dr Nguyen Thi Huynh – Hanoi, Vietnam
1994 Timothy Phatu – Vanuatu
Presidential Award
2023 Ms Suelyn Van den Helm – Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Investigating biomarkers of bleeding in neonates and infants undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass using proteomics
2022 Assoc Professor Ruchika Goel – Siu School Of Medicine And Johns Hopkins University
Blood Donor, Component and Recipient-Specific Factors Associated With Venous Thromboembolism in Transfused Hospitalized Adult Patients: Data from the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III)
2021 Dr April Davis – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Removal of HLA Class-I antigens from platelets: increasing platelet availability for refractory patients
2019 Dr Maria Saito-Benz – Wellington Hospital
Randomised controlled trial of freshly irradiated versus standard red cell transfusion for treatment of anaemia of prematurity
2018 Dr Candice Thomson – Flinders Medical Centre
Extending the Post-Thaw Viability of Cryoprecipitate
2017 Helen Haysom – Dept of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine Transfusion Research Unit, The Alfred Centre, Melbourne VIC
2016 Dr Cindy Flores, Transfusion Policy and Education, ARCBS, Adelaide, SA
2015 Dr Eleni Mayson, Department of Haematology, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney
The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010
2014 Dr Gemma Crighton, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC
2013 Dr Jake Shortt, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC
2012 Dr Lacey Johnson, ARCBS, Alexandria, NSW
2011 Mr Neil Waters, Australian Red Cross, Carlton, VIC
2010 Mrs Samantha Reid, ARCBS NSW
2009 Mr John-Paul Tung, ARCBS QLD
2008 A/Prof. David Roxby, SA Pathology, Flinders Medical Centre, SA
2007 Dr Jennifer Curnow, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW
2006 Mr Simon Benson, New Zealand Blood Service, Auckland
ANZSBT Member’s Award
2022 Ms Mia Sarri – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, QLD
Assembling a reference RHD gene to personalise transfusion management for the Indigenous Australian population
2021 Dr Anastazia Keegan – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, WA
Preoperative intravenous iron did not reduce the need for blood transfusion in iron deficient patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: PREVENTT RCT Subgroup Analysis
Best Poster Prize
2023
Ms Katie Gould – Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
Fridges and Fridays mock Massive Haemorrhage Protocol (MHP) scenario generator
2022
Ms Silvia Zheng – St George Hospital
Novel insight into platelet refractoriness
2021 Dr Clare Manderson – Monash University VIC
Laser incubation of clinical samples for rapid antibody screening
2019 Joanne Tan – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Evaluation of a novel hypoxic storage system for red blood cells in different additive solutions
2018 Nicholas Bingham – Alfred Health, Peninsula Health
Infusions of Intragam 10® increase serum free light chain measurement in plasma cell myeloma patients with secondary hypogammaglobulinaemia
2017 Shereen Tan – Research and Development, ARCBS, Alexandria, NSW
2016 Bernd Froessler, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Elizabeth Vale, SA
2015 Christine Akers, Alfred Pathology Service, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC
2014 Rick Tocchetti, SA Dept Health, Adelaide, SA
2013 Rachel Donegan, NZ Blood Service, Auckland, NZ
Young Investigator Award for Best Abstract (kindly sponsored by the National Blood Authority)
2023
Ms Maxine Revoltar – Royal North Shore Hospital
Anti-N antibody mimicking an antibody to a high incidence antigen in a U-negative patient
2022
Ms Yusra Shahid – Integration Xperts
Predicting the severity of cardiac iron-overload in transfusion dependent thalassemia (TDT) patients through deep learning
2021 – Dr Lauren Waters – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Calcium is a key mediator of the phenotypic changes in cryopreserved platelets
2019 Ms Alana Delaforce – Mater Health Services, University of Newcastle
Assessing transfusion practice in elective surgical patients: a baseline audit to identify opportunities for improvement
2018 Dr Alexis Perros – Australian Red Cross Blood Service
Transfusion modulates leucocyte populations in cardiac surgery patients
2017 Dr Joanne Tan – Research and Development, ARCBS, Alexandria, NSW
2016 Fiona Swain
2015 Shereen Tan, ARCBS, Alexandria, NSW
INAUGURAL
2014 Takuma Maeda, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan
ANZSBT Travel Grants to the ASM
2023 Suelyn Van den Helm, Genghis Lopez, Thomas Hueneberg
2022 Allison Mo, Mia Sarri, David Roxby
Kindly sponsored by BloodSafe eLearning Australia and CSL Vifor
2021 Yasheer Haripersad, Eunike McGowan, Shannon Morgan, Aoibhe Mulcahy
Kindly sponsored by Abbott Australasia
2019 Nicole Zacher, Rebecca Well burn, Soyoung Choi-Maxwell, Monique Menzies Wojtowicz
Kindly sponsored by Abbott Australasia
2018 – Ms Kristen Brown, Ms Emily Cappy, Dr Agnes Yuen
2017 Rachal Davis, Glenda Millard, Rebecca McLean, Adrienne Wynne
2016 Kelly Burns, Aleisha Curgenven, Yoke Lin Fung, Rena Hirani, Catherine Hyland
2015 ANZSBT/Grifols Australia
Anna Coghlan, Helen Haysom, Annette Le Viellez, Eleni Mayson, Annette Sultana
2014 ANZSBT/Baxter
Romi Sinha, Liz Thrift, Daniel Lancini, Gemma Crighton, Fenny Chong
2013 ANZSBT/Pharmaco/Baxter Travel Grants to the ASM
Sunnelle Engelbrecht, Sue Field, Helen Haysom, Lacey Johnson, Diana Mittag, Debbie Pinchon,
Joanne Tan
2012 Melinda Dean, Helen Faddy, Katrina Kildey, Rhiannon McBean, Nick McKeough, Karen Powers,
Kelly Winter.
2011 Christine Akers, Sarah Kamel, Amy Morgan, Stacy Scott
2010 Annette Le Viellez, John-Paul Tung, Margaret Veale
2009 Louise Bobbitt, Melinda Dean, Emily Hinds, Ofira Waldispuhl
2008 Kristen Glenister, Catherine Hyland, Helen Millard, Romi Sinha, Mary Zmijarevic
2007
Kristen Glenister, Geraldine Healey, Jake Shortt, Romi Sinha, Mary Zmijarevic
Best Haemovigilance Award (kindly sponsored by the National Blood Authority)
2022 Ms Dolly Mathew – Joondalup Health Campus (Ramsay Health Care)
A comprehensive neonatal-paediatric intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment plan developed to improve health care outcomes for children requiring IVIG infusions in Australia
2021 Ms Shannon Morgan – Queensland Health QLD
Sustained reduction in Wrong Blood in Tube (WBIT) incidents at Townsville University Hospital (TUH)
2019 Ms Deborah Pinchon – Office Of The Chief Medical Officer, WA
Haemovigilance in WA – what does 3 years of state – wide reporting tell us?
2018 Ms Christine Akers – Alfred Hospital, VIC
Transfusion associated circulatory overload: promoting awareness and reporting
2017
Inaugural Dr Anastazia Keegan – ARCBS, Melbourne, VIC
Best Patient Blood Management Award (kindly sponsored by the National Blood Authority)
2023 Ms Penny O’Beid – NSW Health Clinical Excellence Commission
Monitoring transfusion and patient safety risks
2022 Dr Allison Mo – Monash Hospital VIC
Making decisions about platelet transfusions in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): a clinician survey to inform future clinical trials
2021 Dr Allison Mo – Monash Hospital VIC
Changing red blood cell (RBC) and platelet transfusion needs in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): A 15-year Australian population data-linkage study
Immulab Blood Bank Laboratory Award (proudly sponsored by Immulab)
2023 Mr Joel Graham – Pathwest
Reducing red cell wastage – the value of centralised management and surveillance in WA
2022 Mr Filip Radenkovic – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Type of anti-human neutrophil antigen 3a antibody and potential impact on transfusion-related acute lung injury development
2021 Prof Robert Flower – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
A case of HDFN defines a novel low frequency Rh antigen associated with Indigenous heritage and identified in a blood group genomic study
Clinical Transfusion Award (proudly sponsored by CSL Seqirus)
2023 (Inaugural) – Dr Richard Charlewood, New Zealand Blood Service, NZ
Drugs in blood: Is it safe to co-administer medications and red cell transfusions?
TP Award in Patient Blood Management (kindly sponsored by Vifor Pharma)
2018 Ms Kristen Brown – Murrumbidgee Local Health District
A practical and patient centred approach to the identification and management of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia
2017
Inaugural Ms Christine Akers – Pathology Dept, Alfred Hospital, VIC
TP Award in Clinical Transfusion Practice (kindly sponsored by CSL Behring)
2022 – Ms Maree Perry
Culturally safe blood transfusion and blood donation for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples
2018 – Ms Tanja Windegger
Health and quality of life impacts of switching from IVIG to SCIG treatment in patients with primary immunodeficiency disease
2017
Inaugural Ms Rebecca McLean – Transfusion Medicine Safety, Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA
