Edinburgh Education Event, May 1st 2025
Edinburgh, Scotland Education Program - Registration is now open
Advance Registration is required. Please be aware that onsite space is limited. Pre-registration deadlines are:
- For Onsite attendance: 21 April 2025
- For Remote attendance on Zoom: 30 April 2025
Registration Link: https://events.zoom.us/ev/AtzSCnf6sZNn22webzBRriO_piUh4gVEzyUScipEVxxvph5i2DBv~AqFz4hI5nfs0mcM5ue6MkTqSsepQbIgEPeQpRa3U2dc6idxCWD24nc8-kg
This half-day education meeting jointly hosted by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) and the BEST Collaborative will include talks delivered by leaders from both organisations. Paired talks with contributions from SNBTS and BEST will then explore research needs and research successes, focusing on the themes of the four BEST research teams.
These will include:
- Integration of patient transfusion and healthcare data in Scotland
- Research needs in donor medicine
- Advanced therapeutics development in SNBTS
- Updates on component development
This symposium will aim to foster an environment of discussion, collaboration and networking. We look forward to seeing you there!
Agenda
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Badge Pickup at Registration Desk |
SESSION 1: Setting the Scene |
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| 13:00 - 13:15 | Welcome to Scotland and introduction to SNBTS Katie Hands, MD Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service |
| 13:15 - 13:30 |
The BEST Collaborative - an overview and the value of collaboration Rebecca Cardigan, PhD, FRCPath National Health Service Blood & Transplant, Cambridge, UK President, BEST Collaborative |
| 13:30 - 13:50 | From idea to action: addressing research uncertainties Simon Stanworth, MA, FRCP (Paeds, UK), PhD, FRCPath National Health Service Blood & Transplant, Oxford, UK |
| 13:50 - 14:00 | Questions for the Speakers and discussion . |
SESSION 2: Where are we now? Research in Scotland and further afield |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 | DONOR STUDIES Challenges in donor recruitment and how these might be addressed through research Speaker TBD The role of iron depletion mitigation in donor recruitment Katja van den Hurk, PhD Sanquin, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | CLINICAL STUDIES Health science data for practice Amanda Stewart Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service A Database to address transfusion questions in haemopoietic transplantation Monica Pagano, MD University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | BREAK |
SESSION 3: Advances in Therapies |
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| 15:30 - 16:25 | CELLULAR THERAPY SNBTS Speaker & Topic To Be Announced Topic To Be Announced Suzanne Thibodeaux, MD, PhD WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO USA |
| 16:25 - 16:55 | COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT Component Development in the UK Michael Wiltshire, PhD, NHSBT, Cambridge, UK Young versus old blood: How does a rapidly aging world impact the quality of our blood supply? Tamir Kanias, PhD Vitalant Research Institute, Denver, CO, USA |
| 16:55 - 17:00 | Summary and Close |