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Recipients of Dana Devine Fellowships Announced

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
28 February 2028

Lebanon, NH - It is with great pleasure that the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative announces the recipients of its Dana Devine Fellowships.

BEST received applications from many deserving individuals from around the globe.

The recipients are:

  • Aggrey Dhabangi, MD, PhD; Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
  • Anh Dinh, MD; Center for Cellular Engineering, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
  • Tamar Feldman, PhD; American Red Cross, Rockville, MD, USA
  • Jesus Fernandez, MD, PhD; Banc de Sang i Teixits, Barcelona, Spain
  • Surendra Karki, PhD; Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Antoine Lewin, MPH, PhD; Héma-Quèbec, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • Wen Lu, MD; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
  • Allison Mo, MBBS; Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Nabiha Saifee, MD, PhD; Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
  • Ben Winskel-Wood, PhD; Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Sydney, NSW, Australia

About the Dana Devine Fellowship: BEST established the Dana Devine Fellowship to acknowledge the legacy of Dana Devine, PhD. Dr. Devine was a key contributor to BEST over many years as a Scientific member, leader of its Conventional Components Team, and President. BEST’s goal is to foster her commitment to the development and mentorship of early and mid-career scientific talent to honor her memory. 

About the BEST Collaborative: The Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative is an international research organization whose objective is to improve the safety of transfusion and cell therapy and related services through the standardization of analytic techniques, development of new procedures and execution of clinical trials in hemotherapy and cell therapy. More than 165 scientific publications have resulted from the Collaborative's work.

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CONTACTS:
Rebecca Cardigan PhD; President of the BEST Collaborative
OR
Eileen Selogie, MLS, CLS, MT(ASCP)SBB; Executive Director of the BEST Collaborative: +1 310 801 0914