The UBC Centre for Blood Research presents

The 9th Annual Norman Bethune Symposium

Wednesday, September 9
zoom!
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/CBR-NBS2020-register
For more information, visit www.cbr.ubc.ca

Draft Program
7:15 - 8:00 Breakfast at Home!
8:00 - 8:10 Drs. Dana Devine and Ed Conway, UBC, Introductory remarks
8:10-8:30 Dr. Graham Sher, CEO, Canadian Blood Services
8:30 - 8:50 Dr. Karen Nelson, Bloodworks Northwest, Seattle “Transfusion related
immunomodulation: effects of blood product irradiation and leukoreduction”
9:00 – 9:20 Dr. Nareg Roubinian, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, "Blood donor-
component-recipient linkages and RBC transfusion efficacy outcomes“
9:30 - 9:55 Trainees (3) + health break
10:00 - 10:20 Dr. Karina Yazdanbakhsh, NY Blood Center, NY “Transfusion immunology and
sickle cell disease”
10:30 - 10:50 Dr. Mel Krajden, Pathology, UBC, “ Something COVID-19”
11:00 - 11:25 Trainees (2-3) + health break
11:30 - 11:50 Dr. Michelle Zeller, McMaster University, Hamilton “Association between
donor age/sex and recipient mortality"
12:00 - 12:25 Trainees (3)
12:30 - 12:50 Dr. Jerry Teitel, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto “Acquired
hemophilia: current approaches to a rare and threatening disease”
1:00 - 1:15 Robert Cooper
1:25 - 1:55 Trainees (2) + health break
2:00 - 2:20 Dr. Martin Schreiber, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland,
“Adjunctive therapies to transfusion for trauma-induced bleeding“
2:30 - 2:50 Dr. Hongshen Ma, CBR, UBC, “Novel microfluidic approaches to cell
separation”
2:50 - 3:00 Q&A
3:00 - 3:30 Awards and social