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Dr. Jeannie Callum Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Jeannie Callum recently won the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Visit the details of her achievements here.
I&PM Impact Report 2024–2025
Canadian Blood Services' newest I&PM Impact Report 2024–2025, Advancing a Legacy of Research Excellence, is now available on blood.ca. This report highlights how the collective achievements of the Innovation and Portfolio Management team support our shared purpose: to help every patient, match every need and serve every Canadian. Click to visit the full article.
CTTG Lecture Series
CTTG Lecture Series: A guide to designing, conducting, and publishing transfusion clinical trials in Canada
4th Annual Meeting
The 4th Annual Canadian Transfusion Trials Group Meeting will be taking place April 23–24, 2026 at the Malcolm Hotel in Canmore, Alberta. Our group (The Canadian Institute for the Transfer of Knowledge) will be supporting with the logistics for this meeting. Further registration details will follow in the coming weeks. In the meantime, please mark this date in your calendars!
CTTG Funding
CTTG received $2.3M towards establishing an innovative research network.
Sex Matters Funding
Perseverance and collaboration: How a new clinical trial aims to determine whether sex matters when matching blood products to patients
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Who We Are
The Canadian Transfusion Trials Group (CTTG) is a national initiative designed to promote collaboration and excellence in Transfusion Medicine research. The primary goal of the CTTG is to accelerate the conduct of pan-Canadian high-quality clinical trials to improve transfusion practice.
Funding
CTTG network funding will be used to support the infrastructure for a network across Canada by establishing a cohesive and diverse transfusion medicine research community. This research community will support investigators with the development of trial protocols and grant submissions, provide central support for data management and biostatistics, and provide streamlined support for best practices in research ethics applications, contracts, and regulatory documents. Network funding for CTTG will also support the creation of a multicentre “vein-to-vein” transfusion data platform to support clinical trials and generate new hypotheses, modelling for demand forecasting, monitoring for changes in transfusion practice, and assessing impacts of blood production modifications on patient outcomes.
Investigators
Investigators leading CTTG-supported clinical studies will seek partnerships and funding to enable the execution of research themes. The CTTG will bring together a highly motivated group of investigators and partners from across Canada and internationally. This forward-thinking initiative sets the stage for accelerating evidence-based transfusion practice with the ultimate goal of improving transfusion care for patients worldwide.
CO – DIRECTORS
Dr. Jeannie Callum, MD, BA, FRCPC
Transfusion Medicine Specialist and Hematologist, Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Professor, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queens University
Lead, QUEST transfusion research program, University of Toronto
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine And Pathobiology, University of Toronto
Dr. Donald Arnold, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Director, Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research (MCTR), McMaster University
Professor, Medicine, McMaster University
Associate Member, Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences