The Steering Committee (SC) consists of members with expertise in Transfusion Medicine with broad representation from across Canada. SC members will include partners from the blood providers (Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec), academic and community hospitals, methodologists/biostatisticians, basic scientists, physicians from high blood loss specialties, as well as patients and blood donor partners. The role of the SC is to guide the strategic direction of the network, along with the co-directors with advice from the Scientific Advisory Committee. In particular, the SC will:
1) Define the objectives of the network
2) Create a framework for tracking progress in meeting the objectives and re-calibrating if required
3) Create and implement the organizational structure for the network
4) Evaluate the network’s achievements regarding research output, recruitment and funding on a quarterly basis
5) Help identify funding opportunities and projects/investigators for the submission
6) Identify priority themes for research
7) Review and approve membership of the CTTG SC and WGs in conjunction with the directors
8) Determine a process for selection of dedicated research themes
For more information about the roles, responsibilities, and structure of our Steering Committee, please refer to our Terms of Reference here.
Information Box Group
Dr. Jason Acker
Transfusion Medicine, Basic Science
University of Alberta
Canadian Blood Services
Dr. Richard Cook
Biostatistics, Methodology
University of Waterloo
Dr. Keyvan Karkouti
Anesthesia, Clinical Trials, Hemostatic Resuscitation
University of Toronto
Ken Kennedy
Donor Representative
Dr. Na Li
Statistics, Data Modelling, Machine Learning
University of Calgary
Dr. Johnny Mack
Transfusion Medicine, Hematology
University of Ottawa
Canadian Blood Services
Silvia Marchesin
Patient Representative
Dr. Kusum Menon
Critical Care Research, Clinical Trials
University of Ottawa
Dr. Susan Nahirniak
Transfusion Medicine, Hematopathology
University of Alberta
Dr. Ishac Nazy
Transfusion Medicine, Basic Science
McMaster University
Dr. Sheila O'Brien
Transfusion Medicine, Epidemiology
University of Ottawa
Canadian Blood Services
Dr. Nancy Robitaille
Transfusion Medicine, Hematology-Oncology
Héma-Québec
Dr. Nadine Shehata
Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Trials
University of Toronto
Dr. Andrew Shih
Transfusion Medicine, Hematopathology, Data Analytics
McMaster University
Dr. Ziad Solh
Transfusion Medicine, Hematology, Knowledge Translation
University of Western Ontario
Dr. Alan Tinmouth
Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology
University of Ottawa
Dr. Kathryn Webert
Transfusion Medicine, Hematology
Canadian Blood Services