The Common Data WG’s role is to map, guide/lead creation of a platform, and to utilize data in a regional and national scope from vein-to-vein to further the interests of transfusion medicine. This team’s main deliverable is a multi-centre transfusion medicine data warehouse. They are currently developing minimum standards for data inclusion, a common data dictionary, and a process for triaging data requests. The Common Data WG also publishes manuscripts describing their methodology.

The Working Group’s Terms of Reference are found here. CTTG Common Data Working Group Terms of Reference

 

Working Group Participants: 

Dr. Andrew Shih: Chair of National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products, Transfusion Medicine Specialist, McMaster (Chair)

Dr. Antoine Lewin: Head of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Biological Risk Management, Héma-Québec (Vice Chair)

Dr. Na Li: Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary

Dr. Yang Liu: Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, McMaster University

Dr. Kathryn Webert: Medical Director and Special Advisor, CBS

Marianne Waito: Senior Research Coordinator, CBS

Dr. Sheila O’Brien: Director, Epidemiology and Surveillance, CBS

Rebecca Barty: Regional Manager, Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research, McMaster

Glen Dietz: Technical Specialist (Informatics), London Health Sciences Centre

Dr. Alan Tinmouth: Head of Benign Hematology & Transfusion Medicine, Ottawa Hospital

Dr. Calvino Cheng: Medical Director, Blood Transfusion Services, Nova Scotia Health