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As Associate Medical Director for Blood Donation, Professor David Robert is responsible for the medical aspects of the care of a panel of 800,000 blood donors and for the development of policy to improve donor care. In his position of consultant haematologist, David is currently the clinical lead for the NHSBT Convalescent Plasma Project and co-lead for the REMAP-CAP trial in convalescent plasma.

Lise Estcourt is consulting haematologist and holds the position of Director of NHSBT’s Clinical Trials Unit where she leads a programme of clinical research in transfusion and transplantation medicine. Her research focuses on the safe and appropriate use of blood components (red blood cells, platelets, plasma, cryoprecipitate) and their alternatives. Lise is currently active as co-chief CI for the TREATT trial, an international trial of tranexamic use in haematological malignancies, and co-lead in the international REMAP-CAP trial in convalescent plasma. In addition, she is coordinating editor of Cochrane Haematology.

Massimo Franchini – ASST di Mantova

Cesare Perotti – Immunohematology and Transfusion Centre, Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Policlinico San Matteo Pavia

Hubert Schrezenmeier – Blutspendedienst Baden Wüttemberg-Hessen GGMBH

Erhard Seifried – Blutspendedienst Baden Wüttemberg-Hessen GGMBH

Stéphane Bégué – Établissementfrançais du sang

Ellen van der Schoot – Sanquin

Hendrik Feys – Belgische Rode Kruis

Veerle Compernolle – Belgische Rode Kruis

Heli Harvala Simmonds – NHS Blood and Transfusion

Vincenzo De Angelis – Centro Nazionale Sangue

Livia Cannata – Centro Nazionale Sangue

Catherine Hartmann – European Blood Alliance

Pierre Tiberghien – European Blood Alliance

Christian Erikstrup – Aarhus Universiteit Hospital

Henrik Hjalgrim – Statens Serum Institut

Soraya Amar – Blutspende Schweiz Rotes Kreuz