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CSL have announced that applications for the Prof Heimburger Award 2024 opened on August 1, 2023.

The Prof Heimburger Award is an annual grant program introduced to honour Prof Dr. Norbert Heimburger, a pioneer of modern coagulation therapy who significantly contributed to the understanding and treatment of coagulation disorders during his more than 30 years’ service at CSL Behring. The grant offers €25,000 each to five emerging coagulation specialists to pursue innovative research and inspire the wider research community.

To apply:

The first round consists of submission of an application form, one-page research proposal and a short CV via the Prof Heimburger Award website
The deadline for applications is 11:59pm CET, November 7, 2023
Following round one, 10 successful applicants will be asked to submit a more detailed 3–4 page research proposal in December 2023
Winners are announced at the end of February 2024

Applications have been increasing year on year, with the 2023 cycle receiving over 80 applications. CSL continues growing the success of the Prof Heimburger Award, as we recognise, motivate, and inspire the next generation of coagulation specialists.

For enquiries regarding application, policy and procedures information, please contact the Prof Heimburger Award Facilitator at heimburger.award@cslbehring.com.

Voting is now open for ONE vacant position on Council for the 2023-2025 term. Members must have a membership with expiry date of 2024 and beyond. You will not be able to vote if your membership expires in 2023 or earlier.

We have received THREE nominations from the membership.

Voting closes on 18 August 2023 at 5:00pm AEST. We hope members participate in this important process.

Please click on the link below to vote, this will take you to the Members Area:

https://members.anzsbt.org.au/council-ballot/

The ANZSBT Council Ballot are now open for members to vote.

This may be interest to members.

The National Blood Authority is advising of the transition from Australia’s domestic subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIg) product EVOGAM to HIZENTRA AU. The new product will continue to be manufactured from Australia’s plasma and is approved by the Therapeutics Goods Administration in accordance with usual high standards of safety and quality.

From 2 August 2023, patients on EVOGAM will begin transitioning to HIZENTRA AU. The timing of when each patient will transition will be determined by their treating team and we anticipate most patients to be transitioned by October 2023.

The handout below gives more information on this:

HIZENTRA AU Handout

We congratulate Professor Erica Wood who has been awarded the AO (Officer of the Order of Australia in the general division) in the King’s Birthday Honours.

Erica who is an ANZSBT Past President, Ruth Sanger orator and current Research Committee member has been awarded the AO for distinguished service to transfusion medicine and haemovigilance, to haematology, and to international and international organisations.

Erica trained in haematology in Australia and the US, and worked for the American Red Cross before returning to Melbourne in 2000, taking up a position with the Australian Red Cross Blood Service.

In 2012, she moved to the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University to lead the Transfusion Research Unit. Her research is supported by an NHMRC L2 Leadership Fellowship. She is also a haematologist at Monash Health.

Erica was a founding member of ‘Blood Matters’, and chaired its Serious Transfusion Incident Reporting expert group from 2006-13. Between 2012-15 she was the RCPA Chief Examiner, Haematology.

For ANZBST, Erica was a member of the Scientific Subcommittee (2005-07), the Clinical Practice Improvement Committee (2007-10), and Council (2007-14). She has been a member of the Research Advisory Committee since 2016. Her Ruth Sanger Oration focussed on the development of haemovigilance systems and their contribution to improving clinical transfusion practice.

From 2013-19, Erica was President of the International Haemovigilance Network, and from 2020-22 President of the International Society of Blood Transfusion. She was awarded the International Haemovigilance Medal in 2022.

We congratulate Dr Peter Flanagan, a past ANZSBT President, Ruth Sanger Orator and Honorary Life Member of ANZSBT on being awarded an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in New Zealand’s 2023 Kings Birthday Honours list.

This award is in recognition of Peter’s services to blood transfusion and is an appropriate recognition for Peter’s stellar contribution to Transfusion Medicine both in New Zealand and internationally.

Dr Peter Flanagan

Dr Peter Flanagan was National Medical Director of the New Zealand Blood Service from its establishment in 1998 until 2019.

Dr Flanagan played a pivotal part in improving the New Zealand Blood Service to the point where it is now recognised as one of the best models in the world. He has supported and informed the Ministry of Health on policy related to blood transfusion safety and was closely involved in the transition of 21 hospital-based blood services into four regional production centres and an integrated hospital blood bank network. He is an Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology at the University of Auckland. He has been a member of the World Health Organisation Expert Advisory Panel on Transfusion Medicine since 2009 and a member of Expert Committees in the Council of Europe. He is an Honorary Member of the International Society of Blood Transfusion having served as President and Chair of the Standing Committee on Ethics, where he led a comprehensive review of the Society’s Code of Ethics. Dr Flanagan is a Life Member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion and in 2017 gave the Ruth Sanger Oration, the Society’s highest honour.

The Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT) are very pleased to announce that we are partnering with QuidelOrtho to produce an educational webinar series on a diverse variety of topics in immunohematology.

To join us, please ensure that you register to attend this series.

To register, please click here.

ANZSBT is pleased to advise that applications are now open for the 2023 South East Asia/Pacific Islands Travel Grant to BLOOD 2023 which is kindly co-sponsored by the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT).

The award is open to assist persons from resource poor countries in the South-East Asia region or Pacific Island nations to attend BLOOD 2023, the combined annual scientific meetings of ANZSBT, Haematology Society of Australian and New Zealand (HSANZ) and Thrombosis and the Haemostasis Society of Australia and New Zealand (THANZ).

The meeting will be held in Melbourne, Victoria, from 5-8 November 2023. It provides the ideal opportunity to learn of recent developments in haematology and blood transfusion as well as for meeting and networking with colleagues with similar professional interests.

For more information, please refer to the flyer below:

2023 API_Award flyer

Applications close on Friday 19 May 2023.

The Blood Matters Consent audit report 2022, is now available on the Blood Matters website.
The aims of the audit were to identify if health service blood transfusion consent policies are:
• available, understood and practiced
• consistent with the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT)/Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Guidelines for the administration of blood products 3rd edition (2019).

The final ‘Consent for blood transfusion 2022 audit report’ is available for review and action at: https://www.health.vic.gov.au/patient-care/audit-reports#2022

Any queries please contact Blood Matters at bloodmatters@redcrossblood.org.au or call 03 9694 0102.

This may be of interest to members.

Please find current job opportunities below:

Western Health – Clinical Nurse Consultant – Blood Management, Permanent Part Time, Permanent Full Time Western Health – Mercury eRecruit
Monash Health – Blood Management Nurse Consultant, Part Time Ongoing Monash Health – Mercury eRecruit

Prof Heimburger Award 2024: applications now open

ANZSBT Council Ballot

Update on the transition of Australia’s domestic SCIg product

Professor Erica Wood awarded the AO (Officer of the Order of Australia in the general division) in the King’s Birthday Honours

Dr Peter Flanagan awarded an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Dr Peter Flanagan

ANZSBT and QuidelOrtho 2023 Webinar Series

2023 South East Asia/Pacific Islands Travel Grant

Blood Matters Consent audit report 2022

Nurse Consultant Positions