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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/

Image: A graph with lots of red dots clustered together in a curve. The are all looking upwards at a single red dot wearing sunglasses.

Caption: Mike was an outlier and would probably be excluded from the study, but all the other data points secretly thought he was really cool.

Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Looking forward to the webinar on future directions in haemovigilance Thurs 17 Sept Hosted by IHN, @isbt.bsky.social, SHOT & the NIHR BTRU on data-driven transfusion practice Register at: ihn-org.com/join-the-conversation-interactive-webinar-on-enhancing-haemovigilance-current-and-future-directions

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thank you to the International Society of Blood Transfusion @isbt.bsky.social for the honour of receiving the 2026 ISBT Award! Thanks also to ISBT & #wecreative for this lovely photo at #ISBTKualaLumpur with ISBT President Dr Pierre Tiberghien, and Dr Faraizah Abdul Karim, president Malaysian BTS.

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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 12/06/2026

NEW: Every 12 minutes, somewhere in the world, a woman dies from excessive bleeding after birth (postpartum haemorrhage or PPH). Yet according to a new study, led by researchers from Oxford, most of these deaths should never have happened. Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/4e7lffC

Close-up of a patient lying in a hospital bed with an IV line attached to their hand. The patient is covered by blue hospital bedding and has painted fingernails. Overlaid text reads: "New Lancet series shows how thousands of maternal deaths could be prevented each year" alongside University of Oxford branding.

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Tomorrow is #WorldBloodDonorDay. So, literally millions of thanks to blood donors around the world for their generous gifts - and to everyone advancing clinical practice and research in transfusion medicine so we can use these gifts to their greatest potential.

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Congratulations @who.int on the 'Action Framework to advance universal access to safe, effective and quality-assured blood products, 2026–2030' This will support Member States & partners to provide access to life-saving blood products. iris.who.int/items/92e583dd-9328-493c-a406-6ce8318727e0

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

On #InternationalThalassaemiaDay, special thanks to supporters of the Australian Haemoglobinopathy Registry. How many people in Australia have thalassaemia? We don’t know, and we don’t know enough about their treatments & outcomes. Data inform research, policy and practice - and better outcomes.

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Looking forward to welcoming everyone to the @optimal-cre.bsky.social and @bloodsynergy.bsky.social joint open meeting in August for a great day focussed on transfusion research! More info and registration link below. Please join us!

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

We welcome applications for this new research fellowship, a partnership between @optimal-cre.bsky.social and the Kawasaki Disease Foundation

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Welcome Jamie! We're glad to have you as part of the @optimal-cre.bsky.social 😁

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OPTIMAL CRE @optimal-cre.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Today, on International Kawasaki Disease Awareness Day, we share the Top 10 KD Questions, raised by families and health professionals at last year’s Information Day, hosted with the KD Foundation and MCRI. 🔗 Read the Top 10 questions: www.optimalcre.org/news kdfoundation.org.au/top-10-kd-qu...

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Congratulations to Dr Adam Irving, Monash University, on being awarded a Cancer Research Fellowship from Cancer Council Victoria. This will support the new EpiMAP Lymphoma research project, in partnership with @lardr.bsky.social

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 29/01/2026

Physicians throughout Minnesota bear witness to the devastation that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is wreaking. They implore physicians everywhere to raise their voices. Read “We Do Care” by Bernard E. Trappey, MD, for Minnesota Physician Voices: nej.md/4akke1G

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“When our patients go without medical care, the harm is not theoretical. It is measurable. Fear doesn’t just keep people away from clinics and EDs, it pushes patients into crisis.”

“We Do Care” by Bernard E. Trappey, M.D., for Minnesota Physician Voices

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Team Telomere @teamtelomere.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

👥Community Summit A community-centered experience for individuals with TBDs, families, care partners, and bereaved community members, focused on connection, education, and time together. Register today! teamtelomere.org/community-su... We cannot wait to welcome our community to Missoula!

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Community Summit 2026 | Team Telomere

Team Telomere invites you to the Team Telomere Community Summit 2026: A River Runs Through Advocacy and Research, taking place July 7 to 10, 2026, in Missoula, Montana. This community experience…

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Team Telomere @teamtelomere.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

We are thrilled to announce that registration is now OPEN for the Team Telomere Scientific & Community Summit 2026, taking place July 7 to 10, 2026, in Missoula, Montana!

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Beautiful day at Albert Park Lake, as part of Run for Rui, raising money for research into fetomaternal/neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, #FNAIT. Funds will support the vital work of the Australian NAIT Registry. Please support us if you can! sleapys-foundation.grassrootz.com/run-for-rui

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Abstract submission is closing on 30 Jan for the 2026 International Haemovigilance Symposium. Travel scholarships, kindly sponsored by @isbt.bsky.social, are available for participants from LMIC presenting an abstract. More info/registration/abstracts: ihn-org.com Hope to see many of you in Rome!

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Please consider supporting Run for Rui, to fund vital research into NAIT: neonatal (fetomaternal) alloimmune thrombocytopenia. More info here: sleapys-foundation.grassrootz.com/run-for-rui Proceeds will support the Australian NAIT registry: www.monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/registries/nait Thank you!

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Happy New Year from LaRDR: the Lymphoma and Related Diseases Registry! Over 10,000 people with lymphoma & CLL are now participating across Australia & New Zealand. Thank you to everyone supporting @lardr.bsky.social including all patients, investigators, sites and our community & funding partners!

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Blood Journals Portfolio @bloodjournals.hematology.org · 01/01/2026

Today marks the 80th anniversary of Blood Journal. We're looking forward to commemorating this milestone throughout 2026 and hope you enjoy the new issue out now. ashpublications.org/blood/issue/... Happy new year! #Anniversary #BloodJournal

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International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis @isth.org · 20/12/2025

📣The ISTH recently drafted a guidance manuscript on the how to monitor and manage unfractionated heparin in practice, given the accumulating evidence from a comprehensive literature review. Submit your comments by Jan 5: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8609925/Public-Comment-Manage-UFH

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Congratulations Dr Lucy Fox, presenting the results of IBMDx - genomics studies in inherited bone marrow failure syndromes - today in the late-breaking abstract session at #ASH25

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Just published: CLIP-II trial of cryopreserved platelets for cardiac surgical bleeding doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.23355 Thanks to everyone who supported this important study!

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

A message we can all get behind! Thanks @ash.hematology.org for a great meeting at #ASH25

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Great opportunity to get involved!

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American Society of Hematology @ash.hematology.org · 20/11/2025

Optimize treatment and better advocate for your patients with the Duffy-null phenotype, which lowers normal neutrophil threshold yet is often overlooked in clinical trials. 🎧 Listen now to the new HemeTalks: ow.ly/4F9f50XuQuz #Hematology #Hemesky #Medsky #DANC #DuffyNull

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Blood Journals Portfolio @bloodjournals.hematology.org · 20/11/2025

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Blood Podcast: Advancing Blood Disorder Treatments Through Precision Therapeutics. Have a listen:

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Advancing Blood Disorder Treatments Through Precision Therapeutics

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. Laura Michaelis interviews...

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Save the date! 18-20 March 2026 in Rome. Looking forward to this! The International Haemovigilance Symposium is always an excellent and very interactive meeting. More info soon: ihn-org.com

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Congratulations, Janne! You've been a wonderful supporter of @lardr.bsky.social and the @bloodsynergy.bsky.social research. We thank you SO MUCH for your contributions!

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Transfusion Evidence Library @transfusionlib.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Thank you so much @isbt.bsky.social! We are so delighted to receive this award! www.systematicreviewinitiative.com/news/we-have... @ericawood.bsky.social @liseestcourt.bsky.social @thrinaline.bsky.social

Image showing an ISBT Award 2025 received by the Transfusion Evidence Round-Up Team

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Team Telomere @teamtelomere.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Throughout #Telomere Biology Disorder #Awareness Month, we are dedicating Fridays to spreading education and awareness. Each “Fact Friday,” we’ll highlight important science and how ongoing #research connects to care and advocacy. Today we are talking about what #telomeres are - check out our video!

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Hope to see many of you at these upcoming @optimal-cre.bsky.social educational events on improving the use of immunoglobulins! Everyone is welcome, and it's free to register. More info below.

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Delighted to accept the ISBT Award with Dr Allison Mo on behalf of the ISBT-SRI Transfusion Evidence Round-Up team this week in Perth! @isbt.bsky.social @sritransfusion.bsky.social More info on the Transfusion Evidence Round-Ups: www.isbtweb.org/resources/isbt-sri-transfusion-round-up.html

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Fantastic @lardr.bsky.social open meeting today at #BLOOD2025 in collaboration with Lymphoma Australia and the Australasian Lymphoma Alliance. Thanks to everyone who participated in person or online, and for your ongoing support of the Lymphoma and Related Diseases Registry!

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Congratulations Dr Jasmine Singh on receiving the 2025 Haematology Society of Australia/NZ Albert Baikie Award, recognising the best Annual Scientific Meeting presentation by a new investigator, for "longitudinal assessment of the expansion of clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential".

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Wonderful to be in Perth at #BLOOD2025 and the ISBT regional congress @isbt.bsky.social with some of our Monash University Transfusion Research Unit team. We have presentations, posters and a booth! Have a question about our research, and/or want to collaborate? Come and visit us!

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Important new study from the Australian and New Zealand Lymphoma and Related Diseases Registry, out now in Haematologica. doi.org/10.3324/haem... Nice work, Eliza Chung @lardr.bsky.social and @elizahawkes.bsky.social

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Out now in JAMA Cardiol: Clonal haematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) not associated with higher risk of cardiovascular disease in ASPREE trial, but more clinically significant bleeding. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2025.3756

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Critical Care Reviews @criticalcarereviews.com · 13/10/2025

➡️ Three major RCTs (HEMOTION, TRAIN, SAHaRA) challenge restrictive transfusion dogma in brain injury. ➡️ Does the evidence now points toward a more liberal, neuroprotective threshold? CCR Journal Watch criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evid…

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Helen Bevan @helenbevan.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Addressing power gradients (gap between those with the most & least power in a team or system) is THE most effective lever for increasing psychological safety within a team. Many ways to take action for this: psychsafety.com/reducing-pow.... By jadegarratt.bsky.social via tomgeraghty.bsky.social

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Blood Journals Portfolio @bloodjournals.hematology.org · 30/09/2025

Somatic preleukemic GATA1s mutations are acquired before birth in 25% of neonates with DS, and are not acquired postnatally. buff.ly/vKCMYCm #hemesky

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Women in Lymphoma @womeninlymphoma.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

WiLing Wednesday's Webinars are back! Join us for updates on various MCL topics presented by global experts, starting Oct 29 through to Nov 19. Register on our website : womeninlymphoma.org/webinars First session on Oct 29 : us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Looking forward to the next International Haemovigilance Network webinar on 21 October: "Partnering with patients is key to safer transfusion" All are welcome, and it's free to register: ihn-org.com/webinars/par...

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Great to see the platelet findings from the prospective worldwide InPUT study of transfusion practice in intensive care. Just published in Crit Care Med. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006880 @bloodsynergy.bsky.social

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

What is the implication of bulky disease on treatment and outcomes for patients with lymphoma? Read this analysis from the Australasian Lymphoma and Related Diseases Registry @lardr.bsky.social, led by Monash PhD student Eliza Chung. haematologica.org/article/view...

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⭐️⭐️⭐️ The 9500th participant ⭐️⭐️⭐️was recruited to the Lymphoma and Related Diseases Registry! Congratulations and thanks to all participants, participating sites and staff, principal investigators and supporters.

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Happy to be representing the Australian Haemoglobinopathy Registry at ASCA's 4th Sickle Cell Scientific Conference. 24 October 2025, in person at Perth Children's Hospital, or online. Everyone is welcome! More info/registration: aussicklecelladvocacy.org

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Blood Journals Portfolio @bloodjournals.hematology.org · 23/09/2025

🌍 September is Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month and together we are working to #ConquerSCD! 📚 Identifying pediatric patients with sickle cell disease at high risk of experiencing chronic pain after HSCT 📖 Read the full article here. buff.ly/AgBdW37

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Nice work, Dr Sarah Zhao! Aust/NZ Myeloma & Related Diseases Registry real-world comparison of outcomes for older transplant-ineligible pts. Better PFS outcomes for first-line VRd than Rd or VCd. Prospective studies are needed to establish optimal induction therapy. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2025.08.004

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Erica Wood @ericawood.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Thanks @who.int for emphasising the importance of preventing and treating non-communicable diseases to improve outcomes for people worldwide

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