NBF Grant Recipients' Lecture & Luncheon
Program Code: 113-S
Saturday, October 23, 2004
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (ET)

SPEAKERS
James D. Gorham, MD, PhD, Dartmouth Medical School
Qizhen Shi, MD, PhD, The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin
Carl Goodyear, PhD, University of California, San Diego

DESCRIPTION
This annual event includes presentations from National Blood Foundation (NBF) scientific research grant recipients. The purpose of this event is to present cutting-edge research that is highly relevant to transfusion medicine, that has the potential to advance the field, and that is currently in progress and not available elsewhere. Presentations are in a structured format, including background, materials and methods, data and discussion of significance. The competition to be a grant recipient and presenter is overseen by the NBF Grants Review Committee.
For more information or to apply for an NBF scientific research grant, please call +1.301.215.6552 or email nbf@aabb.org. For a 2005 grant application, visit www.aabb.org. Deadline for applications is Dec. 13, 2004.

OBJECTIVES

• Discuss the current areas of cutting-edge research in transfusion medicine
• Describe the methods that can be used to investigate outstanding questions in transfusion medicine
• Explain the important role of the NBF in funding early stage high-impact research with the potential to advance transfusion medicine

AUDIENCE
Physicians, Scientists, Technologists

PROGRAM LEVEL
Intermediate to Advanced