Donor studies at the ISBT 2018: Who is who?

This year, the ISBT selected five people from our department of Donor Studies to talk about their work in Toronto. We’d like to invite you to ‘join’ us on this journey of the ISBT Conference through two upcoming blog posts from the experiences of Saurabh and Syeldy.

Every summer, the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) hosts a well-known conference in which blood donor and blood transfusion experts from over a hundred countries come together to learn and share their experiences and research. It is a multiple-day conference filled with educational sessions, speakers, and oral and poster presentations. This year, the conference will be held in Toronto, Canada in the first week of June and we are excited to go!

At the Department of Donor Studies we specialize in all things blood donor-related: health, behavior and well-being. This year, we have five people from our department who were selected by ISBT to talk about our work in Toronto.

For now, we’d like to introduce you to ourselves. Please click on our names for more information or if you’d like to get connected. We are looking forward to sharing with you (and the world) about our research!

Eva-Maria Merz 
Social media communication to and by blood donors: I will present new ways of research and communication at the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) in Toronto.

Lisanne Huis in ‘t Veld 
Stoked to give a talk at International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) in Toronto about my first Sanquin research consultancy project: devising a research based strategy to aid recruitment efforts, with the wonderful Paramaribo blood bank team.

Saurabh Zalpuri 
Delighted to be back at International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) in Toronto this summer, representing Donor Studies to talk about blood donor health and important factors which may help prevent donor deferral in blood bank settings.

Syeldy Sasongko 
Thrilled to talk at the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) in Toronto about my project: Development of Scenarios for the Future Demand of Blood Products in the Netherlands.  Who knew there could be a method to predicting the future, other than using a crystal ball?
 

Joost van Sambeeck 
Extensively matched red blood cells for everyone! Fantasy or reality? Let's find out on the 35th international congress of the ISBT in Toronto where I will give a talk about this subject.