The NTD team was proud to present a poster at the

2025 Blood–ISBT Congress in Perth.

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A huge thank you to everyone involved, especially Neil Waters and Helen Haysom for their support in presenting, and the Launceston General Hospital staff for their contributions and efforts to the abstract and poster.

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Thanks also to everyone who stopped by!

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Pictured: Neil Waters presenting the poster, Perth, Australia.

We are pleased to announce that the NTD will be presenting a poster in collaboration with the Launceston General Hospital at the

2025 Blood-ISBT Congress in Perth.

Please visit us at Board: BP068.

Or stop by the Transfusion Research Unit, Monash University booth!! We hope to see you there!

We are delighted to share that Cabrini Hospital Malvern is the first private hospital to contribute data to the NTD.

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We are very excited to welcome Cabrini Malvern as a contributing site and look forward to ongoing collaboration and future research opportunities that will arise from this valuable partnership.

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A special thank you to Dorina Heng, Arne Protz, Stefanie Elbracht-Leong, and Vineet Sarode for their significant support with data extraction and project operations at Cabrini, which has been essential in reaching this milestone.

We are delighted to welcome Gold Coast University Hospital as the first Queensland site to participate in the NTD. 

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Gold Coast University Hospital’s involvement plays a key role in strengthening this national resource, which aims to close the vital haemovigilance loop, address critical gaps in transfusion surveillance, and generate new knowledge to guide best practice in transfusion medicine.

A huge thank you to Fiona Clark, Shane George, and Mark Tattam for their involvement and support. We are so grateful for all their efforts so far!!

Governance approval has been granted for NT Health to participate in the NTD. We look forward to working together and extend a big thank you to the NT Health team, including Principal Investigator Tina Noutsos, for their efforts to date.

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Pictured: Helen Haysom, Tina Noutsos and Kirsten Caithness on the day governance approval was granted in Melbourne.

The NTD team will be at the Blood Synergy Open Meeting 2025 and would love to see you there!

The meeting will be held on Tuesday 27th May 9:00am - 5:00pm AEST and will be a hybrid event.

In March we welcomed Dr Sasha Taylor to the NTD team! As a Research Fellow, Sasha brings extensive clinical and public health expertise. We look forward to collaborating with her on a range of exciting projects.

We thoroughly enjoyed attending the Blood 2024 combined Annual Scientific Meeting, where the NTD was showcased through a poster and an oral presentation. Congratulations to all involved, with a special mention to Chris Berry, who presented on 'Developing a Model to Predict Need for Red Blood Cell (RBC) Transfusion, Using Machine Learning Tools'. Well done to everyone for their hard work and contributions!

Dr Joanna Loh has joined us as a Clinical Consultant Research Fellow. With her wealth of clinical experience and insight, we very much look forward to her contributions. Welcome, Jo!

At the 2024 Blood Synergy Open Meeting, NTD Data Manager Dr Cameron Wellard delivered a compelling presentation on the NTD. The presentation offered an insightful overview of the data encapsulated within the dataset and provided an illustration of the type of information that can be extracted from the NTD.

Please find the presentation recording linked on the Publications and Presentations page.

During the Blood 2023 Conference in Melbourne, the NTD hosted an update meeting for a small group of guests. This was a fantastic opportunity to meet, plan and discuss the future strategies and progression of the NTD. Please find the presentation recording linked on the Publications and Presentations page.

NTD representatives had the pleasure of sharing the progress of the NTD at the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) All Staff Retreat. This was a very enjoyable day out, many thanks to the ARDC for the invitation to present. 

Join us at Blood 2023 for a discussion about the NTD!

Note: RSVPs have now closed.

Share your thoughts on the future research priorities in transfusion. The Blood Synergy is conducting a survey to help shape future research. They're interested to hear from the community and professionals who have had an experience with blood products. 

The NTD was featured in the ARDC Impact Booklet 2023. 

The booklet highlights how ARDC partners with research, industry and government to unlock the potential of data. The inclusion of the NTD recognises its role in advancing transfusion research and improving patient outcomes.

Welcome to the newest member of the NTD Team, Karthik Mandapaka, who has commenced in the Data Analyst role.