Population health, donor research and cellular therapies
Enhancing knowledge of donor diversity and behaviours, identifying data pertinent to public health outcomes, and supporting the advancement of cell therapy research in Australia.
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There's a lot more to blood donation than you might expect — and we research every part of it.
There are around 80 people involved in Lifeblood research, grouped by the research themes listed below.
Lifeblood research is funded by Australian Governments along with competitive academic grants from the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council, among others. You can learn more about our research governance here.
Enhancing knowledge of donor diversity and behaviours, identifying data pertinent to public health outcomes, and supporting the advancement of cell therapy research in Australia.
We’re looking for new ways to advance blood product quality and safety, and developing new blood products for better patient outcomes.
We support our researchers with advice on statistics, ethics, communications and more.
We’re thinking long term, engaging audiences and translating genetic code into new understanding.
Through collaboration and specialised expertise, we help transform health data into evidence that makes a difference.
Guiding our research program and team members to help drive best-practice in Australia and internationally.
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