Full Schedule

6:30 AM - 7:00 PM PT

REGISTRATION

Location: Exhibit Hall E

7:00 AM - 7:50 AM PT

Cellular Therapy (CT) Subsections Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Mission Hills

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PT

Molecular Testing Standards Committee Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Del Mar

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT

Speaker Ready Room

Location: 22

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Coding and Reimbursment Committee Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Mission Hills

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM PT

Bookstore and AABB Central

Location: Exhibit Hall E

7:30 AM - 6:00 PM PT

Coat and Luggage Check

Location: Lobby

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM PT

CBC: Cord Blood Connect – Welcome and Opening Remarks

Location: 32

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT

T-shirt and Packet Pickup: Run for Research and Sleep-in for Research

Location: Exhibit Hall E

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-ST-23-L - CBC: The New Frontiers of MSC´s in Regenerative Medicine

Location: 32

Speaker: – Cleveland Cord Blood Center

Speaker: – MEDIPOST, Inc.

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-ST-24-L - Oral Abstract Session

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-ST-03-L - Quality Agreements in Cell Therapy: Building Successful Partnerships

Location: 30CDE

Program Chair: – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Speaker: – Hackensack University Medical Center

Speaker: – Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-ST-04-L - Reducing O Negative RBC Overutilization in Pediatric Transfusion Medicine:Overcoming Challenges

Location: 33

Program Chair: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – Washington University Medical School in St. Louis

Speaker: – IU Health

Transfusion Service

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-ST-01-L - The Peer-Review Publication Process - How to Dip Your Toe in the Author and Reviewer Waters

Location: 31

Program Chair: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic

Education/Developing Curriculum

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-ST-02-L - Understanding Generative AI: A Friendly Introduction for Medical Professionals

Location: 25

Program Chair: – Ochsner Medical Center

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic Florida

Speaker: – NMDP

Information Technology and Informatics

8:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-25-L - AABB/THOR Collaborative Session: Some New Looks at Old Dogma, New Studies, and New Blood Products

Location: 20A

Program Chair: – South Texas Blood & Tissue

Speaker: – Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota

Speaker: – University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery

Speaker: – University of Minnesota

Speaker: – Allo Hope Foundation

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Speaker: – University of Alabama, Birmingham

Speaker: – ARUP Labs and Utah School of Medicine

Speaker: – University of Vermont Medical Center

Speaker: – Meir Medical Center, Tel Aviv University

Speaker: – American Red Cross, Rockville, MD

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

AM25-ST-06-L - Building Trust-Based Teams: A Strategic Imperative for Leaders

Location: 25

Program Chair: – Canadian Management Centre

Leadership

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

AM25-ST-09-L - CBC: How does Cord Blood Facilitate Tissue Repair and Regeneration?

Location: 32

Program Chair: – Duke University/ Department of Neurosurgery/ Marcus Center for Cellular Cures

Speaker: – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Speaker: – Cellenkos

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

AM25-ST-05-L - Choose Your Own Adventure: Spooky Serology, Mysterious Molecular, and Eerie Incompatibility

Location: 30CDE

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – New York Blood Center

Program Chair: – New York Blood Center Enterprises

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

AM25-ST-26-L - Improving Recognition and Reporting of Transfusion Reactions: Data-Driven Insights and Quality Improvement Strategies

Location: 33

Program Chair: – Yale School of Medicine

Speaker: – New York Blood Center Enterprises

Speaker: – Yale School of Medicine

Transfusion Service

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

AM25-ST-07-L - Demystifying the Grant Review Process: A Mock Study Section

Location: 31

Program Chair: – University of Virginia

Program Chair: – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Speaker: – Columbia University

Speaker: – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT

AM25-ST-08-L - Oral Abstract Session

Location: 30AB

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT

AM25-ST-27-L - 15-Minute Mentoring: Focus Group Discussions with Mid- to High-Level Career Leaders in AABB

Location: 29

Program Chair: – Children's Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado Dept of Pathology

Speaker: – University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine

Leadership

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-13-L - Think Like a Detective: Investigating Quality Issues with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Tools

Location: 33

Speaker: – Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Program Chair: – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Speaker: – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Speaker: – Vitalant

Quality

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-14-L - Allogeneic Transplant, Gene Therapy, or the Evolving Drug Landscape in Sickle Cell Disease: Helping Patients Choose Between Options

Location: 30CDE

Program Chair: – New York Blood Center

Speaker: – Sickle Cell Branch, NHLBI, NIH

Speaker: – Vanderbilt University

Speaker: – The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-12-L - Assessor Townhall: Assessment Readiness-Get Ready and Stay Ready

Location: 25

Program Chair: – AABB

Speaker: – MedStar Union Memorial Hospital & MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital

Speaker: – HCMC Minneapolis, MN

Speaker: – .

Speaker: – AABB

Speaker: – University of Washington

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-10-L - CBC: Innovative Approaches in Cord Blood Transplantation: Clinical Outcomes and New Strategies

Location: 32

Program Chair: – Fred Hutch

Speaker:

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-15-L - Solve It! Scenarios in Cellular Therapy

Location: 31

Program Chair: – IASO, EUC

Speaker: – CSM

Speaker: – Hackensack University Medical Center

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT

AM25-ST-11-L - Spotlight

Location: 30AB

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT

Meet the Poster Authors

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT

Selection of Abstracts Committee (SoAc) Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Balboa

12:05 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Transfusion Fellowship Directors Subsection Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Mission Hills

12:10 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Technical Practices, Serology and Genomics Subsection Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Cardiff/Carlsbad

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM PT

AABB Foundation Research Symposium & Luncheon

Location: 29

Program Chair: – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Speaker: – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Speaker: – Bloodworks Northwest Research Institute

Speaker: – University of Virginia

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT

Donor History Task Force/Regulatory Affairs Joint Meeting

Location: Marriott Marquis Marina, Del Mar

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT

New Member and First Time Attendee Lunch

Location: 28

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-20-L - CBC: Opportunities & Challenges the Field of Cord Blood and Birthing Tissues

Location: 32

Program Chair: – Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation

Speaker: – Duke

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-19-L - Computer Systems Under Attack: Cybersecurity Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Location: 20A

Program Chair: – Duke Health

Speaker: – New York Blood Center Enterprises

Information Technology and Informatics

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-18-L - Ensuring Safe and Effective Distribution of Advanced Therapies: Unique Perspectives from Pharmacy and Cell Therapy Labs

Location: 33

Program Chair: – AABB

Speaker: – UCSD Medical Center

Speaker: – UC San Diego Health Stem Cell Processing Laboratory

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-17-L - Novel Insights into Iron Toxicities in Hematologic Diseases and Related Pharmacological and Gene Therapy Approaches

Location: 31

Speaker: – Children's hospital of Philadelphia

Program Chair: – New York Blood Center

Speaker: – New York Blood Center

Cell Biology, Immunology and Biochemistry (basic and preclinical research)

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-22-L - Oral Abstract Session

Location: 30CDE

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-21-L - Oral Abstract Session

Location: 30AB

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM PT

AM25-ST-16-L - The Changing Landscape of Conflict: Armed Services Blood Program Supporting the Warfighter Through Partnerships and Blood Product Innovations

Location: 25

Program Chair: – Defense Health Agency

Speaker: – Army Medical Command

Speaker: – Air Force Medical Command

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT

AM25-ST-30-L - AABB Opening General Session

Location: 20BCD

4:30 PM - 7:00 PM PT

Opening Reception

Location: Exhibit Hall F-H