Full Schedule

6:30 AM - 6:30 PM PT

REGISTRATION

Room: SDCC Exhibit Hall E

7:00 AM - 7:45 AM PT

Circular of Information Task Force

Room: Marriott Marquis-Del Mar, South Tower 3rd Floor

7:00 AM - 7:50 AM PT

Cellular Therapy (CT) Subsections Meeting

Room: Marriott Marquis-Mission Hills, South Tower 3rd Floor

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PT

CTSCC- Cellular Therapies Section Coordinating Committee Meeting

Room: Marriott Marquis-Balboa, South Tower 3rd Floor Floor

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PT

Run for Research

Room: Offsite

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PT

Sleep-In for Research

Room: N/A

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT

Speaker Ready Room

Room: SDCC 22

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM PT

Transfusion Editorial Board Breakfast

Room: Marriott Marquis-Mission Hills, South Tower 3rd Floor

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM PT

Bookstore and AABB Central

Room: SDCC Exhibit Hall E

7:30 AM - 6:00 PM PT

Coat and Luggage Check

Room: SDCC Lobby

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-01-L - CBC: Emerging Issues in Cord Blood Therapeutics and Gene Therapies (President’s Session)

Room: SDCC 32

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins University

Program Chair: – Duke University

Speaker: – Pharmaceutical Industry

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-03-L - “Blood Products as Pharmaceuticals: Should that be our Goal?” (Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award and Lectureship)

Room: SDCC 20D

Award Acceptance: – Columbia University

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-07-L - Expanding CGT Access: The Role of Blood Centers in Last-Mile Delivery

Room: SDCC 20BC

Program Chair: – Cryoport

Speaker: – Vitalant

Speaker: – Gulf Coast Blood

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-06-L - Optimization of Postpartum Hemorrhage Management in the Academic and Community Setting

Room: SDCC 31

Program Chair: – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Speaker: – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School

Speaker: – Cambridge Health Alliance

Transfusion Service

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-05-L - Planning for Disease X: To Ensure a Safe and Sufficient Blood Supply During the Next Emerging Pathogen Event

Room: SDCC 33

Program Chair: – Canadian Blood Services

Speaker: – New York Blood Center Enterprises

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-31-L - Oral Abstract Session - Insight into Whole Blood and Hemorrhage Management

Room: SDCC 30AB

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

#OA2-AM25-SN-31 - Bringing Whole Blood into Inventory: A Look into the Data of a Level One Pediatric Trauma Center

Room: SDCC 30AB

Presenting Author: – Texas Children's Hospital

Transfusion Service - Trauma and Massive Transfusion Practices

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

#OA3-AM25-SN-31 - Characterizing 2024 Pre-Hospital Blood Product Administrations in the U.S. using the National EMS Information System

Room: SDCC 30AB

Presenting Author: – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Transfusion Service - Trauma and Massive Transfusion Practices

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

#OA1-AM25-SN-31 - Impact of Low Titer O Positive Whole Blood Implementation on Blood Component Utilization in a Level I Trauma Center

Room: SDCC 30AB

Presenting Author: – Carter BloodCare

Transfusion Service - Trauma and Massive Transfusion Practices

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

#OA4-AM25-SN-31 - Whole Blood for Trauma in a Low-Volume Level 1 Trauma Center: A Six-Year Review of Massive Transfusion Practices and Blood Product Utilization

Room: SDCC 30AB

Presenting Author: – University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Transfusion Service - Trauma and Massive Transfusion Practices

8:15 AM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-04-L - SBB BB Exam Review

Room: SDCC 25

Program Chair: – UTMB and Indiana University Health

Speaker: – University of Texas Medical Branch

Speaker: – Bloodworks Northwest

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – Transfusion Medicine Division, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Speaker: – Versiti

Speaker: – Self

Speaker: – The National Institutes of Health

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM PT

California Blood Bank Society Meeting (CBBS)

Room: SDCC 29

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM PT

CBBS Connects @ AABB

Room: SDCC 29

9:30 AM - 4:30 PM PT

Exhibit Hall Open

Room: SDCC Exhibit Hall F-H

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-SN-08-L - Plenary Oral Abstract Session

Room: SDCC 20BC

Program Chair: – Yale School of Medicine

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

PL1-SN-08 - Nrf2 Activation Modulates Macrophage Polarization and Reduces RBC Alloimmunization in a Transfusion Model

Room: SDCC 20BC

Presenting Author: – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Cell Biology/Immunology and Biochemistry (Basic and Preclinical Research) - Red Cells

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

PL2-SN-08 - Platelet Cold Storage Alters Platelet Extracellular Vesicle Phenotype, Inducing Pro-Inflammatory Responses in Monocytes

Room: SDCC 20BC

Presenting Author: – Vitalant Research Institute

Cell Biology/Immunology and Biochemistry (Basic and Preclinical Research) - Platelets

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

PL3-SN-08 - Transfusion-Transmissible Infection Prevalence in US Blood Donations: Comparison of 3-month Deferrals to Individual Donor Assessment

Room: SDCC 20BC

Presenting Author: – The American Red Cross

Public Health/Policy and Ethics

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

PL4-SN-08 - Toll-like Receptor 9 on Donor RBCs Enhances Transfusion Induced Alloimmunity in Mice

Room: SDCC 20BC

Presenting Author: – University of Virginia

Cell Biology/Immunology and Biochemistry (Basic and Preclinical Research) - Leukocytes (includes Experimental transplantation/immunotherapy)

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

PL5-SN-08 - Lyophilized Platelet Extracellular Vesicles Mitigate Intracranial Hemorrhage in a Murine Model of Traumatic Brain Injury by Delivering Hemostatic Proteins and mRNA Cargo

Room: SDCC 20BC

Presenting Author: – University of California San Francisco

Biotherapies/Cellular Therapies and Immunotherapies - Regenerative Medicine

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

PL6-SN-08 - Spray-dried Plasma: A Multi-center, Prospective, Randomized, Dose-escalation Cohort Safety Clinical Trial

Room: SDCC 20BC

Presenting Author: – Velico Medical

Biotherapies/Cellular Therapies and Immunotherapies - Collections/Processing and Storage

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM PT

Innovations Across the Cell Therapy Workflow: From Apheresis to Analysis

Room: SDCC Exhibit Hall F-H, Biotherapies Pavilion

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Attendee Lunch

Room: SDCC Exhibit Hall F-H

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Biotherapies Sizzling Topics Luncheon

Room: SDCC 28

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Illinois Association of Blood Banks (ILABB) Meet & Mingle

Room: SDCC Exhibit Hall Lunch Area

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Immunohematology Reference Laboratory Luncheon

Room: SDCC 28

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

Room: SDCC Exhibit Hall F-H

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Lunch with Locals: Indiana State Association of Blood Banks (ISABB)

Room: SDCC Exhibit Hall Lunch Area

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

Midwest Meet & Mingle, hosted by the Illinois Association of Blood Banks

Room: SDCC Exhibit Hall Lunch Area

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT

Meet the Poster Authors

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT

AABB Interorganizational Disaster Task Force

Room: Marriott Marquis-Del Mar, South Tower 3rd Floor

12:05 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Accreditation Program Committee and Standards Program Committee Meeting

Room: Marriott Marquis-Del Mar, South Tower 3rd Floor

12:10 PM - 1:30 PM PT

Pediatric Transfusion Medicine Subsection Meeting

Room: Marriott Marquis-Balboa, South Tower 3rd Floor Floor

12:10 PM - 1:45 PM PT

Leadership and Administrative Subsection Meeting

Room: Marriott Marquis-Cardiff/Carlsbad, South Tower, 3rd Floor

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT

BCAR Roundtable Discussion: Gaps in Data Sharing for CGT

Room: SDCC 27B

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM PT

Patient Blood Management and Transfusion Safety Officer Subsection Meeting

Room: Marriott Marquis-Balboa, South Tower 3rd Floor Floor

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-17-L - CBC: Defining Novel Growth Opportunities for the Cord Blood Field: Lessons Learned & Pathways Forward

Room: SDCC 32

Speaker: – Cleveland Cord Blood Center

Speaker: – CBR by CooperSurgical

Speaker: – FamiCord

Speaker: – CryoHoldco Brasil

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-12-L - Creating Effective Donor Recruitment Videos Through the Use of Co-Design with Community Partners

Room: SDCC 29

Speaker: – Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, University Medical City & College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University

Program Chair: – University of Nottingham

Speaker: – Action On Blood

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-18-L - Ensuring Ethical and Regulatory Compliance in Donor Collections for Advanced Therapies

Room: SDCC 28BCDE

Speaker: – Blood Centers of America

Program Chair: – BBG Advanced Therapies

Speaker: – Bloodworks Northewest

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-10-L - Implementation of Lab Automation with AI-Driven Software: Best Practices and Benefits

Room: SDCC 20BC

Program Chair: – BioBridge Global

Speaker: – QualTex Laboratories

Speaker: – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Instrumentation

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-11-L - Prehospital Transfusion: A Collaborative Approach to Implementing the New AABB Standards

Room: SDCC 31

Program Chair: – Vitalant

Speaker: – South Texas Blood & Tissue

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-14-L - Unexplained Reactivity in Red Cell Antibody Identification: A Way Through

Room: SDCC 33

Speaker: – University of Pennsylvania, Division of Transfusion Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology

Speaker: – Complement Biology, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center Enterprises

Program Chair: – American Red Cross-Michigan Region

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

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-13-L - Update on the Use of Cryopreserved Platelets in Acute Surgical Settings

Room: SDCC 20D

Speaker: – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Program Chair: – University of Minnesota

Speaker: – University of Minnesota

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-09-L - Oral Abstract Session - Non-Infectious Hazards of Blood Transfusion

Room: SDCC 30AB

Program Chair: – Canadian Blood Services

Program Chair: – Yale Medicine

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

#OA2-AM25-SN-09 - Changes in Irradiation Practices as Revealed by 2024 Survey

Room: SDCC 30AB

Presenting Author: – Mayo Clinic Florida

Transfusion Service - Transfusion Practices

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

#OA4-AM25-SN-09 - Contemporary Etiologies of Crossmatch Incompatible Red Blood Cell Transfusions

Room: SDCC 30AB

Presenting Author: – New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine

Transfusion Service - Patient Testing

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-SN-09 - Systematic Review of Transfusion-associated Graft-versus-host Disease (TA-GVHD): Lessons from the Era of Leukoreduction

Room: SDCC 30AB

Presenting Author: – University of Texas Southwestern

Transfusion Service - Patient Safety

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-SN-09 - Transfusion Safety: A Journey of Establishing Risk Register to Standardized Hemovigilance in a LMIC Healthcare Setting

Room: SDCC 30AB

Presenting Author: – Indus Hospital & Health Network

Quality - Quality Management Systems

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM PT

From Source to Submission: Proactive Sourcing Strategies for IND Success

Room: SDCC Exhibit Hall F-H, Biotherapies Pavilion

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-19-L - CBC: Exploring the Unique Biology of Cord Blood and Birthing Tissues

Room: SDCC 32

Program Chair: – University of Indiana School of Medicine

Speaker: – Hexem Bio Inc.

Speaker: – University of California - Davis Health

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-23-L - FcRN Inhibitors – a New Era for Transfusion Medicine?

Room: SDCC 20D

Speaker: – Stanford Healthcare

Speaker: – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

Program Chair: – Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-26-L - Real-World Models in Action: EMS, Hospital, and Blood Center Partnerships for Prehospital Transfusion

Room: SDCC 31

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-22-L - Should We Bring ABO Genotyping to Our Institution? Things to Know About Taking the Leap

Room: SDCC 33

Program Chair: – University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Speaker: – Brigham and Women's Hospital

Speaker: – New York Blood Center

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

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-25-L - The Transformative Power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: From Blood Collectors to the Transfusion Service, a Vein to Vein Approach

Room: SDCC 20BC

Program Chair: – Johns Hopkins University

Speaker: – Vitalant and Johns Hopkins University

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins Medicine

Information Technology and Informatics

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PT

AM25-SN-24-L - Test Your Blood Bank Knowledge 2025 – Are You up for a Challenge?

Room: SDCC 25

Program Chair: – UTMB and Indiana University Health

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – OneBlood

Education/Developing Curriculum

3:45 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-35-L - Basic Blood Biology and Mechanisms of Immunity in Transfusion Medicine and Biotherapies

Room: SDCC 28BCDE

Program Chair: – Brigham and Women's Hospital

Program Chair: – New York Blood Center

Speaker: – University of Maryland

Speaker: – Harvard Medical School

Speaker: – NYBC

Speaker: – Bloodworks Northwest

Speaker: – Versiti Blood Research Institute; Medical College of Wisconsin

Speaker: – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Speaker: – Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard University

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-37-L - Bridging the Gaps: Hospital–EMS Collaboration for Safe and Effective Prehospital Transfusion

Room: SDCC 31

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-33-L - CBC: Evidence Based Communication in Cord Blood Donation and Banking

Room: SDCC 32

Program Chair: – ViaCord from Revvity

Speaker: – Duke University

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-29-L - Cold Truths: The Potential Hidden Impact of “Clinically Insignificant” Antibodies in Hypothermic Cardiac Surgery

Room: SDCC 33

Program Chair: – Mayo Clinic Florida

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic Rochester

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic

Transfusion Service

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-30-L - Ethical Dilemmas in Compensating Blood Donors: Navigating Global Health Perspectives

Room: SDCC 20A

Program Chair: – Department of Health Sciences, AT Still University

Speaker: – Moffitt Cancer Center

Speaker: – Macopharma

Public Health, Policy and Ethics

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

Hospital-Based Blood Collectors Roundtable

Room: SDCC 26

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-27-L - Revolutionizing Donor Selection: Integrating AI, Omics Data, and Large-Scale Cohorts for Improved Cell Therapy Outcomes

Room: SDCC 20BC

Program Chair: – AABB

Speaker: – Cell Therapy Manufacturability Program

Speaker: – Excellos

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-36-L - The Four Season of Leadership: A Personal Journey (Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award)

Room: SDCC 29

Award Presenter: – NIH Clinical Center

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-28-L - When the Refrigerator Is Bare – Innovations from the Blood DESERT Coalition

Room: SDCC 20D

Program Chair: – Linda S Barnes Consulting

Speaker: – University Health Network

Speaker: – The Geneva Foundation

Public Health, Policy and Ethics

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-02-L - Oral Abstract Session - Infectious Diseases & Transfusion Medicine

Room: SDCC 30AB

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA1-AM25-SN-02 - Effect of Immune Priming with Pre-Omicron SARS-Cov-2 Antigenic Stimuli on Antibody Responses Among Blood Donors with Omicron Infections and Reinfections

Room: SDCC 30AB

Presenting Author: – Vitalant Research Institute / UCSF

Blood Center/Hospital-Based Donor Center - Donor Testing

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA2-AM25-SN-02 - HIV Serologic Reactivity in Long-term Treated Persons with HIV According to Timing of ART Initiation and Implications for Blood Safety

Room: SDCC 30AB

Presenting Author: – Vitalant Research Institute / UCSF

Transfusion Service - Recipient/Patient Hemovigilance - Infectious Diseases

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

#OA3-AM25-SN-02 - The Transfusion-Transmissible Infections Monitoring System (TTIMS): 10 Years of Key Insights in Policy Change and Blood Safety

Room: SDCC 30AB

Presenting Author: – Vitalant Research Institute, Department of Laboratory Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, California, US

Public Health/Policy and Ethics

5:15 PM - 6:00 PM PT

Specialist in Blood Bank Program Open House

Room: SDCC 25

6:15 PM - 7:30 PM PT

Research and Progress (RAPS): Whole Blood in Modern Transfusion Practice - A Debate on Evidence and Application

Room: SDCC 33

Program Chair: – University of Minnesota

Speaker: – Vitalant

Speaker: – University of Utah Health

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – University Oxford

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM PT

AABB Volunteer Celebration: Recognizing Volunteers & Exploring Opportunities

Room: Marriott Marquis, Marina Ballroom D, South Tower 3rd Floor