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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Erica Wood is a Transfusion Medicine Specialist, and Head of the Transfusion Research Unit at DEPM. She is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow (Level 2, 2020-2024).
Erica also works as a Consultant Haematologist at Monash Health and holds an honorary Consultant Haematologist appointment at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre/Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
Erica is a member of the World Health Organization's Expert Advisory Panel on Transfusion Medicine, and the WHO Guideline Development Group on Anaemia. She has served as a WHO regional advisor in blood safety.
Erica is President and member of the Board of the International Society of Blood Transfusion and a member of several of its working parties, including clinical practice, haemovigilance and transfusion-transmitted infections. Erica is the immediate past-President of the International Haemovigilance Network, promoting haemovigilance world-wide and supporting haemovigilance systems in their work.
Erica is also past-President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion and in 2016, delivered the Ruth Sanger Oration at the Society's Annual Scientific Meeting - the Society's highest honour. She is presently a member of the ANZSBT Research Committee.
Between 2012 and 2015 Erica served as Chief Examiner in Haematology for the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, and she was Associate Chief Examiner from 2008-2012.
Erica is a founding member of 'Blood Matters', a Victorian Department of Health transfusion practice improvement collaborative, and between 2016-2013 she chaired its Serious Transfusion Incident Reporting (STIR) haemovigilance program.
In 2013 Erica was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to support her work in patient blood management practice and research.
The Transfusion Research Unit (TRU) at Monash University operates a number of regional and national registries to evaluate clinical practice and patient outcomes for important blood disorders, including massive transfusion, aplastic anaemia and other bone marrow failure syndromes, fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FMAIT), haemoglobinopathies (thalassaemia and sickle cell disease), thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), lymphoma and myeloma. The TRU also performs clinical trials, systematic reviews, health economics analyses and a number of other research and teaching activities across the spectrum of blood diseases. This work is supported by the NHMRC (including through a 5-year Synergy Grant 2020-2024), Medical Research Future Fund, national blood services, Australia's National Blood Authority, and a wide range of industry, community and philanthropic partners.
In 2020, Erica was awarded the inaugural Fiona Stanley Prize from the NHMRC for the top-ranked Synergy grant application in 2019.
More information is available at: https://www.monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/units/transfusionresearch
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Education/Academic qualification
MBBS, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 9 Dec 1989
External positions
Consultant Haematologist, Monash Health
2008 → …
Honorary Consultant Haematologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
2003 → …
Research area keywords
- Blood transfusion
- Transfusion medicine
- Registries
- Haematology
- Clinical trials
Network
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More efficient delivery of high-cost standard-of-care therapies in relapsed multiple myeloma using real-time feedback of patient-reported outcome measures: the MY-PROMPT-2 trial
Spencer, A., Rutherford, C., Reynolds, J., Ho, P. J., McQuilten, Z., Moore, E., King, T. A., Wood, E., Harrison, S. J. & Irving, A.
Department of Health (Australia)
1/02/22 → 31/01/27
Project: Research
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Real-world Experience of Polatuzumab Vedotin in Relapsed or Refractory Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma
Wood, E., Hawkes, E. & McQuilten, Z.
13/12/21 → 30/04/23
Project: Research
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A national, multi-centre study evaluating Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS) associated with ChAdOx1 (AZD1222) and other SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (viral vector and m-RNA)
Tran, H., Chen, V., Chunilal, S., Wood, N., Phan, T., Buttery, J., Crawford, N. W., Monagle, P., Passam, F., McFadyen, J., McRae, S., Pepperell, D., Tan, C. W., Bird, R. J., Szabo, F., Whisstock, J., Kleinig, T. & Wood, E.
Department of Health (Australia)
1/11/21 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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Incidence and clinical outcomes of functional high-risk multiple myeloma patients in Australia
Wood, E., Moore, E. & McQuilten, Z.
25/10/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Computerised decision support to improve efficiency and outcomes of massive blood transfusion
Sanderson, B. J., Coiera, E., Wood, E., Estcourt, L. J., Field, J. & Kocaballi, B.
1/08/21 → 30/07/22
Project: Research
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Hemoglobin is a key determinant of quality of life before and during azacitidine-based therapy for myelodysplasia and low blast count acute myeloid leukemia
McQuilten, Z. K., Busija, L., Seymour, J. F., Stanworth, S., Wood, E. M., Kenealy, M., Weinkove, R. & on behalf of the Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG), 23 Feb 2022, In: Leukemia and Lymphoma. 63, 3, p. 676-683 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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International Forum on the Management of Major Haemorrhage: Summary
Green, L., Stanworth, S., McQuilten, Z., Lin, V., Tucker, H., Jackson, B., Badawi, M., Hindawi, S., Chaurasia, R., Patidar, G., Pandey, H. C., Fasola, F., Miyata, S., Matsumoto, M., Matsushita, T., Rahimi-Levene, N., Peer, V., Pavenski, K., Callum, J., Thompson, T. & 13 others, , 22 Jan 2022, In: Vox Sanguinis. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Research › peer-review
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ABO blood group and COVID-19: a review on behalf of the ISBT COVID-19 working group
Goel, R., Bloch, E. M., Pirenne, F., Al-Riyami, A. Z., Crowe, E., Dau, L., Land, K., Townsend, M., Jecko, T., Rahimi-Levene, N., Patidar, G., Josephson, C. D., Arora, S., Vermeulen, M., Vrielink, H., Montemayor, C., Oreh, A., Hindawi, S., van den Berg, K., Serrano, K. & 5 others, , Sep 2021, In: Vox Sanguinis. 116, 8, p. 849-861 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
34 Citations (Scopus) -
Age of red blood cells is not associated with in-hospital mortality in massively transfused patients
Saadah, N. H., Wood, E. M., Bailey, M. J., Cooper, D. J., French, C. J., Haysom, H. E., Sparrow, R. L., Wellard, C. J., McQuilten, Z. K. & on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Massive Transfusion Registry Steering Committee, Aug 2021, In: The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 91, 2, p. 279-286 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Clinical use of convalescent plasma in the COVID-19 pandemic; a transfusion-focussed gap analysis with recommendations for future research priorities
Al-Riyami, A. Z., Schäfer, R., van der Berg, K., Bloch, E. M., Escourt, L. J., Goel, R., Hindawi, S., Josephson, C. D., Land, K., McQuilten, Z. K., Spitalnik, S. L., Wood, E. M., Devine, D. V. & So-Osman, C., Jan 2021, In: Vox Sanguinis. 116, 1, p. 88-98 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access18 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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2019 NHMRC Fiona Stanley Synergy Grant Award
Wood, Erica (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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AABB Fenwal Award in Transfusion Medicine
Wood, Erica (Recipient), 1999
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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American Red Cross Service Excellence Award
Wood, Erica (Recipient), 1999
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Future Summit Leadership Award Program Scholarship
Wood, Erica (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Activities
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Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) UK Haemovigilance Scheme Annual Symposium
Erica Wood (Invited speaker)
14 Jul 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Australian Sickle Cell Conference
Erica Wood (Invited speaker)
17 Sep 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Evaluation subcommittee, Medical Services Advisory Committee, Commonwealth of Australia
Erica Wood (Member)
2021 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
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Australian Institute of Medical Scientists National Scientific Meeting
Erica Wood (Invited speaker)
31 Aug 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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The JG Jolly Oration Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Erica Wood (Keynote/plenary speaker)
2 Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press / Media
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Explainer: What are blood groups, and why do they matter?
7/03/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment