Public Health Webinar Series on Blood Disorders

CDC’s Division of Blood Disorders (DBD) is proud to offer its Public Health Webinar Series on Blood Disorders. The purpose of this series is to provide evidence-based information on new research, interventions, emerging issues of interest in blood disorders, as well as innovative approaches in collaborations and partnerships. We invite you to join us in this series.

Archives for 2018

March 15, 2018

Michael Cassidy, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Boston University School of Medicine
Section of Surgical Oncology
Boston Medical Center

Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism: Risk Assessment and Risk-Stratified Prophylaxis for Surgical Patients

In this webinar, Michael Cassidy, MD, discusses what is known about risk factors, risk assessment, and perioperative VTE prophylaxis, including extended postoperative prophylaxis. He also shares the outcomes of a standardized program of risk stratification and risk-based VTE prophylaxis regimens.

February 22, 2018

Barbara A. Konkle, MD

Bloodworks Northwest
Associate Chief Scientific Officer
Director, Hemostasis, Platelet Immunology and Genomics Laboratory
Associate Director, Washington Center for Bleeding Disorders
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington

My Life, Our Future: Advancing Hemophilia Care through Genomics

In this webinar, Dr. Konkle describes the hemophilia genomics project called My Life, Our Future (MLOF). She shares results of genetic analyses of participant samples and discusses potential research advances through the MLOF Research Repository.