The Standing Committee on Ethics
The Standing committee on Ethics was responsible for the revision of the ISBT Code of Ethics (2017). Find out more and download the ISBT Code of Ethics, available in 8 languages.
Terms of Reference
Members of the Standing Committee on Ethics
Mindy Goldman
Chair of the Standing Committee of Ethics, member of the Haemovigilance Working Party, Medical Director, Donation Policy and Studies, Canadian Blood Services, Canada.
Former ISBT Regional Director North Americas (2018-2022).
Gwen Clarke
Secretary General (2018-2026)
Chair of the Vox SC; member of the Immunohematology and Rare Blood Working parties; Hematopathologist and Transfusion Medicine physician from Canada
Gwen Clarke is a physician with training at the University of Alberta and at Emory University. She has clinical and research interests in perinatal immunohematology and experience as a hospital transfusion medicine physician and with the Canadian blood supplier. Her current role with Canadian Blood services includes medical leadership for perinatal and immunohematology reference laboratories, consultation in donor testing and for the Rare Blood Program. Gwen is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Alberta. She is a former program director for residency training in Hematopathology and an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Gwen has recently completed a term as president of the Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine.
Shubha Allard
Shubha Allard MD FRCP FRCPath. Consultant Haematologist, NHS Blood and Transplant. RCPath Clinical Director for Publishing & Engagement actively promoting the role and expertise of various pathology specialities in patient care together with wider public awareness. Member of ISBT Clinical Transfusion Working Party (previous Co Chair); member of Steering group for update of WHO and ISBT Clinical Use of Blood Educational modules; past ISBT Regional Director for Europe.
Peter Flanagan
Peter currently works as a Transfusion Medicine Specialist with New Zealand Blood Service based in Wellington having previously been the National Medical Director of NZBS for over 20 years. He has been closely involved with ISBT as a Board member from 2006, and subsequently President between 2012 and 2014. He chaired the Standing Committee on Ethics from 2016 until 2022 and played a key role in the development of the updated ISBT Code of Ethics. He has been the President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT), is a member of the WHO Expert Panel on Blood Transfusion and has also been closely involved with transfusion activities with the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM) and Council of Europe for 20 years.
Arwa Al Riyami
Senior Consultant Hematopathologist at Department of Hematology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital.
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Shirley Owusu Ofori
Regional Director Africa (2020-2024)
Shirley Owusu-Ofori is currently Head of Transfusion Medicine Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and Acting Director of Central Zonal Blood Center in Kumasi, Ghana. Her research interests span across blood donor care, voluntary donor activity and blood safety in resource-constrained economies. She is a member of the ISBT Academy Advisory Committee and Science Series Editorial Board. Shirley has been runner up for ISBT Award for Developing Countries (Individual) on two consecutive occasions; 2012 and 2014. She serves as the Medical Advisor to the Ghana Haemophilia Society. She is a keen advocate and trainer in blood safety and safe transfusion practices with a special interest in improving survival outcomes in Maternal and Paediatric patients. She has led clinical trials evaluating intervention methods to prevent disease transmission including novel diagnostic approaches and photochemical blood treatment systems to inactivate pathogens and white blood cells in blood products.
Carla Luana Dinardo
Carla Dinardo graduated in Medicine at University of São Paulo Medical School in 2006. She is a specialist in Hematology and Hemotherapy since 2010, and became PhD in Sciences in 2015. She initiated her career at Fundação Pró-Sangue São Paulo Hemocenter as head of the Immunohematology Division. Currently, she is director of external relations of Fundação Pró-Sangue, coordinating the transfusion and the immunohematology reference laboratories. She is also head of the scientific department of the Hemotherapy Unit of Hospital Samaritano. Carla is especially interested in studying the genetics of blood group systems and red blood cell alloimmunization. She is an active investigator of the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study (REDS) IV-P and of the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium.
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Ratti Ram Sharma
Ratti Ram Sharma (MD) is currently Head of the Department of Transfusion Medicine at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,Chandigarh, India. He has been working in the specialty for last 25 years and has keen interest in Apheresis, Stem Cell biology, blood component quality control and clinical transfusion practice. He has been instrumental in developing the curriculum for M.D. Transfusion Medicine programme in the Institute and established an active therapeutic apheresis and Bone Marrow processing unit in the department and received “Advancing apheresis technology runner-up award” from Terumo Caridian BCT, USA in 2014. Has been recipient of prestigious JR Jolly (2014) & H.D. Shourie (2008) awards of the Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohematology for his scientific research & innovative ideas in the field of Transfusion Medicine. Certificate of distinction from the University of Minnesota as a special research fellow in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, USA for his active participation in academic & research activities. He is the Member of WHO Advisory group on Blood safety. He is the Member of National blood safety and hemovigilance programme implementation working groups. He has more than 100 publications both in National and International Journals.
Nelson Hirokazu Tsuno
Regional Director Western Pacific (2022-2026)
Nelson H Tsuno currently holds the positions of Deputy Director General of the Japanese Red Cross Kanto-Koshinetsu Block Blood Center, Senior Director of the Laboratory of the same blood center, Visiting Associate Professor at Keio University School of Medicine, and Visiting Researcher at the University of Tokyo. He has more than 20 years working experience in the transfusion medicine field, in both the university hospital and the blood service. He has chaired the ISBT Platelet Immunobiology WP with Dr Sentot Santoso and Prof. Ulrich J Sachs until 2021, and started activities of the WP in Asia by organizing training courses and workshops. He is also an active member of the ISBT Granulocyte Immunobiology WP and the Global Blood Safety WP. His research interests include platelets & granulocytes immunobiology, blood donors/donation, blood safety and donor testing. Presently, he is a section editor of the Vox Sanguinis.
Birgit Gathof
Former ISBT Regional Director Europe (2018-2022)
Birgit Gathof is director of the Transfusion Medicine Unit of the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany. Experience of nine years internal medicine and over 20 years in blood transfusion. Birgit is active in the ISBT Working Party “Clinical transfusion” and co-chair of its subgroup responsible for Patient Blood Management (PBM) educational material. She is also chair of the WP “Hämotherapie” of the German DGTI. Active in the promotion of PBM in the setting of long standing quality assurance in hemotherapy by teaching and the respective explanation and revision of relevant guidelines. Her scientific interests include different aspects of hemotherapy with respect to donor and recipient and product safety and development (pathogenreduction).