Vox Sanguinis Standing Committee
The Vox Sanquinis Standing Committee is responsible for the appointment of the Editor in Chief of Vox and, on the advice of the Editor in Chief, the section editors of Vox. The scientific content of the Journal is the responsibility of the editors.
Members of the Vox Sanquinis Standing committee include Gwen Clarke (Chairperson), Lin Fung, Eric Jansen and Diana Teo. A representative of the publisher, Miquel Lozano the Editor in Chief of Vox Sanguinis and the ISBT Executive Director are invited to the committee as observers.
Members of the Standing Committee
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.
Lin Fung
Vice President (2020-2024)
Lin Fung is the Associate Professor in Medical Laboratory Science at the University of the Sunshine Coast. She has worked in tertiary hospital pathology laboratories, led research teams at the Australian Blood Service and University of Queensland, and was the Chair of the ISBT Granulocyte Immunobiology Working Party. She serves on two hospital blood management committees and has an active interest in translational transfusion research. This led her to set up the OptiBlood research team, which runs studies directed at optimising the patient’s blood and use of blood products. Lin enjoys public speaking, facilitating collaborations, mentoring young scientists and is an advocate for evidence based transfusion practice.
Eric Jansen
Treasurer (2016-2024)
Eric Jansen is currently working as an independent consultant in Blood Supply Chain Management. He is partner together with prof. dr. ir. Jan van der Wal in the company Blood Supply Chain Solutions. Eric retired in 2013 from his role as managing director of the Sanquin Blood Service Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Together with Steve Morgan he started and chaired the EBA Benchmarking project, aiming at performance improvement. Best practice are identified and via the EBA Flying Squad members in Europe (and US) were helped in the implementation of these best practices. Eric Jansen also worked in University and general hospitals in the Netherlands.
