Erica Wood

Head, Transfusion Research Unit

School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM), Monash University

Australia

Professor Erica Wood is head of the Transfusion Research Unit in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She is a consultant haematologist at Monash Health, and holds an honorary appointment at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Erica is an National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Leadership Fellow and leads the NHMRC Blood Synergy research program. Erica is past president of the International Society of Blood Transfusion, and co-chair of the WHO Advisory Group on Blood Regulation, Availability and Safety. She serves on a number of Australian government advisory committees. Erica has served as Chief Examiner (Haematology) for the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. She is a former president of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion and the International Haemovigilance Network. Erica is an Associate Editor for Blood and a member of the American Society of Hematology���s Scientific Committee on Transfusion Medicine. Erica is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, and in 2023 she was awarded an Order of Australia in the King���s Birthday Honours List for distinguished service to haematology and transfusion medicine.