Steering Committee List

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Steering Committee Members:
Cable, Ritchard, MD
Principal Investigator
New England Region, American Red Cross Blood Services (NEARC)
American Red Cross Blood Services, 209 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06032,
Email: CableR@usa.redcross.org
Phone: 860.678.2860
Fax: 860.676.8093
Dodd, Roger Y., PhD
Principal Investigator
Jerome H. Holland Laboratory
Executive Director
15601 Crabbs Branch Way, Rockville, MD 20855-2743
Email: Dodd@usa.redcross.org
Phone: 301.738.0641
Fax: 301.738.0495
Gottschall, Jerome, MD
Principal Investigator
Blood Center of Wisconsin (BCW)
The Blood Center of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 2178, Milwaukee, WI 53201-2178
Email: jerry.gottschall@bcw.edu
Phone: 414.937.6231
Fax: 414.933.6803
Kakaiya, Ram, MD
Principal Investigator
Institute for Transfusion Medicine/LifeSource Blood Services (ITxM)
Medical Director
LifeSource Blood Services, 1205 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Glenview, IL 60025
Email: rkakaiya@itxm.org
Phone: 847.803.7825
Fax: 847.803.7685
Christopher Hillyer, MD
Principal Investigator
Emory University/Southern Region, American Red Cross Blood Services (SARC)
Professor
Emory University, D-655, Emory University Hospital, 1364 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta,
GA 30322,
Email: chillye@emory.edu

Phone: 404.712.5870
Fax: 404.712.0893
Murphy, Edward L., MD, MPH
Principal Investigator
Blood Systems Research Institute (BSRI)
Professor
University of California, San Francisco, and Blood Systems Research Institute, 270
Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Email: murphy@ucsf.edu
Phone: 415.749.6668
Fax: 415.901.0733
Sacher, Ronald, MD
Principal Investigator
Hoxworth Blood Center/University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Director, Professor and Interim Dean, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 3130 Highland Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 452670055, USA
Email: ronald.sacher@uc.edu
Phone: 513.558.1201
Fax: 513.558.1300
Jane Schulman, PhD
Principal Investigator
Vice President, Health Studies Sector
WESTAT
1650 Research Blvd., RW 3520, Rockville, MD 20850-3195 , USA
Email: JaneSchulman@westat.com
Phone: 301-212-2108
Fax: 301-294-2829
Michael P. Busch, M.D., Ph.D.
REDS-II Central Laboratory
Blood Centers of the Pacific/BSRI
Blood Systems Research Institute
270 Masonic Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118 USA
Email: mbusch@bloodsystems.org
Phone: 415.749.6615
Fax: 415.775.3859

RISE Working Group
Cable, Ritchard, MD
Principal Investigator
New England Region, American Red Cross Blood Services (NEARC)
American Red Cross Blood Services, 209 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06032,
Email: CableR@usa.redcross.org
Phone: 860.678.2860
Fax: 860.676.8093
Gottschall, Jerome, MD
Principal Investigator
Blood Center of Wisconsin (BCW)
The Blood Center of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 2178, Milwaukee, WI 53201-2178
Email: jerry.gottschall@bcw.edu
Phone: 414.937.6231
Fax: 414.933.6803
Mast Alan E., M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Blood Research Institute
P.O. Box 2178, Milwaukee, WI 53201-2178
Email: alan.mast@bcw.com
Phone: 414.937.6310
Fax: 414.933.6284
Michael P. Busch, M.D., Ph.D.
REDS-II Central Laboratory
Blood Centers of the Pacific/BSRI
Blood Systems Research Institute
270 Masonic Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118 USA
Email: mbusch@bloodsystems.org
Phone: 415.749.6615
Fax: 415.775.3859
Murphy, Edward L., MD, MPH
Principal Investigator
Blood Systems Research Institute (BSRI)
Professor
University of California, San Francisco, and Blood Systems Research Institute, 270
Masonic Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Email: murphy@ucsf.edu
Phone: 415.749.6668
Fax: 415.901.0733

Wright, David J., Ph.D.
Statistician
Westat
4357 Wavetree Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Email: davidwright@westat.com
Phone: 805.542.9953
Fax: 805.542.9953
Observational Study Monitoring Board (OSMB) members:
Stephen J. Wagner, Ph.D.
Director, Pathogen Management and Blood Product Improvement
Blood Components Dept., Holland Laboratory
American Red Cross
15601 Crabbs Branch Way
Rockville, MD 20855
Phone: (301) 738-0701
Fax: (301) 738-0704
Neil Blumberg MD
Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Director, Clinical Laboratories, Strong Memorial Hospital
Director, Transfusion Medicine/Blood Bank
University of Rochester Medical Center
Box 608
601 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14642 (USA)
Phone: 585/275-9656
Fax: 585/273-3002
Harold Kaplan, MD
Columbia Presbyterian Campus
622 W 168th St
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-305-2677
Email: hsh18@columbia.edu
Marion Danis, MD
Clinicla Bioethics Department
Clinical Center, Bldg 10
Room 1C128, MSC 1156
Bethesda, MD 20897
Phone: 301-435-8727
Email: mdanis@nih.gov

Stephen Feinberg, PhD
Statistics and Survey Research
Carnegie Mellon University
Baler Hall
5000 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-268-2723
Email: Feinberg@stat.cmu.edu
Henry Chang, MD
Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
Rockledge II, Room 10170 MSC 7950
Bethesda, MD 20892-7950
Phone: 301-435-0067
Fax: 301-480-1060
Email: changh@nih.gov