Workshops and Symposiums

Symposium on Accessibility and Development of Tissue Products for Emergency Preparedness

In the context of a mass burn casualty event, assessments of national preparedness status identified gaps to ensuring an adequate response, including the ability to ensure a robust supply of human skin and alternative products to treat burn patients.  To examine these gaps in more depth, a symposium was held in May 2015 sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, in collaboration with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response/Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, and the Department of Defense/Medical Research and Materiel Command. The symposium provided a forum for leaders in government, burn care, and industry to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the current challenges to deliver an effective response to mass burn casualty events, and fostered discussions on potential strategies to address key challenges moving forward.

Workshop on Pre-Clinical Evaluation of Red Blood Cells for Transfusion