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Bethany Owen and the Highland Games
The Highland Games are a unique Scottish athletic competition dating back to around the fifth century in Scotland. The Games involve a series of eight individual events, some of which are changed out each competition, though the typical mainstays include...
John Wilken and the Great Narwhal Expedition
The Spark When John Wilken, Stanford Blood Center Laboratory Technician, was 19 years old, he was presented with the adventure of a lifetime. In his sophomore year of college, John read in an Eagle Scouts newsletter about an opportunity to...
Lessons in Service: Q&A with Vicky Santos, Lead Laboratory Technician at SBC
Vicky Santos, Lead Laboratory Technician, returned to SBC in September after seven months overseas with the military. Krista Thomas, Communications Strategist, interviewed Vicky about this experience and her motivations to serve. Q: When did you first enlist and where and...
Get to Know Our Newest Medical Director: Dr. Suchi Pandey
This July, Stanford Blood Center was honored to have Dr. Suchitra (Suchi) Pandey join us as our newest Medical Director. Her responsibilities include providing medical support to blood center staff, management of blood donor medical issues, development of Blood Center...
Training Future Leaders in Transfusion Medicine
As an academic blood center, teaching is an integral part of our mission at Stanford Blood Center (SBC). In 2007, to further this mission, SBC helped establish the Stanford Health Care (SHC) Transfusion Medicine (TM) Fellowship Program to train the...
Dr. Daniel Ramon Joins SBC’s Histocompatibility Lab As Medical Director
Stanford Blood Center (SBC) may be best known for collecting blood products for patient use at our partner hospitals, including Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, but there is another extraordinarily important life-saving function performed by SBC; it’s...
Stanford Blood Center Welcomes a New Volunteer Supervisor
Stanford Blood Center (SBC) recently welcomed a new member to the team, Alison Hopkins. Alison joins us as our new Volunteer Supervisor and her role will include recruiting volunteers, coordinating volunteer shifts, and planning volunteer appreciation events. We asked Alison...
Remembering the Brilliance that was Jackie Light
Many donors, staff and volunteers will remember the friendly face of Jacqueline “Jackie” Light, who was a registrar at our center locations. She passed away peacefully on May 21, 2016. She was born in San Francisco, and married the love...
Meet the Matchmakers
Stanford Blood Center’s Special Donations department is a small office of four cubicles. A large whiteboard takes up an entire wall of the room, and is covered in meticulous handwriting in a rainbow of colors. A good portion of the...