We are part on the newly launched NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Donor
Health and Genomics, where we coordinate theme 1 - Determinants
of donation - related biomarkers.This theme will address the NIHR BTRU mandate to identify and characterise «genetic,
biochemical, lifestyle and other determinants
of relevant blood cell traits... and
measures of iron homeostasis, including determinants
of the trajectories
of these factors over time among donors».