John Semple

Dr. Semple is a Senior Scientist and Head of Transfusion Medicine Research at the Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences in St. Michael’s Hospital. He is also a Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology, Medicine and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto and an Adjunct Scientist with Canadian Blood Services.

Dr. Semple obtained his PhD in Immunology from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. The recipient of a number of awards, his research interests include, among others, animal models of platelet immunity related to ITP, platelet-bacteria interactions and Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI).

Dr. Semple is a member of several organisations, including the American and European Societies of Hematology, and has delivered over 120 presentations at international meetings. He has served as a reviewer for numerous journals and has authored more than a 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts in the area of platelet and transfusion immunology.

He is a full member of graduate studies in the departments of Pharmacology, Medicine and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and has an active research program for training graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.

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