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DESCRIPTION:Informing policies to mitigate iron deficiency in blood donors 
 through public health data science\n\nAlton Russell\, ɬŔď·¬\n	T
 uesday March 12\, 12-1pm\n	Zoom Link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/86855481591
 \n	In Person: 550 Sherbrooke\, Room 189\n	\n	Abstract: Donating blood can cau
 se or exacerbate iron deficiency. To mitigate this risk\, blood collectors
  use policies on acceptable pre-donation fingerstick hemoglobin levels and
  minimum intervals between back-to-back donations. Unfortunately\, these p
 olicies do not prevent all donors with low or absent iron stores from the 
 loss of additional iron through blood donation. Around the world\, blood c
 ollectors seek efficient and feasible solutions that can prevent donation-
 associated iron deficiency without threatening the life-saving supply of d
 onated blood.\n\nThis talk will describe collaborative projects that use o
 perational and biomarker data from blood collectors in North America\, Eur
 ope\, and Africa to understand variability in blood donors’ iron recovery 
 and characterize how blood donors respond to donor management policies. Us
 ing methods from machine learning\, epidemiology\, and decision-analytic m
 odeling\, these analyses aim to enable more tailored blood donor managemen
 t policies that can minimize harm to blood donors while maximizing blood c
 ollections.\n
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SUMMARY:QLS Seminar Series - Alton Russell
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