title: Strategies for advancing transfusion medicine and cellular therapies: taking control of our future.
abstract: This special edition of TRANSFUSION is dedicated to those colleagues in the transfusion medicine and cellular therapy field who have wondered about what the future holds for their chosen professions. Each of the six peer-reviewed Think Tank articles included in this special edition focuses on an administrative issue that is critical to the survivability and enhancement of the industry. Each issue is examined from two perspectives: Where are we now? And where are we heading?
authors.affiliation: Administrative Think Tank Development Workgroup of the Administrative Section Coordinating Committee of the AABB, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Morris R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eckert
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hathaway
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lieb
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schiff
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liberman
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rotarius
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D064987:Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy; D005104:Expert Testimony; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008611:Mentors; D017751:Safety Management; D012952:Societies; D065227:Transfusion Reaction