mRNA COVID Vaccines & VTE with M Nicholson and N Chan

In this episode have a conversation with Dr Matthew Nicholson and Dr Noel Chan on their recent publication from Blood Review entitled No apparent association between mRNA COVID-19 vaccination and venous thromboembolism (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268960X22000443) which was co-authored by Dr Hadi Goubran and Dr Deborah Siegal.

Dr. Matthew Nicholson is a Clinical Hematologist at the Saskatoon Cancer Centre and an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. He obtained his MD and Internal Medicine residency at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. 

Dr. Nicholson completed his Hematology fellowship training at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and completed a clinical fellowship in thrombosis medicine through McMaster University, and is board certified in Internal Medicine and Hematology. 

Dr. Nicholson has acted as an advocate for improved training conditions for medical students and residents during his time with provincial health organizations and the resident doctors of Canada board. He co-authored the resident Doctors of Canada "Data Collection and Learner Privacy Principles" which have been adopted to help govern learner privacy rights in medical colleges and medical licensing bodies across Canada.

His research interests include Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), thromboprophylaxis, and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).

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Dr Noel Chan, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology and Thromboembolism, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada, specializing in anticoagulant therapy and thrombosis medicine. 

His research seeks to improve our understanding of the triggers for thrombosis (including the role of inflammation) and the determinants of variable response to antithrombotic therapies to inform on novel strategies with the potential to further reduce the burden of thrombosis.

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Reference:
Nicholson, M., Goubran, H., Chan, N., & Siegal, D. (2022). No apparent association between mRNA COVID-19 vaccination and venous thromboembolism. Blood Reviews, 100970.