Domestic Hubs

REDS-IV-P provides support for four research sites within the United States which are referred to as Domestic Hubs. Each Hub has a blood center and transfusion services that serve specialty care and community hospitals.

Wisconsin Hub

Versiti Logo

Alan E. Mast, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator, Versiti Wisconsin, Inc.

Lisa Baumann Kreuziger, MD, MS 
Co-Principal Investigator, Versiti Wisconsin, Inc.

Marshfield Medical Center

Froedtert Medical College of Wisconsin

Community Memorial

St Joseph’s Hospital

Children’s Medical College of Wisconsin


San Francisco Hub

Vitalant Research Institute

Brian Custer, MPH, PhD
Principal Investigator, Vitalant Research Institute

Elliott Vichinsky, MD
Co-Principal Investigator, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital

Vitalant Research Institute (CCC) – Vitalant

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
UCSF Medical Center – Parnassus
UCSF Medical Center – Mount Zion
UCSF Medical Center Mission Bay, including

  • Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco
  • Betty Irene Moore Women’s Hospital
  • Bakar Cancer Hospital

University of California San Francisco
Kaiser Permanente Northern Californ

New England Hub

Jeanne Hendrickson, MD
Principal Investigator, Yale University School of Medicine

Bryan Spencer, MPH, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator, American Red Cross (Scientific Affairs)

Yale New Haven Hospital (2 campuses)
Bridgeport Hospital
Boston Children’s Hospital

American Red Cross (Connecticut Region)
Rhode Island Blood Center
Boston Children’s Hospital Blood Donor Center