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
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

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