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    Ross Baker, MD

    Professor of Haematology
    Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
    Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    Professor Ross Baker is a practising consultant haematologist and clinical researcher.

    As Principal Investigator in over 125 large international phase II and III clinical trials he has contributed to a change of practice in haematology through clinical and basix scientific research. He has authored over 127 papers in peer reviewed medical journals with high impact factor and has been a regularly invited speaker at international and national medical meetings.

    He is a founding director and secretary of the Australasian Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ASTH now THANZ), Founding Chair of the Perth Blood Institute and the Australian Bleeding Disorder Registry and previous scientific advisor to the World Health Organisation on DVT.

    Currently he is Chair of the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Von Willebrand Subcommittee, expert advisor on the Venous Thrombo-embolism Committee of National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce, member of the editorial board of Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology, Australian representative on the Asian Pacific Thrombosis and Haemostasis Society Council, member of Australian Haemophilia Centre Directors Organisation and Study Chairman of 2 large academic collaborative studies (Thrombosis and Haemostasis Society of Australia and New Zealand (THANZ) new oral anticoagulant Reversal and Event Collaborative (ARES) and the Asian Pacific Microangiopathic Thrombocytopenia Network (APMAT).

    He has enthusiasm for teaching medical and science students and supervises post graduate PhD masters and honours research students. He supervises the Regional Training Scheme Program of the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis with Malaysia for specialist clinical and research training and mentoring.

    The current basic science research interest microRNA control of coagulation factors, platelet receptor function, and ADAMTS 13 testing and regulation.

    He currently is Chairman, Perth Blood Institute, Director, Haemophilia Treatment Centre and senior clinical Haematologist – Hollywood Hospital, Director, and Director WA Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Murdoch University.




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