Rate My Professor Laura Green

Professor Laura Green is Professor of Haemostasis and Transfusion Medicine at the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London. She is also a Consultant Haematologist and Principal Investigator at NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), where she serves as Associate Medical Director for Research and Development and Quality Improvement and Co-Director of the NHSBT Clinical Trials Unit. Professor Green completed her specialist training in Haematology at King’s College Hospital in 2004. Between 2009 and 2011, she undertook research in haemostasis and thrombosis at University College London, leading to an MD(Res). She was appointed Consultant in Haemostasis and Transfusion Medicine in 2011, jointly at NHSBT and Barts Health NHS Trust. In 2020, she became a Principal Investigator at NHSBT, leading clinical research in blood components, and in 2024 she was appointed Professor of Haemostasis and Transfusion Medicine at Queen Mary University of London.

Professor Green leads the Transfusion Academic Unit at the Blizard Institute, which drives clinical research in haemostasis and transfusion medicine. Her research focuses on improving and developing blood components for the treatment of bleeding disorders in trauma and surgery. She has led several major studies that have advanced transfusion practice, including the ORANGE study, the PROPHESY-2 and SWiFT trials, and the Health Economic evaluation of bedside electronic transfusion system. Key publications include the CRYOSTAT-2 randomized clinical trial on early high-dose cryoprecipitate for hemorrhage after traumatic injury published in JAMA in 2023, research on red blood cell and plasma transfusion in prehospital settings published in Critical Care in 2023, a pilot cluster-randomised trial on early cryoprecipitate transfusion in severe postpartum haemorrhage published in Anaesthesia in 2022, the PROPHESY trial on prothrombin complex concentrate versus fresh frozen plasma in heart surgery published in Anaesthesia in 2021, and a national cross-sectional study on the epidemiology and outcomes of women with postpartum haemorrhage requiring massive transfusion published in BJOG in 2016. In recognition of her work, Professor Green has received the NIHR/BSH Award for outstanding contribution to clinical research in 2018, the RCPath Achievement Award for Patient Safety in 2021, and the Kenneth Goldsmith Award by the British Blood Transfusion Society in 2024.