Connect with Dr Winskel-Wood
Ben's research interests are related to the development of new blood products, with a key focus on how we can maximise component quality and while ensuring patient safety. He's investigating how refrigeration (cold storage) or freezing (cryopreservation) of platelet components affects their storage life and function.
Awards
- Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) - Dana Devine Fellowship (2025)
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT) research grant (2024)
- International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) - Harold Gunson Fellowship (2024)
Member
- International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT; 2019 - Current)
- ISBT Blood Components Working Party - Junior Education Officer (2024 - Current)
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT; 2019 - Current)
Key publications
Storage Temperature Affects Platelet Activation and Degranulation in Response to Stimuli
2025
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
26(7):2944
The phenotype of cryopreserved platelets influences the formation of platelet-leukocyte aggregates in an in vitro model
2023
Platelets
34(1):2206916
Cold storage alters the immune characteristics of platelets and potentiates bacterial-induced aggregation
2022
Vox Sanguinis
117(8):1006
Evaluation of platelet concentrates prepared from whole blood donations with collection times between 12 and 15 min: The BEST Collaborative study
2022
Vox Sanguinis
117(5):671
Cryopreservation alters the immune characteristics of platelets
2021
Transfusion
61(12):3432