Meghan Delaney is the Chief of the Division of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (CLIA) and the Director of Transfusion Medicine at Children’s National Hospital and she is Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics and the George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA.   At Children’s National, Dr Delaney is the President of the Medical Staff.   Dr Delaney serves as President Elect of the Board of Directors for AABB and is a Board Member of the BEST Collaborative and is a member of the American Board of Pathology Test Development and Advisory Committee.   Delaney’s scholarly focus is pediatric transfusion medicine, clinical pathology, laboratory management, quality and immunohematology.  She has over 120 peer reviewed publications and lectures nationally and internationally.  In global health, Delaney focuses on improving access to safe blood transfusion in developing nations.  She serves as the Chair of NIH’s BLOODSAFE Program that aims to improve access to safe blood in Sub Saharan Africa.