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UC All-Campus Blood Drive empowers Bearcats to save lives
April 2, 2025
Hoxworth Blood Center is hosting an All-Campus Blood Drive April 7-11 at the University of Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI REDS FANS SAVE LIVES!
April 1-30: Cincinnati Reds Hat
All blood and platelet donors who give at any of our 7 neighborhood donor centers and select mobile blood drives in April will receive an exclusive Reds hat. *while supplies last. Step up to the plate and donate! Go Reds!
April 1- May 31: Pitching for Platelets
All platelet donors that give 3 or more times from April 1 – May 31 will win a VIP experience at the Reds game & Post-game concert on July 26. Learn more.
April 7-11: UC Blood Drive Week at Main, Medical, Clermont & Blue Ash!
Bearcats students, faculty, and alumni can help local patients in need—and we’re making it easy by coming going to each campus! As a thank-you, all donors will receive a UC Bearcat Blanket and a $10 Domino’s eGift Card! Schedule your donation today!
Hoxworth Blood Center
Hoxworth Blood Center, an internationally-recognized leader in transfusion medicine, was founded in 1938 and is currently the oldest operating blood bank in the country. Hoxworth serves more than 30 area hospitals and medical centers and collects more than 100,000 units of blood products to help save the lives of patients in area hospitals.
Saving Lives
Hoxworth Blood Center serves over 30 hospitals in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, providing blood and service to the entire region while remaining self-sufficient and financially sound.
TRANSDISCIPLINARY TEACHING & RESEARCH
As a division of the University of Cincinnati as well as a trusted partner of University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Hoxworth promotes and supports research to help save lives.
TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
Hoxworth’s patient services division improves the health of individuals through services such as Therapeutic Apheresis, Red Blood Cell Exchange and Photopheresis
I am so thankful that there are amazing, selfless, lifesaving heroes out there that are willing to donate their blood. Without these donations, I wouldn’t be here to celebrate life’s many tiny miracles.
Heather Bennett Blood Recipient
Hoxworth News
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Hoxworth Blood Center, Cincinnati Reds partner to save local...
March 27, 2025
Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati, and the Cincinnati Reds are teaming up to save local patients, offering an exclusive gift and VIP experience to blood donors this April. Learn how you can get involved.
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White blood cells use brute force to dislodge bacteria
March 4, 2025
Xuefeng Wang, an associate professor at the University of Cincinnati’s Hoxworth Blood Center, is the recipient of a grant from the National Institutes of Health, as well as corresponding author of recently published research in Nature Communications.