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University of Chile.
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Marcela Contreras
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Born in Curicó in central Chile and raised in Coelemu, she originally obtained her Doctor of Medicine degree from the Universidad de Chile, Santiago, in 1968. As a recipient of a British Council scholarship, she went to the United Kingdom in 1972 to study immunology and has remained there ever since. She retired in February 2007 as national director for diagnostics, development and research for the National Blood Service (NBS) after working for the organisation for over 20 years.
Her directorate consisted of nine functions, which included red cell immunohaematology.
Stem cells and immunotherapy. And histocompatibility and immunogenetics.
She is Professor of transfusion medicine at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School, London. In January 2008 she was appointed President of the National Commission of Blood and Tissues of the Chilean Ministry of Health.
Contreras was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for "services to medicine".
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