Jan Hamilton is the Manager of the American Immunohematology Reference Laboratories (IRL) at the American Red Cross in Detroit and Lansing, Michigan. She is a member of the ISBT Immunohaematology Working Party, the AABB Selection of Abstracts Committee and is an Associate Editor of the journal Immunohematology. A graduate of The Ohio State University, she came to Michigan to pursue her Masters degree and SBB certification. She then began working at the American Red Cross -Detroit IRL where she has been for over 35 years. Jan has been chair of the AABB IRL Accreditation Program Unit and the ACSP Board of Registry Blood Bank Examination Committee. She co-authored the chapter “Identification of Antibodies to Red Cell Antigens” in the 18th and 19th editions of the AABB Technical Manual. She also is co-author of Antibody Identification: Art or Science? A Case Study Approach and Investigating Positive DAT Results: A Case Study Approach.