Associate Professor Catherine Hyland is Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Red Cross Blood Service and holds an adjunct professorial appointment with the Queensland University of Technology. She was awarded a PhD from the University of Queensland for studies characterising the molecular diversity of the Rh blood group system, and has worked internationally at  University Hospital in Leiden, the Netherlands, and at the University of California, San Diego. She is active on the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Immunogenetics and Blood Group Terminology Working Party. Her current research interests include circulating cell-free DNA and non-invasive prenatal assessment for the fetal RhD blood group and other atypical blood group antigens.