Lise Estcourt is a Consultant in Haematology and Transfusion Medicine at NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), Oxford and a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Oxford. She is the Director of NHSBT’s Clinical Trials Unit, the Clinical Lead for the National Comparative Audit in Blood Transfusion, Clinical Tutor for NHSBT, and the Co-ordinating editor for Cochrane Haematology. She has authored and co-authored more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals. 

She is leading the convalescent plasma transfusion trials on behalf of NHSBT (transfusion aspects of RECOVERY and REMAP-CAP trials) with Professor David Roberts. Her other interests include: the safe and appropriate use of blood components; alternatives to blood transfusion; risk factors for bleeding in haematology patients; and systematic reviews.

Lise spoke at 'Virtually Cochrane', a virtual event we co-hosted with Cochrane Ireland in April 2021. Watch the recording Challenges in study identification: diagnostic test accuracy reviews and prognosis reviews