Our Research Publications
Updated August 2025
| Title | Authors | Year Sort ascending | Journal | Link to Article | Intended Audience | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donor eligibility criteria for men who have sex with men and pathogen reduction technologies: Estimating risk with mathematical modelling | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Donor eligibility criteria for men who have sex with men and pathogen reduction technologies: Estimating risk with mathematical modelling | General public | MSM research |
| Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Research ensures innovation and safety go hand in hand for stem cell transplantation | Caspani G, Singh C | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Research ensures innovation and safety go hand in hand for stem cell transplantation | General public | Other |
| Targeted development and optimization of small-molecule ice recrystallization inhibitors (IRIs) for the cryopreservation of biological systems | McMunn LE, Walsh EM, Ben RN | 2024 | Cryo Letters | View Targeted development and optimization of small-molecule ice recrystallization inhibitors (IRIs) for the cryopreservation of biological systems | Researchers | Basic research |
| Use of Albumin in critically ill patients | Relke N, Hewitt M, Rochwerg B, Callum J | 2024 | CHEST Physician Critical Care Commentary | View Use of Albumin in critically ill patients | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Canadian Blood Services supports development of updated clinical guideline on transfusion for hemoglobinopathies | Wolfe A | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Canadian Blood Services supports development of updated clinical guideline on transfusion for hemoglobinopathies | General public | Other |
| Améliorer la sécurité des transfusions de plaquettes grâce à la réduction des agents pathogènes | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Améliorer la sécurité des transfusions de plaquettes grâce à la réduction des agents pathogènes | General public | Other |
| Canadian Blood Services researcher studies potential treatment for sickle cell disease | Abe T | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Canadian Blood Services researcher studies potential treatment for sickle cell disease | General public | Other |
| Création involontaire de préjugés lors de la sélection des donneurs | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Création involontaire de préjugés lors de la sélection des donneurs | General public | MSM research |
| Driving excellence: The Centre for Blood Research and Canadian Blood Services renew collaboration to advance blood science education and training | Chuong K, Sztainert T, Wolfe A | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Driving excellence: The Centre for Blood Research and Canadian Blood Services renew collaboration to advance blood science education and training | General public | Other |
| Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Evaluating umbilical cord blood transfusion efficacy and safety in neonates | Yazdanbakhsh M | 2024 | Centre for Blood Research Blog | View Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Evaluating umbilical cord blood transfusion efficacy and safety in neonates | General public | Other |
| Determining the impact of current Canadian stem cell registry policy on donor availability via dynamic registry simulation | Blake JT, Ganz K, Seftel M, Allan D | 2024 | Vox Sang | View Determining the impact of current Canadian stem cell registry policy on donor availability via dynamic registry simulation | Blood operators | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Top 5 R.E.D. Blog posts of 2024 | Brennan A | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Top 5 R.E.D. Blog posts of 2024 | General public | Other |
| BloodTechNet educational resources | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View BloodTechNet educational resources | Health care providers | Education research |
| A novel sequencing panel for somatic hypermutation (SHM) status determination | Ghosh D | 2024 | Centre for Blood Research Blog | View A novel sequencing panel for somatic hypermutation (SHM) status determination | General public | Other |
| Transforming Transfusion: engineered platelets using lipid nanoparticles | Perrier J | 2024 | Centre for Blood Research Blog | View Transforming Transfusion: engineered platelets using lipid nanoparticles | General public | Other |
| Correlation of the Transfusion Camp knowledge assessment test with clinical transfusion practice | Tordon B, Meirovich H, Malkin A, Pavenski K, Moorehead A, Ginsborg L, Saeed S, Shehata N, Callum J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Lieberman L, Pendergrast J, Lin Y | 2024 | Transfusion | View Correlation of the Transfusion Camp knowledge assessment test with clinical transfusion practice | Health care providers | Education research |
| Comparative virulome analysis of four Staphylococcus epidermidis strains from human skin and platelet concentrates using whole genome sequencing | Yousuf B, Flint A, Weedmark K, Pagotto F, Ramirez-Arcos S | 2024 | Access Microbiol | View Comparative virulome analysis of four Staphylococcus epidermidis strains from human skin and platelet concentrates using whole genome sequencing | Researchers | Basic research |
| Making blood donation more inclusive with sexual behaviour-based screening for all donors | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Making blood donation more inclusive with sexual behaviour-based screening for all donors | General public | Other |
| Transforming research to improve therapies for trauma in the twenty-first century | Juffermans NP, Gözden T, Brohi K, Davenport R, Acker JP, Reade MC, Maegele M, Neal MD, Spinella PC | 2024 | Crit Care | View Transforming research to improve therapies for trauma in the twenty-first century | Researchers | New or improved product or process |
| Reconsidering Routine Repeat Group and Screens During Pregnancy-Personalizing Pregnancy Care | Tran A, Clarke G, Callum JL, Smith G, Somerset D, Thorne J, Lieberman L | 2024 | J Obstet Gynaecol Can | View Reconsidering Routine Repeat Group and Screens During Pregnancy-Personalizing Pregnancy Care | Health care providers | Clinical research |
| An international review of the characteristics of viral nucleic acid-amplification testing (NAT) reveals a trend towards the use of smaller pool sizes and individual donation NAT | Faddy HM, Osiowy C, Custer B, Busch M, Stramer SL, Dean MM, Acutt J, Viennet E, van de Laar T, Tsoi W-C, Styles C, Kiely P, Margaritis A, Kwon S-Y, Qiu Y, Deng X, Lewin A, Jørgensen SW, Erikstrup C, Juhl D, Sauleda S, Camacho Rodriguez BA, Soto Coral LJC, Gaviria García PA, Oota S, O'Brien SF, Wendel S, Castro E, Navarro Pérez L, Harvala H, Davison K, Reynolds C, Jarvis L, Grabarczyk P, Kopacz A, Łętowska M, O'Flaherty N, Young F, Williams P, Burke L, Chua SS, Muylaert A, Page I, Jones A, Niederhauser C, Vermeulen M, Laperche S, Gallian P, Satake M, Addas-Carvalho M, Blanco S, Gallego SV, Seltsam A, Weber-Schehl M, Al-Riyami AZ, Al Maamari K, Alawi FB, Pandey HC, França RA, Charlewood R, Virology t, Surveillance RA, Policy subgroups of the ISBT WP-TTID | 2024 | Vox Sang | View An international review of the characteristics of viral nucleic acid-amplification testing (NAT) reveals a trend towards the use of smaller pool sizes and individual donation NAT | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Unintentional bias in donor screening | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Unintentional bias in donor screening | General public | MSM research |
| Toward a Sociology of Plasma Products | Holloway K, Grundy Q | 2024 | Int J Soc Determinants Health Health Serv | View Toward a Sociology of Plasma Products | Researchers | Social science research |
| Ice recrystallization inhibitors enable efficient cryopreservation of induced pluripotent stem cells: A functional and transcriptomic analysis | Mommaerts K, Okawa S, Schmitt M, Kofanova O, Turner TR, Ben RN, Del Sol A, Mathieson W, Schwamborn JC, Acker JP, Betsou F | 2024 | Stem Cell Res | View Ice recrystallization inhibitors enable efficient cryopreservation of induced pluripotent stem cells: A functional and transcriptomic analysis | Researchers | New or improved product or process |
| SARS-CoV-2 immunoassays in a predominantly vaccinated population: Performances and qualitative agreements obtained with two analytical approaches and four immunoassays | Renaud C, Lewin A, Gregoire Y, Simard N, Vallières É, Paquette M, Drews SJ, O'Brien SF, Di Germanio C, Busch MP, Germain M, Bazin R | 2024 | Vox Sang | View SARS-CoV-2 immunoassays in a predominantly vaccinated population: Performances and qualitative agreements obtained with two analytical approaches and four immunoassays | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| New impact report: Supporting research and education for the Canadian blood system | Wolfe A | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View New impact report: Supporting research and education for the Canadian blood system | General public | Other |
| Améliorer la sécurité du sang en adoptant une approche fondée sur le risque pour la prise de décisions complexes | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Améliorer la sécurité du sang en adoptant une approche fondée sur le risque pour la prise de décisions complexes | General public | Other |
| Renforcer l’inclusivité du don de sang : sélection basée sur les comportements sexuels pour tous les donneurs | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Renforcer l’inclusivité du don de sang : sélection basée sur les comportements sexuels pour tous les donneurs | General public | Other |
| Advancing the cryopreservation of cells, tissues and organs using model biological systems | Acker JP | 2024 | Cryobiology | View Advancing the cryopreservation of cells, tissues and organs using model biological systems | Researchers | Basic research |
| Évaluation de l’acceptabilité et de la faisabilité d’un programme de don de plasma-source pour les HARSAH de la communauté gaie de Montréal | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Évaluation de l’acceptabilité et de la faisabilité d’un programme de don de plasma-source pour les HARSAH de la communauté gaie de Montréal | General public | MSM research |
| Analysis of HLA matching between deceased organ donors and cord blood units from a national bank network as a basis for potential platforms for chimerism-based immune tolerance after solid organ transplantation | Crocchiolo R, Lombardini L, Sacchi N, Lombardi I, Blake J, Allan D, Sobh M, Puoti F, Trapani S, Gallina AM, Sacchi M, Pupella S, Bergamaschi P, Rossini S, Cardillo M | 2024 | Blood Transfus | View Analysis of HLA matching between deceased organ donors and cord blood units from a national bank network as a basis for potential platforms for chimerism-based immune tolerance after solid organ transplantation | Blood operators | Clinical research |
| Rapport de surveillance 2024 | O'Brien SF | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View Rapport de surveillance 2024 | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Prolonging the circulatory half-life of C1 esterase inhibitor via albumin fusion | Sivananthan S, Bhakta V, Chaechi Tehrani N, Sheffield WP | 2024 | PLoS One | View Prolonging the circulatory half-life of C1 esterase inhibitor via albumin fusion | Researchers | Basic research |
| Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Evaluating umbilical cord blood transfusion efficacy and safety in neonates | Yazdanbakhsh M | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Evaluating umbilical cord blood transfusion efficacy and safety in neonates | General public | Other |
| Fournir des lignes directrices essentielles en temps de crise : soutien à la recherche sur la COVID-19 | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Fournir des lignes directrices essentielles en temps de crise : soutien à la recherche sur la COVID-19 | General public | Other |
| Reply to: "Population-based screening works: Effect of integrating screening for hepatitis B and C into the general health check-up in Germany" | Thompson LA, Charlton CL | 2024 | J Hepatol | View Reply to: "Population-based screening works: Effect of integrating screening for hepatitis B and C into the general health check-up in Germany" | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| End of selection criteria based on sexual orientation: An international symposium on alternatives to donation deferral | Lewin A, Goldman M, Busch MP, Davison K, van de Laar T, Tiberghien P, Shinar E, O'Brien SF, Lambert G, Field S, Hervig T, Tan DHS, Custer B, Drews SJ, Lanteri MC, Klochkov D, Widmer E, Domingue M-P, Renaud C, Germain M | 2024 | Vox Sang | View End of selection criteria based on sexual orientation: An international symposium on alternatives to donation deferral | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Intravenous albumin in cardiac and vascular surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Skubas NJ, Callum J, Bathla A, Keshavarz H, Fergusson D, Wu B, Stanworth S, Shehata N | 2024 | Br J Anaesth | View Intravenous albumin in cardiac and vascular surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Normal Morphology and Physiology of Human Blood Including Main Clinical Parameters and Microscopy | Phan C, Brandon-Coatham M, Rahman A, Acker J | 2024 | The Optics of Blood: A Handbook | View Normal Morphology and Physiology of Human Blood Including Main Clinical Parameters and Microscopy | Researchers | Basic research |
| Prevalence of Hepatitis B in Canadian First-Time Blood Donors: Association with Social Determinants of Health | O’Brien SF, Ehsani-Moghaddam B, Goldman M, Drews SJ | 2024 | Viruses | View Prevalence of Hepatitis B in Canadian First-Time Blood Donors: Association with Social Determinants of Health | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| Canadian Blood Services Vritual Tour | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View Canadian Blood Services Vritual Tour | Health care providers | Other |
| Human Fc gamma receptor IIIA blockade inhibits platelet destruction in a humanized murine model of ITP | Gil Gonzalez L, Won KD, Tawhidi Z, Cummins E, Cruz-Leal Y, Tundidor Cabado Y, Sachs UJ, Norris PAA, Shan Y, Bhakta V, Li J, Samudio I, Silva-Moreno B, Cerna-Portillo L, Pavon Oro A, Bergqvist P, Chan P, Moorehead A, Sholzberg M, Sheffield WP, Lazarus AH | 2024 | Blood Adv | View Human Fc gamma receptor IIIA blockade inhibits platelet destruction in a humanized murine model of ITP | Researchers | Basic research |
| Modification of deglycerolization procedure improves processing and post-thaw quality of cryopreserved sickle trait red cell concentrates | Phan C, Kurach J, Foxcroft M, Xu D, Olafson C, Clarke G, Acker JP | 2024 | Cryobiology | View Modification of deglycerolization procedure improves processing and post-thaw quality of cryopreserved sickle trait red cell concentrates | Blood operators | New or improved product or process |
| Providing vital guidance in a time of crisis: COVID-19 research support | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Providing vital guidance in a time of crisis: COVID-19 research support | General public | Other |
| Impact of lower concentrations of dimethyl sulfoxide on cryopreservation of autologous hematopoietic stem cells: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical studies | Bennett B, Hanotaux J, Pasala AR, Hasan T, Hassan D, Shor R, Allan DS, Maganti HB | 2024 | Cytotherapy | View Impact of lower concentrations of dimethyl sulfoxide on cryopreservation of autologous hematopoietic stem cells: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical studies | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Post-Reconstitution Hemostatic Stability Profiles of Canadian and German Freeze-Dried Plasma | Peng HT, Moes K, Singh K, Rhind SG, Pambrun C, Jenkins C, da Luz L, Beckett A | 2024 | Life | View Post-Reconstitution Hemostatic Stability Profiles of Canadian and German Freeze-Dried Plasma | Researchers | Basic research |
| The effects of pen ink and surface disinfectants on red blood cells stored in plasticized polyvinylchloride transfusion bags | Uy RJ, Serrano K, Hadjesfandiari N, Shih AW, Devine D | 2024 | Transfusion | View The effects of pen ink and surface disinfectants on red blood cells stored in plasticized polyvinylchloride transfusion bags | Researchers | Basic research |
| Red cell concentrates from teen male donors contain poor-quality biologically older cells | Mykhailova O, Brandon-Coatham M, Phan C, Yazdanbakhsh M, Olafson C, Yi QL, Kanias T, Acker JP | 2024 | Vox Sang | View Red cell concentrates from teen male donors contain poor-quality biologically older cells | Researchers | Basic research |
| Making IVIg treatment safer for patients | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Making IVIg treatment safer for patients | General public | Other |
| Estimating HIV risk | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Estimating HIV risk | General public | MSM research |