Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Surveillance Report 2022 O'Brien S 2023 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
La maladie hémolytique du nouveau-né (immunisation antirhésus et anticorps non ABO) International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Barriers and enablers to and strategies for pro-moting plasma donation: overarching protocol for three systematic reviews Etherington C, Palumbo A, Holloway K, Meyer S, Labrecque M, Rubini K, Shorr R, Welch V, Gibson E, Foster T, Haw J, Vesnaver E, Maharshi MT, O'Brien S, MacPherson P, Dogba J, Steed T, Goldman M, Presseau J 2023 PsyArXiv View Researchers MSM research
Significant rosettes observed in monocyte monolayer assay due to complement-binding antibodies Sandhu G, Lipman T, Bodnar M, Bienz MN, Branch DR 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Cardiovascular events among recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-A systematic review and meta-analysis Aghel N, Lui M, Wang V, Khalaf D, Mian H, Hillis C, Walker I, Leber B, Lipton JH, Aljama M, Lepic K, Berg T, Garcia-Horton A, Petropoulos J, Masoom H, Leong DP 2023 Bone Marrow Transplant View Researchers Clinical research
Dual roles of fucoidan-GPIbα interaction in thrombosis and hemostasis: implications for drug development targeting GPIbα Shen C, Mackeigan DT, Shoara AA, Xu R, Bhoria P, Karakas D, Ma W, Cerenzia E, Chen Z, Hoard B, Lin L, Lei X, Zhu G, Chen P, Johnson PE, Ni H 2023 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
The evolution of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Canada: a time-series study, 2020–2023 Murphy TJ, Swail H, Jain J, Anderson M, Awadalla P, Behl L, Brown PE, Charlton CL, Colwill K, Drews SJ, Gingras A-C, Hinshaw D, Jha P, Kanji JN, Kirsh VA, Lang ALS, Langlois M-A, Lee S, Lewin A, O’Brien SF, Pambrun C, Skead K, Stephens DA, Stein DR, Tipples G, Caeseele PGV, Evans TG, Oxlade O, Mazer BD, Buckeridge DL 2023 CMAJ View Researchers Clinical research
Management of Pregnancies Alloimmunized with Non-Rh and Non-K Alloantibodies Jackson ME, Grabowska K, Lieberman L, Clarke G, Yan MTS, Canadian Obstetric Pediatric Transfusion Network 2023 J Obstet Gynaecol Can View Health care providers Clinical research
Cost-effectiveness of Fibrinogen Concentrate vs Cryoprecipitate for Treating Acquired Hypofibrinogenemia in Bleeding Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients Abrahamyan L, Tomlinson G, Callum J, Carcone S, Grewal D, Bartoszko J, Krahn M, Karkouti K 2023 JAMA Surg View Health care providers Clinical research
Correction of haemorrhagic shock-associated coagulopathy and impaired haemostasis by plasma, prothrombin complex concentrates or an activated protein C-targeted DNA aptamer in mice Eltringham-Smith LJ, Meixner SC, Pryzdial ELG, Sheffield WP 2023 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Supplemental information Modular adjuvant-free pan-HLA-DR-immunotargeting subunit vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 elicits broad sarbecovirus-neutralizing antibody responses Kassardjian A, Sun E, Sookhoo J, Muthuraman K, Boligan KF, Kucharska I, Rujas E, Jetha A, Branch DR, Babiuk S, Barber B, Julien J-P 2023 Cell Rep View Researchers Basic research
Exploring the increasing need for plasma collection: Perspectives of voluntary nonremunerated donors on payment for plasma in Canada Holloway K 2023 Transfus Med View Blood operators Ethical, legal & social implications research
Evolving the gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men time-based deferral to sexual risk screening for all donors: The contribution of Canadian research programmes Caffrey N, O'Brien SF, Walsh GM, Haw J, Goldman M 2023 Vox Sang View Researchers MSM epidemiology research
Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of mesenchymal stromal cells to treat coronavirus disease 2019: is it too late? Kirkham AM, Bailey AJM, Shorr R, Lalu MM, Fergusson DA, Allan DS 2023 Cytotherapy View Researchers Clinical research
Development and internal validation of a clinical prediction model for the diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenia: reply Mahamad S, Li N, Arnold DM 2023 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
White paper on pandemic preparedness in the blood supply Strengers P, O'Brien SF, Politis C, Mayr W, Seifried E, Spencer BR 2023 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
TEMRA: the CD8 subset in chronic ITP? Lazarus AH, Semple JW 2023 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Rapport de surveillance O'Brien S 2023 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Doença hemolítica do recém-nascido (DHRN): doença por Rhesus (Rh) e outros anticorpos não-ABO International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Multinational comparison study of aircraft pilot healthcare avoidance behaviour Hoffman WR, Patel PK, Aden J, Willis A, Acker JP, Bjerke E, Miranda E, Luster J, Tvaryanas A 2023 Occup Med (Lond) View Researchers Clinical research
Navigating imperfect policies to donate plasma: Survey on plasma donation and a pilot plasma donation program among men who have sex with men in Canada Vesnaver E, Gibson E, Goldman M, Butler-Foster T, Hill NE, Lapierre D, MacDonagh R, Rubini KA, Miguel G, Rosser A, MacPherson P, Palumbo A, Randall T, Osbourne-Sorrell W, O'Brien SF, Otis J, Greaves M, Al-Bakri TB, Reid M, Labrecque M, Germain M, Orvis S, Clapperton AT, Devine D, Presseau J 2023 Transfusion View Researchers MSM research
Cultured CD71+ erythroid cells modulate the host immune response Alshalani A, Beuger BM, van Bruggen R, Acker JP, Juffermans NP 2023 Transfus Med View Researchers Basic research
Importance du fer chez les donneurs de sang total : la perspective canadienne Khandelwal A, Pambrun C, Goldman M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Unrelated Allogeneic Hematopoietic Donor Collections and Safety Parmar G, Allan DS, Morris G, Dibdin N, Ganz K, Mostert K, Paulson K, Petraszko T, Stevens N, Seftel MD 2023 Curr Oncol View Health care providers Clinical research
Engineered Compounds to Control Ice Nucleation and Recrystallization William N, Mangan S, Ben RN, Acker JP 2023 Ann Rev Biomed Eng View Researchers New or improved product or process
The under-appreciated world of the serpin family of serine proteinase inhibitors Bouton M-C, Geiger M, Sheffield WP, Irving JA, Lomas DA, Song S, Satyanarayanan RS, Zhang L, McFadden G, Lucas AR 2023 EMBO Mol Med View Researchers Basic research
Diminished Neutralization Capacity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 in Donor Plasma Collected from January to March 2021 Lin Y-CJ, Evans DH, Robbins NF, Orjuela G, Abe KT, Rathod B, Colwill K, Gingras A-C, Tuite A, Yi Q-L, O’Brien SF, Drews SJ 2023 Microbiol Spectr View Researchers Clinical research
Risk of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in a simulated cohort of Canadian blood donors Pozzo di Borgo A, Germain M, O'Brien SF, Delage G, Renaud C, Lewin A 2023 Vox Sang View Researchers Clinical research
Comparison of three dosing intervals for the primary vaccination of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine (BNT162b2) on magnitude, neutralization capacity and durability of the humoral immune response in health care workers: A prospective cohort study Leong DP, Zhang A, Breznik JA, Clare R, Huynh A, Mushtaha M, Rangarajan S, Stacey H, Kim PY, Loeb M, Denburg JA, Mertz D, Chagla Z, Nazy I, Miller MS, Bowdish DME, Duong M 2023 PLoS One View Researchers Clinical research
FAQ : Information destinée aux professionnels de la santé qui commandent des concentrés de granulocytes Stepien J, Robert M-H 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
SARS-CoV-2 cross-sectional seroprevalence study among public school staff in Metro Vancouver after the first Omicron wave in British Columbia, Canada Watts AW, Mâsse LC, Goldfarb DM, Irvine MA, Hutchison SM, Muttucomaroe L, Poon B, Barakauskas VE, O’Reilly C, Bosman E, Reicherz F, Coombs D, Pitblado M, O’Brien SF, Lavoie PM 2023 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
The Specialist in Transfusion Science program Clarke G, Holovati J 2023 Immunohematology View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Plan de mejora para el proceso de inventarios de la empresa Zoomania clinica Veterinaria S.A.S Ramirez-Arcos S 2023 Tecnológico de Antioquia View Researchers Basic research
Protocol for a living evidence synthesis on variants of concern and COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness Shaver N, Katz M, Darko Asamoah G, Linkins L-A, Abdelkader W, Beck A, Bennett A, Hughes SE, Smith M, Begin M, Coyle D, Piggott T, Kagina BM, Welch V, Colijn C, Earn DJD, El Emam K, Heffernan J, O'Brien SF, Wilson K, Collins E, Navarro T, Beyene J, Boutron I, Bowdish D, Cooper C, Costa A, Curran J, Griffith L, Hsu A, Grimshaw J, Langlois M-A, Li X, Pham-Huy A, Raina P, Rubini M, Thabane L, Wang H, Xu L, Brouwers M, Horsley T, Lavis J, Iorio A, Little J 2023 Vaccine View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Do Children With an Allergic Transfusion Reaction Require Premedication or All Blood Products? Bahabri A, Barty R, Li N, Liu Y, Kovalova T, Chan AKC 2023 J Pediatr Hematol Oncol View Health care providers Clinical research
How do we forecast tomorrow's transfusion? Applying social science approaches to meet tomorrow's transfusion needs: Blood donors and donation Haw J, Holloway K, Goldman M 2023 Transfus Clin Biol View Researchers Ethical, legal & social implications research
Antigen copy number and antibody dose can determine the outcome of erythrocyte alloimmunization inducing either antibody-mediated immune suppression or enhancement in a murine model Wabnitz H, Cruz-Leal Y, Lazarus AH 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
La maladie hémolytique du nouveau-né (incompatibilité ABO) International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Desialylated Platelet Clearance in the Liver is a Novel Mechanism of Systemic Immunosuppression Li J, Karakas D, Xue F, Chen Y, Zhu G, Yucel YH, MacParland SA, Zhang H, Semple JW, Freedman J, Shi Q, Ni H 2023 Research View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion Camp Rwanda: A prospective feasibility study evaluating the delivery of Transfusion Camp to a multidisciplinary group of postgraduate medical trainees in Rwanda Hagumimana J, Skelton T, Pendergrast J, Nizeyimana F, Masaisa F, Kanyamuhunga A, Gashaija C, Chargé S, Kapitany C, Morgan M, Meirovich H, Lin Y 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Education research
Prevalence and significance of large granular lymphocytes in patients with immune thrombocytopenia Gabe C, Liu Y, Duncan J, St John M, Lucier KJ, Kimmel D, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2023 Platelets View Researchers Clinical research
An expanded role for blood donor emerging pathogens surveillance O’Brien SF, Goldman M, Drews S 2023 CMAJ View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Transmission of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Through Blood Transfusion and Plasma-Derived Products: A Narrative Review of Observed and Modeled Risks Pozzo di Borgo A, Rochette S, Gaussen A, O'Brien SF, Germain M, Renaud C, Lewin A 2023 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Taking lessons from nature to improve cell therapy cryopreservation Acker J, William N, Coatham M 2023 Cell Gene Ther Insights View Researchers Basic research
Molecular Screening of Blood Donors for Babesia in Tyrol, Austria Bloch EM, Siller A, Tonnetti L, Drews SJ, Spencer BR, Hedges D, Mergenthal T, Weber-Schehl M, Astl M, Patel EU, Gaber M, Schennach H 2023 Transfus Med Hemother View Researchers Clinical research
Characteristics of VITT antibodies in patients vaccinated with Ad26.COV2.S Huynh A, Arnold DM, Michael JV, Clare R, Smith JW, Daka M, Ianosi-Irimie M, McKenzie SE, Kelton JG, Nazy I 2023 Blood Adv View Researchers Clinical research
Donor sex, pre-donation hemoglobin, and manufacturing affect CD71+ cells in red cell concentrates Li W, William N, Acker JP 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
The high prevalence of occult hepatitis B infections among the partners of chronically infected HBV blood donors emphasizes the potential residual risk to blood safety Ye X, Li T, Yu B, Zeng J, Shi Y, Xie H, Branch DR, Loriamini M, Li B, Chen L 2023 J Med Virol View Blood operators Clinical research
HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, Blood Donor Deferral, Occult Infection, and Risk of HIV Transmission by Transfusion: A Fine Balance Between Evidence-Based Donor Selection Criteria and Transfusion Safety Leblanc J-F, Custer B, Van de Laar T, Drews SJ, Germain M, Lewin A 2023 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Clinical research
Hepatitis B virus genotype surveillance in Canadian blood donors and a referred patient population, 2016–2021 Osiowy C, Giles E, Lowe CF, Matic N, Murphy DG, Uzicanin S, Drews SJ, O'Brien SF 2023 Vox Sang View Researchers Epidemiology research