Our Research Publications
Updated August 2025
| Title | Authors | Year Sort ascending | Journal | Link to Article | Intended Audience | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Making platelet transfusions safer through pathogen reduction | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Making platelet transfusions safer through pathogen reduction | General public | Other |
| Commentary on "Inhibition of cellular activation induced by platelet factor 4 via the CXCR3 pathway ameliorates Japanese encephalitis and dengue viral infections" | Drews SJ | 2024 | J Thromb Haemost | View Commentary on "Inhibition of cellular activation induced by platelet factor 4 via the CXCR3 pathway ameliorates Japanese encephalitis and dengue viral infections" | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| Comparable bacterial growth in platelet concentrates suspended in plasma and platelet additive solution and improved detection of bacterial contamination using a new generation automated culture system | Kou Y, Kumaran D, Howell A, Ramirez-Arcos S | 2024 | Transfusion | View Comparable bacterial growth in platelet concentrates suspended in plasma and platelet additive solution and improved detection of bacterial contamination using a new generation automated culture system | Researchers | Basic research |
| Feasibility of plasma donation with alternative eligibility criteria | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Feasibility of plasma donation with alternative eligibility criteria | General public | MSM research |
| Lay Science Writing Competition 2024 – Open! | Centre for Blood Research | 2024 | Centre for Blood Research Blog | View Lay Science Writing Competition 2024 – Open! | General public | Other |
| Advancing the Scientific Basis for Determining Death in Controlled Organ Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death | Murphy NB, Shemie SD, Capron A, Truog RD, Nakagawa T, Healey A, Gofton T, Bernat JL, Fenton K, Khush KK, Schwartz B, Wall SP | 2024 | Transplantation | View Advancing the Scientific Basis for Determining Death in Controlled Organ Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Transfusion Probability as a Novel Measure for Lab-Guided Medical Decision-Making | Risk M, Callum J, Trentino K, Murray K, Zhao L, Shi X, Verma A, Razak F, Raza S | 2024 | medRxiv | View Transfusion Probability as a Novel Measure for Lab-Guided Medical Decision-Making | Health care providers | Clinical research |
| Perseverance and collaboration: How a new clinical trial aims to determine whether sex matters when matching blood products to patients | Wolfe A | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Perseverance and collaboration: How a new clinical trial aims to determine whether sex matters when matching blood products to patients | General public | Other |
| Améliorer la sécurité et préserver les ressources en diminuant les transfusions inappropriées | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Améliorer la sécurité et préserver les ressources en diminuant les transfusions inappropriées | General public | Other |
| Understanding immunity in Canada: COVID-19 seroprevalence studies | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Understanding immunity in Canada: COVID-19 seroprevalence studies | General public | Other |
| Reply to Kaestner et al.: Pioneering quantitative platforms for stored red blood cell assessment open the door for precision transfusion medicine | Isiksacan Z, D’Alessandro A, McKenna DH, Tessier SN, Kucukal E, Gokaltun AA, William N, Sandlin RD, Bischof J, Mohandas N, Busch MP, Elbuken C, Gurkan UA, Toner M, Acker JP, Yarmush ML, Usta OB | 2024 | PNAS | View Reply to Kaestner et al.: Pioneering quantitative platforms for stored red blood cell assessment open the door for precision transfusion medicine | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Modélisation mathématique : comparaison des risques de transmission du VIH en fonction de différentes politiques d’admissibilité au don de sang des HARSAH | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Modélisation mathématique : comparaison des risques de transmission du VIH en fonction de différentes politiques d’admissibilité au don de sang des HARSAH | General public | MSM research |
| Implementing pathogen reduction technology while discontinuing blood donor deferral criteria for sexual risk behaviors: A simulation study | Domingue MP, O'Brien SF, Grégoire Y, Lanteri MC, Stramer SL, Camirand Lemyre F, Lewin A | 2024 | Transfusion | View Implementing pathogen reduction technology while discontinuing blood donor deferral criteria for sexual risk behaviors: A simulation study | Blood operators | Epidemiology research |
| Exposure of cryopreserved red cell concentrates to real-world transient warming events has a negligible impact on quality | Kurach J, Brandon-Coatham M, Olafson C, Turner TR, Phan C, Yazdanbakhsh M, Osmani R, Ehsani-Moghaddam B, Clarke G, Acker JP | 2024 | Transfusion | View Exposure of cryopreserved red cell concentrates to real-world transient warming events has a negligible impact on quality | Blood operators | New or improved product or process |
| Canada's approach to SARS-CoV-2 sero-surveillance: Lessons learned for routine surveillance and future pandemics | O'Brien SF, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Grunau B, Krajden M, Buckeridge DL, Goldfarb DM, Anderson M, Germain M, Brown P, Stein DR, Kandola K, Tipples G, Awadalla P, Lang A, Behl L, Fitzpatrick T, Drews SJ | 2024 | Can J Public Health | View Canada's approach to SARS-CoV-2 sero-surveillance: Lessons learned for routine surveillance and future pandemics | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Public Health Research Toolkit: A report from the Surveillance, Risk Assessment and Policy Sub-group of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party | Stanley J, Busch MP, Erikstrup C, Galel SA, Holmberg JA, Lewin A, O'Brien SF, Osiowy C, Patidar G, Russell WA, Spencer BR, Higgs C | 2024 | Vox Sang | View The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Public Health Research Toolkit: A report from the Surveillance, Risk Assessment and Policy Sub-group of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party | Blood operators | Epidemiology research |
| Advancing in vivo assessment of red blood cell transfusions: A call for radiation-free methods in transfusion medicine | Yazdanbakhsh M, Acker JP | 2024 | Transfus Apher Sci | View Advancing in vivo assessment of red blood cell transfusions: A call for radiation-free methods in transfusion medicine | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Improving safety and conserving resources by reducing unnecessary transfusions | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Improving safety and conserving resources by reducing unnecessary transfusions | General public | Other |
| Use of Intravenous Albumin: A Guideline From the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines | Callum J, Skubas NJ, Bathla A, Keshavarz H, Clark EG, Rochwerg B, Fergusson D, Arbous S, Bauer SR, China L, Fung M, Jug R, Neill M, Paine C, Pavenski K, Shah PS, Robinson S, Shan H, Szczepiorkowski ZM, Thevenot T, Wu B, Stanworth S, Shehata N | 2024 | Chest | View Use of Intravenous Albumin: A Guideline From the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Alberta’s research priorities to advance organ donation and transplantation: an ecosystem-based and consensus-driven approach to strategic research planning | Davoodi S, Gongal P, Delaney S, Acker J, Boulet D, Boulet T, Dijke E, Elliot J, Halloran K, Halpin A, Hartell D, Kemp L, Kramer A, Lam N, Mager D, Mokoena T, Pepper A, Powell L, Tandon P, Wilson M, Wilkins R, Woolfsmith J, West L | 2024 | Can Heal Pol | View Alberta’s research priorities to advance organ donation and transplantation: an ecosystem-based and consensus-driven approach to strategic research planning | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Thrombotic triad in microgravity | Elahi MM, Witt AN, Pryzdial ELG, McBeth PB | 2024 | Thromb Res | View Thrombotic triad in microgravity | Researchers | Basic research |
| Decreasing parvovirus B19 and hepatitis A nucleic acid test positivity rates in Canadian plasma donors following the initiation of COVID-19 restriction in March 2020 | Drews SJ, Charlton C, O'Brien SF, Burugu S, Denomme GA | 2024 | Vox Sang | View Decreasing parvovirus B19 and hepatitis A nucleic acid test positivity rates in Canadian plasma donors following the initiation of COVID-19 restriction in March 2020 | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| Mythbusters: Use of Intravenous Albumin: A Guideline from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG) | Callum J, Clark E, Rochwerg B, Daly J, Raza S, Vlaar A, Wolfe A | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View Mythbusters: Use of Intravenous Albumin: A Guideline from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG) | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Réserves en produits plaquettaires, indications et commande | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View Réserves en produits plaquettaires, indications et commande | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Viral coagulation: pushing the envelope | Pryzdial ELG, Perrier JR, Rashid MU, West HE, Sutherland MR | 2024 | J Thromb Haemost | View Viral coagulation: pushing the envelope | Researchers | Basic research |
| A perspective on exogenous redox regulation mediated by transfused RBCs subject to the storage lesion | William N, Acker JP | 2024 | Transfus Apher Sci | View A perspective on exogenous redox regulation mediated by transfused RBCs subject to the storage lesion | Researchers | Basic research |
| Sebum Components Dampen the Efficacy of Skin Disinfectants against Cutibacterium acnes Biofilms | Kumaran D, Ramirez-Arcos S | 2024 | Microorganisms | View Sebum Components Dampen the Efficacy of Skin Disinfectants against Cutibacterium acnes Biofilms | Researchers | Basic research |
| The selection and preparation of red cell components for intrauterine transfusion: A national survey | Bodnar M, Lieberman L, Arsenault V, Berardi P, Duncan J, Lane D, Lavoie M, McCarthy J, Morrison D, Robitaille N, Shehata N, Wilson A, Clarke G, Obstetrical tC, Pediatric Transfusion Network | 2024 | Vox Sang | View The selection and preparation of red cell components for intrauterine transfusion: A national survey | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Homing and Engraftment of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Following Transplantation: A Pre-Clinical Perspective | Hasan T, Pasala AR, Hassan D, Hanotaux J, Allan DS, Maganti HB | 2024 | Curr Oncol | View Homing and Engraftment of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Following Transplantation: A Pre-Clinical Perspective | Researchers | Clinical research |
| Safety, Acceptance, Fairness & Equality (SAFE project): Acceptable risk and donor selection | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Safety, Acceptance, Fairness & Equality (SAFE project): Acceptable risk and donor selection | General public | MSM research |
| Remembering Dr. Dana Devine | Centre for Blood Research | 2024 | Centre for Blood Research Blog | View Remembering Dr. Dana Devine | General public | Other |
| Comparative genome analyses of Staphylococcus aureus from platelet concentrates reveal rearrangements involving loss of type VII secretion genes | Ighem Chi S, Flint A, Weedmark K, Pagotto F, Ramirez-Arcos S | 2024 | Access Microbiol | View Comparative genome analyses of Staphylococcus aureus from platelet concentrates reveal rearrangements involving loss of type VII secretion genes | Researchers | Basic research |
| You’re invited to take our new Virtual Tour! | Wolfe A | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View You’re invited to take our new Virtual Tour! | General public | Other |
| Anemia in Hospitalized Patients: Vampirism and Other Tales | Siegal D | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Anemia in Hospitalized Patients: Vampirism and Other Tales | Health care providers | Clinical research |
| 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 |
| Extension of the circulatory half-life of recombinant ecallantide via albumin fusion without loss of anti-kallikrein activity | Al-Adimi G, Bhakta V, Eltringham-Smith LJ, Shirobokov V, Sheffield WP | 2024 | J Biotechnol | View Extension of the circulatory half-life of recombinant ecallantide via albumin fusion without loss of anti-kallikrein activity | Researchers | Basic research |
| Portée opérationnelle des options d’évaluation du risque | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Portée opérationnelle des options d’évaluation du risque | General public | MSM research |
| Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases | Drews SJ | 2024 | Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis: Clinical and Laboratory Aspects | View Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases | Health care providers | Clinical research |
| External Trigger Free Charge Switchable Cationic Ligands in the Design of Safe and Effective Universal Heparin Antidote | La CC, Smith SA, Kalathottukaren MT, Haynes CA, Morrissey JH, Kizhakkedathu JN | 2024 | Adv Healthc Mater | View External Trigger Free Charge Switchable Cationic Ligands in the Design of Safe and Effective Universal Heparin Antidote | Researchers | Basic research |
| Prevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1/2 in Canada over 33 years: A unique contribution of blood donors to public health surveillance | O'Brien SF, Ehsani-Moghaddam B, Goldman M, Osmond L, Fan W, Drews SJ | 2024 | Can J Public Health | View Prevalence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1/2 in Canada over 33 years: A unique contribution of blood donors to public health surveillance | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| A summary of recent discoveries advancing the understanding and treatment of hemophilia | Sztainert T | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View A summary of recent discoveries advancing the understanding and treatment of hemophilia | General public | Other |
| Hemoglobin-oxygen affinity changes in neonatal blood transfusions: RBC selection insights | Yazdanbakhsh M, Eid H, Acker JP, Bar Am N, Cheung PY, Dotchin SA, Rabi Y | 2024 | Pediatr Res | View Hemoglobin-oxygen affinity changes in neonatal blood transfusions: RBC selection insights | Researchers | Clinical research |
| Guideline No. 448: Prevention of Rh D Alloimmunization | Fung-Kee-Fung K, Wong K, Walsh J, Hamel C, Clarke G | 2024 | J Obstet Gynaecol Can | View Guideline No. 448: Prevention of Rh D Alloimmunization | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| 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 |
| How I manage major hemorrhage | Callum JL, George RB, Karkouti K | 2024 | Blood | View How I manage major hemorrhage | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Oncolytic Virus Senecavirus A Inhibits Hepatocellular Carcinoma Proliferation and Growth by Inducing Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis | Gong T, Liu X, Li Q, Branch DR, Loriamini M, Wen W, Shi Y, Tan Q, Fan B, Zhou Z, Li Y, Yang C, Li S, Duan X, Chen L | 2024 | J Clin Transl Hepatol | View Oncolytic Virus Senecavirus A Inhibits Hepatocellular Carcinoma Proliferation and Growth by Inducing Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis | Researchers | Clinical research |
| Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemias: Classifications, Pathophysiology, Diagnoses and Management | Loriamini M, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Branch DR | 2024 | Int J Mol Sci | View Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemias: Classifications, Pathophysiology, Diagnoses and Management | Researchers | Clinical research |
| Advancement of blood donor factors in RBC and blood component therapy using modern practices and methodologies: How to make multifactorial clinical decisions amid growing complexity | William N, Acker JP, Seghatchian J | 2024 | Transfus Apher Sci | View Advancement of blood donor factors in RBC and blood component therapy using modern practices and methodologies: How to make multifactorial clinical decisions amid growing complexity | Blood operators | New or improved product or process |
| Q&A: Restrictive or liberal transfusion strategy in myocardial infarction and anemia | Carson J, Callum J, Sztainert T | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Q&A: Restrictive or liberal transfusion strategy in myocardial infarction and anemia | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Transfusion Camp Rwanda 2023: A train-the-trainer workshop establishing locally driven leadership in knowledge translation and sustainability in transfusion medicine education | Nizeyimana F, Pendergrast J, Ntegerejuwampayee A, Lin Y, Kanyamuhunga A, Gashaija C, Masaisa F, Uzamukunda C, Mutuyimana G, Ndicunguye F, Gaseminari A, Mulindwa B, Muyombo T, Chargé S, Skelton T | 2024 | Vox Sang | View Transfusion Camp Rwanda 2023: A train-the-trainer workshop establishing locally driven leadership in knowledge translation and sustainability in transfusion medicine education | Health care providers | Education research |