Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Monitoring viral genomic sequences in transfusion-transmitted viruses Candotti D, Drews SJ, Faddy HM, ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party SoV 2023 Vox Sang View Blood operators Clinical research
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin induces platelet mitophagy and promotes thrombosis in Kawasaki disease Fu L, MacKeigan DT, Gong Q, Che D, Xu Y, Pi L, Sun C, Yu H, Chen K, Zhou H, Jiang Z, Wang Z, Zhang L, Cerenzia EG, Ni H, Gu X 2023 Brit J Haem View Researchers Clinical research
Transfusion Camp: Successes and challenges in scaling and expanding a transfusion medicine education program Lin Y, Khandelwal A, Kapitany C, Chargé S 2023 Transfus Apher Sci View Health care providers Education research
Prevalence of selected bleeding and thrombotic events in persons with hemophilia versus the general population: A scoping review Shapiro AD, Hardesty BM, Peyvandi F, Iorio A 2023 Res Pract Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Whole Blood and Apheresis Collection of Blood Components Intended for Transfusion Acker JP, Razatos A, Marks D 2023 AABB Technical Manual, 21st Edition View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Medication Deferrals in Blood Donors Goldman M, Jacquot C, Land K 2023 Transfus Med Rev View Blood operators Clinical research
International Forum on Management of Blood Donors with Culture-Positive Platelet Donations: Summary Vassallo R, Kamel H, Goel R, Al-Riyami AZ, Al Muharrmi Z, Jacquot C, Ramirez-Arcos S, Khandelwal A, Goldman M, Hands K, McLintock L, Mitchell H, Wendel S, Scuracchio P, Fachini R, Pettersson SM, Bengtsson J, Brailsford SR, Tossell J, Amorim L, Lopes ME, Pêcego M, Germain M, Renaud C, Morley SL, So R, Townsend M, Hopkins C, Harritshoej LH, Erikstrup C, Gosbell IB, Levin MH, Dennington PM, Dunbar N 2023 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Determining the Optimal SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Dosing Interval for Maximum Immunogenicity Asamoah-Boaheng M, Goldfarb D, Prusinkiewicz MA, Golding L, Karim ME, Barakauskas V, Wall N, Jassem AN, Marquez AC, MacDonald C, O'Brien SF, Lavoie P, Grunau B 2023 Cureus View Researchers Clinical research
Staphylococcal Enterotoxins Enhance Biofilm Formation by Staphylococcus aureus in Platelet Concentrates Chi SI, Ramirez-Arcos S 2023 Microorganisms View Researchers Basic research
‘A Most Equitable Drug’: How the Clinical Studies of Convalescent Plasma as a Treatment for SARS-CoV-2 Might Usefully Inform Post-Pandemic Public Sector Approaches to Drug Development Grundy Q, Campbell C, Ali R, Herder M, Holloway K 2023 J Law Med Ethics View Researchers Ethical, legal & social implications research
Massive Hemorrhage Protocol: A Practical Approach to the Bleeding Trauma Patient Petrosoniak A, Pavenski K, da Luz LT, Callum J 2023 Emerg Med Clin North Am View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Severe fetal anemia caused by anti-Jra: Burst forming unit-erythroid colony formation inhibition assay suggesting possible erythroid suppression mechanism Tran A, Yan MTS, Branch DR, Blacquiere M, Pineault N, Pasha R, Clarke G 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Serum from half of patients with immune thrombocytopenia triggers macrophage phagocytosis of platelets Norris PAA, Tawhidi Z, Sachs UJ, Cserti-Gazdewich CM, Lin Y, Callum J, Gil Gonzalez L, Shan Y, Branch DR, Lazarus AH 2023 Blood Adv View Researchers Basic research
Solvent detergent (S/D) treated plasma (Octaplasma) Ning S, Blais-Normandin I, Tordon B, Mack J, Webert K 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Enfermedad hemolítica del recién nacido (HDN): enfermedad de Rhesus (Rh) y otros anticuerpos no-ABO International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Quality assessment of red blood cell concentrates from blood donors at the extremes of the age spectrum: The BEST collaborative study Cloutier M, Cognasse F, Yokoyama APH, Hazegh K, Mykhailova O, Brandon-Coatham M, Hamzeh-Cognasse H, Kutner JM, Acker JP, Kanias T, the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
FAQ: Solvent detergent (S/D) treated plasma (Octaplasma) Mack J, Gordon R, Romans R, Webert K, Ning S, Zeller M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Composants plasmatiques Stewart T 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Loss of Autophagy Activity during Storage of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Grafts Is Associated with Reduced Potency Maganti H, Jahan S, Patel J, Kaushal R, McGregor C, Pasha R, Pineault N 2023 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Rapport d’impact annuel 2022-2023 Innovation et gestion du portefeuille Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management 2023 Blood.ca website View General public Other
Transfusion thérapeutique de granulocytes Gardner E, Fernandes M, Latour C, Seftel M, Acker J, Clarke G 2023 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Effect of Donor Sex on Recipient Mortality in Transfusion Chassé M, Fergusson DA, Tinmouth A, Acker JP, Perelman I, Tuttle A, English SW, Hawken S, Forster AJ, Shehata N, Thavorn K, Wilson K, Cober N, Maddison H, Tokessy M 2023 NEJM View Researchers Clinical research
Monitoring syphilis serology in blood donors: Is there utility as a surrogate marker of early transfusion transmissible infection behavioral risk? O'Brien SF, Drews SJ, Yi Q-L, Osmond L, Tran V, Zhou HY, Goldman M 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
What influences decisions to donate plasma? A rapid review of the literature Berger M, Easterbrook A, Holloway K, Devine D, Bansback N 2023 Vox Sang View Researchers Ethical, legal & social implications research
Clinical Outcomes of Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation Using Ex Vivo Expansion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Studies Saiyin T, Kirkham AM, Bailey AJM, Shorr R, Pineault N, Maganti HB, Allan DS 2023 Transplant Cell Ther View Researchers Clinical research
FAQ: Information for health professionals on apheresis platelet psoralen-treated (APPT) and untreated apheresis platelet in PAS-E Ning S, Nowry A, Zeller M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Transfusion-transmitted Babesia spp.: a changing landscape of epidemiology, regulation, and risk mitigation Drews SJ, Kjemtrup AM, Krause PJ, Lambert G, Leiby DA, Lewin A, O'Brien SF, Renaud C, Tonnetti L, Bloch EM 2023 J Clin Microbiol View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Auditing a recently implemented massive hemorrhage protocol: feasibility of assessing pre-specified metrics and compliance Leis M, Clarfield L, Lin Y, Gupta A, Da Luz L 2023 CJEM View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
KEL1 negative red cell transfusions for females of current or future child-bearing potential: A clinical impact and feasibility study Ning S, Morin PA, Elahie A, Li N, Liu Y, Barty R, Clarke G, Zeller M, Heddle NM 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Immunogenicity and safety of mixed COVID-19 vaccine regimens in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: a single-centre prospective cohort study Hitchon CA, Mesa C, Bernstein CN, Marrie RA, Card C, O’Brien SF, Kim J 2023 BMJ Open View Health care providers Clinical research
Resource for Physicians: Hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN): IVIG in the management of Rh- and ABO-mediated HDN Lieberman L, La Rocca U, Estcourt L, Jug R, Louw V, Muniz-Diaz E, Maier RF, Christensen R, Goel R, Sheharyar R, Delaney M, Bercovitz R, Bake J, Ramsey G, Pessoa dos Santos M, Charge S, Wolfe A, Bathla A, On behalf of the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG) 2023 ICTMG.org View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Genetically engineered transfusable platelets using mRNA lipid nanoparticles Leung J, Strong C, Badior KE, Robertson M, Wu X, Meledeo MA, Kang E, Paul M, Sato Y, Harashima H, Cap AP, Devine DV, Jan E, Cullis PR, Kastrup CJ 2023 Sci Adv View Researchers New or improved product or process
An unsupervised learning approach to identify immunoglobulin utilization patterns using electronic health records Riazi K, Ly M, Barty R, Callum J, Arnold DM, Heddle NM, Down DG, Sidhu D, Li N 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Modulation of Neutrophil Function by Recombinant Human IgG1 Fc Hexamer in the Endogenous K/BxN Mouse Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis Almizraq RJ, Frias Boligan K, Lewis BJB, Cen S, Whetstone H, Spirig R, Käsermann F, Campbell IK, von Gunten S, Branch DR 2023 Pharmacology View Researchers Basic research
Small Molecule Drugs That Inhibit Phagocytosis Loriamini M, Lewis-Bakker MM, Frias Boligan K, Wang S, Holton MB, Kotra LP, Branch DR 2023 Molecules View Researchers Basic research
Heterodimeric Protein Surface-Coupling Platform: Immobilization of Conformation Switchable and Functional αIIbβ3 Integrin Neves MAD, Slavkovic S, Wang Y, Pasman Y, Shoara AA, Gallant RC, Zhu G, Benvenuto P, Johnson PE, Thompson M, Ni H 2023 Adv Mater Interfaces View Researchers Basic research
Mythbusters: Small Volume Blood Collection Tubes Siegal D, Callum J, Sztainert T 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Intraoperative Blood Management Strategies for Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: The Ottawa Intraoperative Transfusion Consensus Lenet T, McIsaac DI, Hallet JH, Jerath A, Lalu MM, Nicholls SG, Presseau J, Tinmouth A, Verret M, Wherrett CG, Fergusson DA, Martel G 2023 JAMA Netw Open View Researchers Clinical research
Comparison of automated solid phase versus manual saline indirect antiglobulin test methodology for non-ABO antibody titration: Implications for perinatal antibody monitoring Niu S, Vetsch M, Beaudin L, Bodnar M, Clarke G 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Nutrient supplementation of culture media improves the detection of Cutibacterium acnes in platelet components by an automated culture system Kumaran D, Ramirez-Arcos S 2023 Vox Sang 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
Assessment of the soluble proteins HMGB1, CD40L and CD62P during various platelet preparation processes and the storage of platelet concentrates: The BEST collaborative study Cognasse F, Hamzeh Cognasse H, Eyraud MA, Prier A, Arthaud CA, Tiberghien P, Begue S, de Korte D, Gouwerok E, Greinacher A, Aurich K, Noorman F, Dumont L, Kelly K, Cloutier M, Bazin R, Cardigan R, Huish S, Smethurst P, Devine D, Schubert P, Johnson L, Marks DC, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Chapter 2. Blood components Gupta A, Bigham M 2023 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The transfusion-associated dyspnea prospective observation and laboratory assessment study: a protocol for investigating and disambiguating cardiopulmonary and high-grade febrile transfusion reactions in adults McVey M, Saeed S, Siddiqui R, Armali C, Kron A, Branch D, Brinc D, Zhang L, Shehata N, Pavenski K, Gupta A, Lin Y, Lieberman L, Pendergrast J, Callum J, Cserti-Gazdewich C 2023 Int J Clin Trials View Health care providers Clinical research
Sommaire des réactions transfusionnelles indésirables 2018-2023 Yan M 2023 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Hämolytische Erkrankung des Neugeborenen (Morbus haemolyticus neonatorum; MHN) durch Rhesus (Rh)-Antikörper und andere Nicht-ABO-Antikörper International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Using analytical methods and simulation to estimate the magnitude of errors in calculations for recovery in washed red blood cells Blake JT, Acker JP, Mastronardi C 2023 Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies, and Application View Researchers Basic research