Our Research Publications

Updated August 2024

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
A call for caution in use of pertussis vaccine effectiveness studies to estimate waning immunity: A Canadian Immunization Research Network Study Crowcroft NS, Schwartz KL, Savage RD, Chen C, Johnson C, Li Y, Marchand-Austin A, Bolotin S, Deeks SL, Jamieson FB, Drews SJ, Russell ML, Svenson LW, Simmonds K, Righolt CH, Bell C, Mahmud SM, Kwong JC 2020 Clin Infect Dis View Researchers Clinical research
Concentré de recherche: Protéger les patients atteints d’anémie falciforme contre le risque d’allo-immunisation?: avantages du génotypage Shih AW 2020 Blood.ca website Health care providers Clinical research
The efficacy of ice recrystallization inhibitors in rat lung cryopreservation using a low cost technique for ex vivo subnormothermic lung perfusion Lautner L, Himmat S, Acker JP, Nagendran J 2020 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research
Illustrated State-of-the-Art Capsules of the ISTH 2020 Congress Ariens R, Becattini C, Bender M, Bergmeier W, Castoldi E, Devreese K, Ellis M, Gailani D, Ignjatovic V, James PD, Kerrigan S, Lambert M, Lee LH, Levi M, Maugeri N, Meijers J, Melero-Martin J, Michelson AD, Mingozzi F, Neeves K, Ni H, Olsson A-K, Prohászka Z, Ranson M, Riva N, Senis Y, van Ommen CH, Vaughan DE, Weisel J 2020 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
New insights into IVIg mechanisms and alternatives in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases Norris PAA, Kaur G, Lazarus AH 2020 Curr Opin Hematol View Researchers Basic research
Research Unit: Estimating hemophilia prevalence and life expectancy Iorio A 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research
Transfusion of blood components containing ABO-incompatible plasma does not lead to higher mortality in civilian trauma patients Seheult JN, Dunbar NM, Hess JR, Tuott EE, Bahmanyar M, Campbell J, Fontaine M, Khan J, Ko A, Mi J, Murphy MF, Nykoluk T, Poisson J, Raval JS, Shih A, Sperry JL, Staves J, Wong M, Yan MTS, Ziman A, Yazer MH, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative 2020 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
A case series of inactivated Japanese encephalitis virus vaccination associated with positive West Nile virus blood donor screening nucleic acid tests Drews SJ, Makowski K, Wood H, Dimitrova K, Yan MTS, Young D, Skeate R, Ng M, Hawes G, Fearon M, Bigham M 2020 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Aging, chronic inflammation, and platelet hyperactivity Ma W, Karakas D, Chen ZY, Ni H 2020 Ann Blood View Researchers Basic research
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Cellules progénitrices hématopoïétiques de sang de cordon ombilical Jenkins C 2020 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A crosswalk tabular review on methods and outcomes from randomized clinical trials using pathogen reduced platelets Rebulla P, Garban F, van der Meer PF, Heddle NM, McCullough J 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Platelet autoantibodies in the bone marrow of patients with immune thrombocytopenia Shrestha S, Nazy I, Smith JW, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2020 Blood Adv View Health care providers Clinical research
SARS in Canada: Lessons learned for the blood operator Devine DV 2020 Transfus Med View Blood operators Other
Update on newer approaches to prevent or treat COVID-19 infection: What we all need the most right now!! Seghatchian J, Acker JP, Putter JS 2020 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers New or improved product or process
Barriers and enablers to source plasma donation by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men under revised eligibility criteria: protocol for a multiple stakeholder feasibility study Vesnaver E, Goldman M, O’Brien S, MacPherson P, Butler-Foster T, Lapierre D, Otis J, Devine DV, Germain M, Rosser A, MacDonagh R, Randall T, Osbourne-Sorrell W, Clement-Thorne B, Al-Bakri TB, Rubini KA, Hill NE, Presseau J 2020 Health Res Policy Syst View Researchers MSM research
Colloid Transfusion, Natural Anticoagulant Depletion, and Symmetric Peripheral Gangrene Warkentin TE, Ning S, Lim W 2020 N Engl J Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Guidance for the procurement of COVID-19 convalescent plasma: differences between high- and low-middle-income countries Bloch EM, Goel R, Wendel S, Burnouf T, Al-Riyami AZ, Ang AL, DeAngelis V, Dumont LJ, Land K, Lee CK, Oreh A, Patidar G, Spitalnik SL, Vermeulen M, Hindawi S, Van den Berg K, Tiberghien P, Vrielink H, Young P, Devine D, So-Osman C 2020 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Limitations of the particle immunofiltration assay test for diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Warkentin TE, Cook RJ, Greinacher A 2020 Am J Hematol View Health care providers New or improved product or process
TACO-BEL-3: a feasibility study and a retrospective audit of diuretics for patients receiving blood transfusion at ten hospitals Khandelwal A, Lin Y, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Al Moosawi M, Armali C, Arnold D, Callum J, Dallas KL, Lieberman L, Pavenski K, Rioux-Massé B, Shehata N, Shih AW, Pendergrast J 2020 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Defocused Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy in Media of Different Optical Properties for Biomedical Applications Using a Commercial Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy Device Vardaki MZ, Devine DV, Serrano K, Simantiris N, Blades MW, Piret JM, Turner RFB 2020 Appl Spectrosc View Researchers New or improved product or process
IgG3 anti-Kell allotypic variation results in differential antigen binding and phagocytosis Cen SY, Holton MB, Binnington B, Denomme GA, Howie HL, Lebedev JN, Zimring JC, Branch DR 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Venous limb gangrene and pulseless electrical activity (PEA) cardiac arrest during management of deep-vein thrombosis and progressive limb ischemic necrosis following vascular surgery Avram AT, Blostein MD, Hirsch AM, Warkentin TE 2020 Am J Hematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Canada's MSM Research Program - producing and mobilizing knowledge Chargé S, Haw J 2020 Transfusion Today Researchers MSM research
Emerging use of machine learning and advanced technologies to assess red cell quality Sebastian JA, Kolios MC, Acker JP 2020 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers New or improved product or process
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in adults: Second-line and subsequent therapies George J, Arnold D 2020 UptoDate View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Objective assessment of stored blood quality by deep learning Doan M, Sebastian JA, Caicedo JC, Siegert S, Roch A, Turner TR, Mykhailova O, Pinto RN, McQuin C, Goodman A, Parsons MJ, Wolkenhauer O, Hennig H, Singh S, Wilson A, Acker JP, Rees P, Kolios MC, Carpenter AE 2020 PLoS Pathog View Researchers New or improved product or process
Research Unit: Machine learning throws away the buckets to better understand red blood cell quality Acker JP 2020 Blood.ca website View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion septic reactions involving platelet concentrates contaminated with Citrobacter koseri Ramirez-Arcos S 2020 Ann Blood View Researchers Clinical research
Engineering the serpin alpha 1-antitrypsin: A diversity of goals and techniques Scott BM, Sheffield WP 2020 Protein Sci View Researchers Basic research
Platelet vesicles are potent inflammatory mediators in red blood cell products and washing reduces the inflammatory phenotype Almizraq R, Kipkeu B, Acker JP 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
An AI-Driven Predictive Modelling Framework to Analyze and Visualize Blood Product Transactional Data for Reducing Blood Products’ Discards Rad J, Cheng C, Quinn JG, Abidi S, Liwski R, Abidi SSR 2020 Artificial Intelligence in Medicine View Researchers New or improved product or process
Cryoprotectant-dependent control of intracellular ice recrystallization in hepatocytes using small molecule carbohydrate derivatives William N, Acker JP 2020 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research
Platelet Disorders Crowther M, Zawilska K, M?ynarski W, Arnold D 2020 McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Updated Understanding of Platelets in Thrombosis and Hemostasis: The Roles of Integrin PSI Domains and their Potential as Therapeutic Targets MacKeigan DT, Ni T, Shen C, Stratton TW, Ma W, Zhu G, Bhoria P, Ni H 2020 Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets View Researchers Basic research
Concentré de recherche: Améliorer les analyses de qualité réalisées sur les cellules souches destinées à la greffe Pineault N 2020 Blood.ca website View Researchers New or improved product or process
Transfusion of Uncrossmatched Group O Erythrocyte-containing Products Does Not Interfere with Most ABO Typings Yazer MH, Spinella PC, Doyle L, Kaufman RM, Dunn R, Hess JR, Filho LA, Fontaine M, Gathof B, Jackson B, Murphy MF, Pasion J, Raval JS, Rosinski K, Seheult J, Shih AW, Sperry J, Staves J, Tuott EE, Ziman A, Triulzi DJ, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative 2020 Anesthesiology View Researchers Clinical research
Biological Modulation of the Treg:Teff Ratio: From Immunosuppression to Immunoactivation Yang X, Scott M 2020 Immunosupression View Researchers Basic research
Combination of two complementary automated rapid assays for diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) Warkentin TE, Sheppard JI, Smith JW, Li N, Moore JC, Arnold DM, Nazy I 2020 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Differential red blood cell age fractionation and Band?3 phosphorylation distinguish two different subtypes of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia Bloch EM, Branch HA, Sakac D, Leger RM, Branch DR 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Guide des pratiques exemplaires pour la gestion des réserves de sang Clarke G, Romans R 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Management of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: systematic reviews and meta-analyses Morgan RL, Ashoorion V, Cuker A, Begum H, Ross S, Martinez N, Chong BH, Linkins LA, Warkentin TE, Wiercioch W, Nieuwlaat R, Schünemann H, Santesso N 2020 Blood Adv View Researchers Clinical research
Deformability based sorting of stored red blood cells reveals donor-dependent aging curves Islamzada E, Matthews K, Guo Q, Santoso AT, Duffy SP, Scott MD, Ma H 2020 Lab Chip View Researchers Basic research
The impact of age and sex on first-time donor return behavior Masser BM, Wright S, Germain M, Grégoire Y, Goldman M, O'Brien SF, Kamel H, Bravo M, Merz EM, van den Hurk K, Prinsze F, Takanashi M, Wilder Z, Shaz B, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Vers une nouvelle politique de don de sang? Un projet d’Héma-Québec auprès des hommes gais sexuellement actifs fait l’objet d’une étude. Caza P 2020 Actualités UQAM View Other Other
A Canadian perspective on the use and preparation of cryopreserved red cell concentrates Turner TR, Acker JP 2020 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers New or improved product or process
Control of data variations in intravital microscopy thrombosis models Lei X, MacKeigan DT, Ni H 2020 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Emotional labour and cord blood collection: frontline perspectives Haw J, Polzer J, Devine Dana V 2020 J Health Organ Manag View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Research Unit: Protecting patients with sickle cell disease from alloimmunization risk: benefits of genotyping Shih AW 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research
Is Platelet Desialylation a Novel Biomarker and Therapeutic Target in Immune Thrombocytopenia? Li J, Sullivan J, Ni H 2020 Cell Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Exploring the frontiers of IVIG-associated hemolysis Pendergrast J, Branch D 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting