Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Survey for bacterial testing of platelet components in Latin America Ramirez-Arcos S, McDonald CP, Benjamin RJ, for the ISBT Working Party Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases Bacterial Subgroup 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators New or improved product or process
ResearchUnit: An immune cell secretion may protect patients from transfusion-related lung injury Semple J 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Blood: the basics Chargé S, Hodgkinson KM 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Other
Concentré de recherche: Cellules tueuses naturelles : quand les cellule perdent le nord! Ni H 2017 Blood.ca website View Researchers Basic research
Do we know if we deplete or treat the donor's iron? Goldman M, Van den Burg P 2017 Transfusion Today View Health care providers Clinical research
Hepatitis E in Canadian blood donors Fearon MA, O'Brien SF, Delage G, Scalia V, Bernier F, Bigham M, Weger S, Prabhu S, Andonov A 2017 Transfusion View Blood operators Clinical research
Immunogenicity of murine mPEG-red blood cells and the risk of anti-PEG antibodies in human blood donors Le Y, Toyofuku WM, Scott MD 2017 Exp Hematol View Researchers Basic research
IVIG regulates the survival of human but not mouse neutrophils Schneider C, Wicki S, Graeter S, Timcheva TM, Keller CW, Quast I, Leontyev D, Djoumerska-Alexieva IK, Kasermann F, Jakob SM, Peyta D, Branch D, Cummings J, Kaufmann T, Simon H, Von Gunten S 2017 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Mature murine megakaryocytes present antigen-MHC class I molecules to T cells and transfer them to platelets Zufferey A, Speck ER, Machlus KR, Aslam R, Guo L, McVey MJ, Kim M, Kapur R, Boilard E, Italiano JE, Jr., Semple JW 2017 Blood Adv View Researchers Basic research
Paying it forward: Why we need YOU to give blood Callum J 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Other
The immune-stimulation capacity of liposome-treated red blood cells da Silveira Cavalcante L, Branch DR, Duong TT, Yeung RSM, Acker JP, Holovati JL 2017 J Liposome Res View Researchers Basic research
The Stem Cell Club - spearheading stem cell donor recruitment at medical schools across Canada Parmar S, Rikhraj K, Hartsook S, Afford M, Longmuir C, Brar R, Ladd A, Thatcher A, Cuperfain A, Tigert A, Arora N, Suppiah R, Mcintosh S, Devito V, Leigh J, Yu J, Naidu A, Wang G, Sedra S, Hanna Y, Aziz D, Winquist L, Cheon S, Fingrut W 2017 2017 CFMS Annual Review View Health care providers Other
Restrictive versus liberal red blood cell transfusion strategies for people with haematological malignancies treated with intensive chemotherapy or radiotherapy, or both, with or without haematopoietic stem cell support Estcourt LJ, Malouf R, Trivella M, Fergusson DA, Hopewell S, Murphy MF 2017 Cochrane Database Syst Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
Serological best practices: Anti-M Clarke G, Cote J, Lane D 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Supernatant reduction of stored gamma?irradiated red blood cells minimizes potentially harmful substances present in transfusion aliquots for neonates Serrano K, Pambrun C, Levin E, Devine DV 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
The perioperative anticoagulant use for surgery evaluation (PAUSE) study for patients on a direct oral anticoagulant who need an elective surgery or procedure: design and rationale Douketis JD, Spyropoulos AC, Anderson JM, Arnold DM, Bates SM, Blostein M, Carrier M, Caprini JA, Clark NP, Coppens M, Dentali F, Duncan J, Gross PL, Kassis J, Kowalski S, Lee AY, Le Gal G, Le Templier G, Li N, MacKay E, Shah V, Shivakumar S, Solymoss S, Spencer FA, Syed S, Tafur AJ, Vanassche T, Thiele T, Wu C, Yeo E, Schulman S 2017 Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Vox Sanguinis International Forum on platelet cryopreservation Cohn CS, Dumont LJ, Lozano M, Marks DC, Johnson L, Ismay S, Bondar N, T'Sas F, Yokoyama APH, Kutner JM, Acker JP, Bohonek M, Sailliol A, Martinaud C, Poglod R, Antoniewicz-Papis J, Lachert E, Pun PBL, Lu J, Cid J, Guijarro F, Puig L, Gerber B, Alberio L, Schanz U, Buser A, Noorman F, Zoodsma M, van der Meer PF, de Korte D, Wagner S, O'Neill M 2017 Vox Sang View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Impact of osteoblast maturation on their paracrine growth enhancing activity on cord blood progenitors Alsheikh M, Abu?Khader A, Michalicka M, Pasha R, Pineault N 2017 Eur J Haematol View Researchers Basic research
Red blood cell membrane water permeability increases with length of ex vivo storage Alshalani A, Acker JP 2017 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research
Residual risk of bacterial contamination of platelets: six years of experience with sterility testing Ramirez-Arcos S, DiFranco C, McIntyre T, Goldman M 2017 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Selection and characterization of a DNA aptamer inhibiting coagulation factor XIa Donkor DA, Bhakta V, Eltringham-Smith LJ, Stafford AR, Weitz JI, Sheffield WP 2017 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Virus-Platelet Associations Pryzdial ELG, Lin BH, Sutherland MR 2017 Platelets in Thrombotic and Non-Thrombotic Disorders: Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics: an Update View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Plasma residues enhance bacterial attachment to platelet storage bags Ramirez-Arcos S 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Use of cytomegalovirus (CMV) seronegative blood products Ryan J 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Eryptosis in health and disease: A paradigm shift towards understanding the (patho)physiological implications of programmed cell death of erythrocytes Qadri SM, Bissinger R, Solh Z, Oldenborg PA 2017 Blood Rev View Researchers Basic research
Introduction to the special issue: Teaching healthcare operations research, part 2 Blake J 2017 INFORMS Transactions on Education View Researchers New or improved product or process
Neonatal and pediatric transfusion Lau W 2017 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Rapport de surveillance 2016 O'Brien SF 2017 Blood.ca website View Other Benchmarking and standard setting
The importance of iron for whole blood donors: a Canadian perspective Pambrun C, Goldman M 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Other
Concentré de recherche: Comment se comportent les bactéries lors de la fabrication des plaquettes? Ramirez-Arcos S 2017 Blood.ca website View Researchers Basic research
Immunogenicity, efficacy and safety of Nuwiq® (human-cl rhFVIII) in previously untreated patients with severe haemophilia A-Interim results from the NuProtect Study Liesner RJ, Abashidze M, Aleinikova O, Altisent C, Belletrutti MJ, Borel-Derlon A, Carcao M, Chambost H, Chan AKC, Dubey L, Ducore J, Fouzia NA, Gattens M, Gruel Y, Guillet B, Kavardakova N, El Khorassani M, Klukowska A, Lambert T, Lohade S, Sigaud M, Turea V, Wu JKM, Vdovin V, Pavlova A, Jansen M, Belyanskaya L, Walter O, Knaub S, Neufeld EJ 2017 Haemophilia View Researchers Clinical research
IVIG-associated hemolysis: Its causes and potential resolution Branch D 2017 GBS/CIDP Foundation Spring/Summer 2017 Newsletter View Other Clinical research
Modeling of body weight metrics for effective and cost-efficient conventional factor VIII dosing in hemophilia A prophylaxis McEneny-King A, Chelle P, Henrard S, Hermans C, Iorio A, Edginton AN 2017 Pharmaceutics View Health care providers Clinical research
Platelet product quality remains high after seven days of storage Serrano K, Schubert P, Devine D 2017 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Pre-transfusion testing Lane D 2017 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Risks and trends of red blood cell transfusion in obstetric patients: a retrospective study of 45,213 deliveries using administrative data Shehata N, Chassé M, Colas JA, Murphy M, Forster AJ, Malinowski AK, Ducharme R, Fergusson DA, Tinmouth A, Wilson K 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Spontaneous HIT syndrome post-knee replacement surgery with delayed recovery of thrombocytopenia: a case report and literature review Poudel DR, Ghimire S, Dhital R, Forman DA, Warkentin TE 2017 Platelets View Health care providers Clinical research
The Stem Cell Club: a model for unrelated stem cell donor recruitment Fingrut W, Parmar S, Cuperfain A, Rikhraj K, Charman E, Ptak E, Kahlon M, Graham A, Luong S, Wang YG, Yu J, Arora N, Suppiah R, Li EW, Lee A, Welsh C, Benzaquen M, Thatcher A, Baharmand I, Ladd A, Petraszko T, Allan D, Messner H 2017 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
The effect of rituximab on anti-platelet autoantibody levels in patients with immune thrombocytopenia Arnold DM, Vrbensky JR, Karim N, Smith JW, Liu Y, Ivetic N, Kelton JG, Nazy I 2017 Br J Haematol View Health care providers Clinical research
Two cases of the variant RHD* DAU5 allele associated with maternal alloanti-D Duncan J, Nahirniak S, Onell R, Clarke G 2017 Immunohematology View Health care providers Clinical research
Vox Sanguinis international forum on platelet cryopreservation: summary Cohn CS, Dumont LJ, Lozano M, Marks D, Johnson L, Ismay S, Bondar N, T'Sas F, Yokoyama APH, Kutner JM, Acker J, Bohonek M, Sailliol A, Martinaud C, Poglod R, Antoniewicz-Papis J, Lachert E, Pun P, Lu J, Cid J, Guijarro F, Puig L, Gerber B, Alberio L, Schanz U, Buser A, Noorman F, Zoodsma M, van der Meer PF, de Korte D, Wagner S, O'Neill M 2017 Vox Sang View Blood operators New or improved product or process
CMV seronegative, irradiated and washed blood components Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Solh Z 2017 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Fluids in sepsis and septic shock (FISSH): protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial Rochwerg B, Millen T, Austin P, Zeller M, D'Aragon F, Jaeschke R, Masse MH, Mehta S, Lamontagne F, Meade M, Guyatt G, Cook DJ 2017 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
Les composants sanguins Clarke G 2017 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Mortality outcomes in patients transfused with fresher versus older red blood cells: a meta-analysis Chai-Adisaksopha C, Alexander PE, Guyatt G, Crowther MA, Heddle NM, Devereaux PJ, Ellis M, Roxby D, Sessler DI, Eikelboom JW 2017 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Residual Risk of HIV, HCV and HBV in Canada O'Brien SF, Yi Q-L, Fan W, Scalia V, Goldman M, Fearon MA 2017 Transfus Apher Sci View Health care providers Clinical research
The cost of transfusing a unit of red blood cells: a costing model for Canadian hospital use Lagerquist O, Poseluzny D, Werstiuk G, Slomp J, Maier M, Nahirniak S, Clarke G 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Health care providers Ethical, legal and social implications research
Using pharmacokinetics to individualize hemophilia therapy Iorio A 2017 Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program View Health care providers Clinical research
Autoimmune heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Greinacher A, Selleng K, Warkentin TE 2017 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Comparison of bacterial attachment to platelet bags with and without preconditioning with plasma Loza-Correa M, Kalab M, Yi QL, Eltringham?Smith L, Sheffield W, Ramirez-Arcos S 2017 Vox Sang View Researchers Basic research