Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Proceedings of the immune thrombocytopenia summit: new concepts in mechanisms, diagnosis, and management Mahamad S, Modi D, Al-Samkari H, Cuker A, Despotovic JM, Italiano JE, Lambert MP, Lee EJ, Rondina MT, Sholzberg M, Kruse C, Larché M, Nazy I, Miller MS, Arnold DM 2023 Res Pract Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Trogocytosis drives red blood cell antigen loss in association with antibody-mediated immune suppression Cruz-Leal Y, Norris PAA, Gonzalez LG, Marjoram D, Wabnitz H, Shan Y, Lazarus AH 2023 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Doença hemolítica do recém-nascido (DHRN): incompatibilidade ABO International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Barriers and enablers to and strategies for promoting domestic plasma donation throughout the world: 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 SF, MacPherson P, Dogba J, Steed T, Goldman M, Presseau J 2023 PLoS One View Blood operators Social science research
The operational impact of introducing cold stored platelets Blake JT, Krok E, Pavenski K, Pambrun C, Petraszko T 2023 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Lessons learned from the CONCOR-1 trial Callum J, Bégin P, Jamula E, Liu Y, Kron AT, Auclair MC, Cushing M, Arnold DM 2023 Transfus Med View Researchers Clinical research
Hemocompatibility of bCyclodextrin-Modified (Methacryloyloxy)ethyl Phosphorylcholine Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles Li S, Sharaf MG, Rowe EM, Serrano K, Devine DV, Unsworth LD 2023 Biomolecules View Researchers Basic research
Q&A: Anemia in Hospitalized Patients Siegal D, Callum J, Sztainert T 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research
Comparing two extracellular additives to facilitate extended storage of red blood cells in a supercooled state William N, Isiksacan Z, Mykhailova O, Olafson C, Yarmush ML, Usta OB, Acker JP 2023 Front Physiol View Researchers Basic research
Evaluating the inventory impact of utilizing low titer platelets in regional hospitals Blake JT, Clarke G, Bodnar M, Stepien J 2023 Transfusion View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
NAC Recommendations for the Use of Solvent-Detergent Plasma in Canada Quinn JG, Pavenski K, Webert K, Ye S 2023 National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
FAQ : Information destinée aux professionnels de la santé sur les plaquettes d’aphérèse traitées au psoralène (PATP) et les plaquettes d’aphérèse non traitées dans la solution additive pour plaquettes PAS-E Ning S, Nowry A, Zeller M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The Specialist in Transfusion Science program Clarke G, Holovati J 2023 Immunohematology View Researchers Other
An evaluation of the clinical impacts of 7-day platelets Ning S, Gabarin N, Li N, Liu Y, Lucier K, Barty R, Acker J, Webert KE, Warkentin TE, Arnold DM, Heddle NM 2023 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Validation Plan for Lower Volume Blood tubes Siegal D, Callum J, Sztainert T 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Malattia emolitica del neonato (HDN): malattia di Rhesus (Rh) e MEN da altri anticorpi non-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 medicine education delivery in Rwanda: Adapting Transfusion Camp to a resource-limited setting Skelton T, Nizeyimana F, Pendergrast J, Hagumimana J, Masaisa F, Kanyamuhunga A, Gashaija C, Callum J, Pavenski K, Khandelwal A, Lieberman L, Chargé S, Kapitany C, Morgan M, Meirovich H, Lin Y 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Education research
Adjudicating the Diagnosis of Immune Thrombocytopenia in a Clinical Research Study Gabe C, Mahamad S, John M, Duncan J, Kelton J, Arnold D 2023 TH Open View Researchers Clinical research
Validation of a flow-cytometry-based red blood cell antigen phenotyping method Liwski R, Clarke G, Cheng C, Abidi SSR, Abidi SR, Quinn JG 2023 Vox Sang View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Hepatitis B Blood Donor Screening Data: An Under-Recognized Resource for Canadian Public Health Surveillance O’Brien SF, Reedman CN, Osiowy C, Bolotin S, Yi Q-L, Lourenço L, Lewin A, Binka M, Caffrey N, Drews SJ 2023 Viruses View Researchers Clinical research
Eleven-month SARS-CoV-2 binding antibody decay, and associated factors, among mRNA vaccinees: implications for booster vaccination Asamoah-Boaheng M, Grunau B, Haig S, Karim ME, Kirkham T, Lavoie PM, Sediqi S, Drews SJ, apos, Brien SF, Barakauskas V, Marquez AC, Jassem A, Goldfarb DM 2023 Access Microbiol View Researchers Clinical research
An association between intracellular ICE recrystallization-induced dna damage, the cell cycle, and chromatin condensation William N, Acker JP 2023 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research
Simulation-optimisation approach to support management of blood components inventory Silva Magalhães V, Pinto LR, Rodrigues LF, Blake JT 2023 J Simul View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Canadian Blood Services traceback investigation of a suspected case of transfusion-transmitted malaria Tordon B, Drews SJ, Flahr F, Bennett K, Gaziano T, Anderson D, Nahirniak S, Gerges H, Tyrrell GJ, Mah J, Ndao M, Bigham M, Seftel M 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Microbiological environmental contamination in the blood supply chain: An international survey by the bacterial subgroup of the ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party Ramirez-Arcos S, Garcia-Otalora M, McDonald C, ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party Subgroup on Bacteria 2023 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Alternatives to blood donor deferral of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: Acceptability of screening the sexual risk behavior of all blood donors Fisher WA, Kohut T, Woo H, Haw J 2023 Transfusion View Blood operators MSM research
Prophylaxis use of clotting factor replacement products in people with non-severe haemophilia: A review of the literature Iorio A, Königs C, Reding MT, Rotellini D, Skinner MW, Mancuso ME, Berntorp E 2023 Haemophilia View Health care providers Clinical research
Cross-Canada Variability in Blood Donor SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence by Social Determinants of Health O’Brien SF, Caffrey N, Yi Q-L, Bolotin S, Janjua NZ, Binka M, Thanh CQ, Stein DR, Lang A, Colquhoun A, Pambrun C, Reedman CN, Drews SJ 2023 Microbiol Spectr View Researchers Clinical research
Evaluating variation in perioperative red blood cell transfusion for patients undergoing elective gastrointestinal cancer surgery Zuckerman J, Coburn N, Callum J, Mahar AL, Lin Y, Turgeon AF, McLeod R, Pearsall E, Martel G, Hallet J 2023 Surgery View Researchers Clinical research
Innovation & Portfolio Management Annual Impact Report 2022 – 2023 Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management 2023 Blood.ca website View General public Other
Granulocyte transfusion therapy Gardner E, Fernandes M, Latour C, Seftel M, Acker J, Clarke G 2023 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Leveraging Donor Populations to Study the Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Transfusion-Transmitted and Emerging Infectious Diseases Bloch EM, Busch MP, Corash LM, Dodd R, Hailu B, Kleinman S, O'Brien S, Petersen L, Stramer SL, Katz L 2023 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers New or improved product or process
International Forum on Blood Donation in Individuals with Current, Past or Germline Predisposition to Malignancy: Summary Baggio D, Fox LC, Wood EM, Aditya RN, Goldman M, van den Berg K, Kayser S, Wuchter P, Namba N, Tsuno NH, Makino S, Lee CK, Akhtar N, Shah F, Miflin G, Prati D, La Raja M, La Rocca U, Richard P, Tiberghien P, Harley RJ, Raouf MY, Sharma R, Kaur S, Bruijns S, Prakke-Weekamp H, Dunbar N 2023 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
An online immunohematology educational resource for post-graduate hematology trainees: LearnSerology.ca Arsenault V, Yan MTS, Tait G, Lewin A, Pendergrast J 2023 Transfus Apher Sci View Health care providers Education research
Impact of SERPINC1 mutation on thrombotic phenotype in children with congenital antithrombin deficiency-first analysis of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis pediatric antithrombin deficiency database and biorepository Kumar R, Bakeer N, Dawson J, Al-Mughairy A, Stanek J, Dunn A, Male C, Chan A, Williams S 2023 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
How do I/we forecast tomorrows’ transfusion: Blood components Pereyra N, Devine DV 2023 Transfus Clin Biol View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Use of selective phenotyping and genotyping to identify rare blood donors in Canada Tordon B, Montemayor C, Clarke G, O'Brien SF, Goldman M 2023 Vox Sang View Blood operators Clinical research
The chemokines IP-10/CXCL10 and IL-8/CXCL8 are potential novel biomarkers of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia Branch DR, Leger RM, Sakac D, Yi Q, Duong T, Yeung RSM, Binnington B, Bloch EM 2023 Blood Adv View Researchers Basic research
Enfermedad hemolítica del feto y del recién nacido (EHFRN): incompatibilidad ABO International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines 2023 ICTMG.org View General public Other
Transfusion of female blood in a rat model is associated with red blood cells entrapment in organs Alshalani A, de Wissel MB, Tuip-de Boer AM, Roelofs JJTH, van Bruggen R, Acker JP, Juffermans NP 2023 PLoS One View Researchers Basic research
Medication use in Canadian blood donors Goldman M, Miller O, O'Brien SF 2023 Vox Sang View Blood operators Clinical research
FAQ : plasma traité au solvant-détergent (Octaplasma) Mack J, Gordon I, Romans R, Webert K, Ning S, Zeller M 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Plasma Components Stewart T 2023 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
First Report of Successful Laser Warming for Frozen Gonadal Tissues and Oocytes in the Domestic Cat Model Rowlison T, Nagashima J, Acker J, Ben R, Daly J, Hagedorn, Comizzoli P 2023 Biopreserv Biobank View Researchers Basic research
Emotional Labor of Nurses and Phlebotomists in a New Source Plasma Collection Site During the COVID-19 Pandemic Holloway K 2023 Glob Qual Nurs Res View Researchers Ethical, legal & social implications research
Perivascular niche cells sense thrombocytopenia and activate hematopoietic stem cells in an IL-1 dependent manner Luis TC, Barkas N, Carrelha J, Giustacchini A, Mazzi S, Norfo R, Wu B, Aliouat A, Guerrero JA, Rodriguez-Meira A, Bouriez-Jones T, Macaulay IC, Jasztal M, Zhu G, Ni H, Robson MJ, Blakely RD, Mead AJ, Nerlov C, Ghevaert C, Jacobsen SEW 2023 Nat Commun View Researchers Basic research
HLA-haplotype redundancy and rareness in Canadian Blood Services' Stem Cell Registry and Cord Blood Bank: Novel metrics for optimizing utility Bailey AJM, Blake J, Ganz K, Seftel MD, Allan DS 2023 Transfusion View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Transfusion camp: A retrospective study of self-reported impact on postgraduate trainee transfusion practice Yeung KCY, Kapitany C, Chargé S, Callum J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, D'Empaire PP, Khandelwal A, Lieberman L, Lee C, Pavenski K, Pendergrast J, Shehata N, Hsia CC, Lavoie M, Murphy MF, Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Rahmani M, Trudeau J, Zeller MP, Lin Y 2023 Transfusion View Health care providers Education research
B cells and antibodies in refractory immune thrombocytopenia Roeser A, Lazarus AH, Mahévas M 2023 Br J Haematol View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting