Our Funded Research Projects

Updated April 2024

Title Principal Investigator / Supervisor Program Project Start Date Project End Date Sort descending Total $ Awarded
Can pre-operative anemia be timely identified and optimized in patients awaiting primary arthroplasty surgery? A randomized clinical trial Principal Investigator: GRAMMATOPOULOS, George

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: FERGUSSON, Dean, RAMSAY, Tim, TINMOUTH, Alan, GAGNE, Sylvain, MACK, Johnathan, BELZILE, Etienne, BEALE, Paul, THAVORN, Kednapa, TOUCHIE, Donna, GERMAIN, Genevieve, LAROCHE, Vincent
Intramural Research Grant Program 276081.0
Small molecule inhibitors of phagocytosis Principal Investigator: BRANCH, Donald

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: KOTRA, Lakshmi P.
Intramural Research Grant Program 399130.0
Development of porcine equivalent RCC and plasma units for translatable ex vivo organ perfusion research Principal Investigator: ACKER, Jason

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: FREED, Darren
Intramural Research Grant Program 121834.0
Identifying biomarkers for Staphylococcus aureus contamination of platelet component Principal Investigator: RAMIREZ-ARCOS, Sandra

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: CHI, Sylvia Ighem
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 150000.0
Rationale, development, and feasibility of a prehospital transfusion registry Principal Investigator: NOLAN, Brodie

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: PEDDLE, Michael, LIN, Yulia, KHANDELWAL, Aditi, MCGOWAN, Melissa, TROJANOWSKI, Jan, SHIH, Andrew
Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program 30000.0
Determining potential policy solutions for normothermic regional perfusion in organ donation in Canada through analysis and resolution of two key ethical challenges Principal Investigator: WEIJER, Charles

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: BADENOCH, Heather, BASMAJI, John, BRAHMANIA, Mayur, CHANDLER, Jennifer, HEALEY, Andrew, LINGARD, Lorelei, MURPHY, Nicholas, OTT, Mary, SHEMIE, Sam, SKARO, Anton, SLESSAREV, Marat
James Kreppner Award Program 50000.0
Red Cell Transfusion Rate and Allosensitization in Patients with End Stage Kidney Disease Principal Investigator: ZIMMERMAN, Deborah

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: FERGUSSON, Dean, FORSTER, Alan, KNOLL, Greg, CALLUM, Jeannie, TINMOUTH, Alan, MACK, Johnathan, CLARK, Edward, RAMSAY, Tim, PERELMAN, Iris
Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program 29015.7
A Simulation Model to Inform Best Practices for Inventory Management of Group O Negative Red Blood Cells Principal Investigator: RUTHERFORD, Alexander

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: BLAKE, John, SHIH, Andrew, MORRISON, Douglas, SAREMI, Alireza
Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program 29500.0
RBC hemolysis and cellular effector mechanisms (RHANCEM) Principal Investigator: BRANCH, Donald

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: CSERTI-GAZDEWICH, Christine, PENDERGRAST,Jacob, CALLUM, Jeannie, YI, Qilong
Intramural Research Grant Program 399927.3
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Trainee Principal Investigator: ZELLER, Michelle

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: GABARIN, Nadia
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Traineeship Award 210000.0
Demonstration of genetic blood group transition in patients undergoing ABO-mismatched allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by peripheral blood quantitative polymerase chain reaction targeting the ABO locus – Full Study Principal Investigator: MCGINNIS, ERIC

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: SHIH, Andrew, WANG, Xiu Qing, STUBBINS, Ryan, HUDOBA, Monika, PETRASZKO, Tanya
Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program 30000.0
Hypothermic Storage as an Alternative to Irradiation of Red Cell Concentrates Principal Investigator: ACKER, Jason

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: CLARKE, Gwen, NAHIRNIAK, Susan, BRANDON-COATHAM, Mackenzie, OLAFSON, Carly
Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program 30000.0
Cold- versus room-temperature storage of platelets for bleeding in hematologic malignancy trials (CoVeRTS-HM Trial) Principal Investigator: MACK, Johnathan

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: TINMOUTH, Alan, FERGUSSON, Dean, SABLOFF, Mitchell
Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program 26385.0
Transcriptome analyses of Staphylococcus aureus grown in platelet concentrates with focus on virulence Principal Investigator: RAMIREZ-ARCOS, Sandra

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: DA SILVA PAREDES, Carina
Graduate Fellowship Program 122000.0
CD71 Erythroid Cells, RBC Clearance and Sepsis in Donor - Recipient Sex- Mismatched Transfusion Principal Investigator: ACKER, Jason

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: LI, Wenhui
Graduate Fellowship Program 70000.0
Anemia-induced bleeding in thrombocytopenic patients with blood cancer Principal Investigator: ARNOLD, Donald

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: MODI, Dimpy
Graduate Fellowship Program 70000.0
Fc receptor blockade related to fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia Principal Investigator: LAZARUS, Alan

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: TAWHIDI, Zoya
Graduate Fellowship Program 70000.0
Improving blood product quality Principal Investigator: DEVINE, Dana

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: MA, Hongshen, JOHNSON, James, D'ALESSANDRO, Angelo
Intramural Research Grant Program 304462.0
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Trainee Principal Investigator: LIN, Yulia

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ARYA, Sumedha
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Traineeship Award 210000.0
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Trainee Principal Investigator: LIN, Yulia

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ROTIN, Lianne
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Traineeship Award 210000.0
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Trainee Principal Investigator: LIN, Yulia

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: RAZA, Sheharyar
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Traineeship Award 210000.0
Donor factors and product quality Principal Investigator: ACKER, Jason

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: YAZDANBAKHSH, Mahsa
Graduate Fellowship Program 122000.0
Preservation of red blood cells by the novel isochoric oil-sealing supercooling system Principal Investigator: ACKER, Jason

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ZHAO, Yuanheng
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 167000.0
Replacing plasma-derived C1 Esterase inhibitor Principal Investigator: SHEFFIELD, William

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: SIVANANTHAN, Sangavi
Graduate Fellowship Program 70000.0
Controlling coagulopathy and bleeding in a mouse model of hemorrhagic shock Principal Investigator: SHEFFIELD, William

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: NAZY, Ishac
Intramural Research Grant Program 274854.0
Innovative strategies for detection of uncharacterized platelet ligands from blood plasma and autoantibodies in blood Principal Investigator: NI, Heyu

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: SLAVKOVIC, Sladjana
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 162400.0
Fc receptor blockade in transfusion medicine Principal Investigator: LAZARUS, Alan

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: NI, Heyu, GUPTA, Akash, SHEHATA, Nadine, KJELDSEN-KRAGH, Jens, NEWMAN, Peter J., CSERTI-GAZDEWICH, Christine, RAVETCH, Jeffery
Intramural Research Grant Program 400000.0
Revisiting the universal donor: Does exposure to O blood products affect patient outcomes? Principal Investigator: ARNOLD, Donald

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ACKER, Jason, BUCKSTEIN, Rena, CALLUM, Jeannie, COOK, Richard, HEDDLE, Nancy, SOLH, Ziad, WEBERT, Kathryn, BARTY, Rebecca, LEBER, Brian, LALIT, Saini
Intramural Research Grant Program 378365.0
Monovalent anti-FcγRI strategy in transfusion medicine Principal Investigator: LAZARUS, Alan

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: TUNDIDOR, Yaima
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 162400.0
Developing educational tools and resources to improve living donor care Principal Investigator: SANDAL, Shaifali

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: NUGUS, Peter, FORTIN, Marie-Chantal, LOBAN, Katya, BUGEJA, Ann, MAINRA, Rahul, DIPCHAND, Christine, BADENOCH, Heather
BloodTechNet Award Program 50000.0
Clot-targeting the novel thrombolytic activity of recombinant factor X Principal Investigator: PRYZDIAL, Ed

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: HAO, Lihua
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 164200.0
Novel techniques in transfusion medicine: Advancing clinical investigations and discovering new ligands of platelets Principal Investigator: BECKETT, Andrew

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: SHOARA, Aron
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 164200.0