Our Funded Research Projects

Updated April 2024

Title Principal Investigator / Supervisor Program Sort descending Project Start Date Project End Date Total $ Awarded
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
DNA aptamers for detection of red blood cells destined for rapid post-transfusion clearance Principal Investigator: SHEFFIELD, William

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: DONKOR, David
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 150000.0
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
Development of a small molecule-based stem and progenitor expansion protocol to accelerate engraftment after cord blood transplantation Principal Investigator: PINEAULT, Nicolas

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: MANESIA, Javed
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 101200.0
Monovalent anti-FcγRI strategy in transfusion medicine Principal Investigator: LAZARUS, Alan

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: TUNDIDOR, Yaima
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 162400.0
The mechanism of action of monoclonal antibody blends in the potential replacement of anti-D in HDFN Principal Investigator: LAZARUS, Alan

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: CRUZ-LEAL, Yoelys
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 165000.0
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
Novel detection strategies for new platelet ligands and anti-platelet antibodies Principal Investigator: NI, Heyu

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: NEVES, Miguel
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 150000.0
Study of Whole Blood In Frontline Trauma-2 (SWIFT-2) Principal Investigator: BECKETT, Andrew

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: SINGH, Kanwal
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 20500.0
Donor characteristics and the quality of red cell concentrates Principal Investigator: ACKER, Jason

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: MYKHAILOVA, Olga
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 165000.0
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
Pathogenesis of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia and mechanisms of IVIG therapy Principal Investigator: NI, Heyu

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: YOUGBARE, Issaka
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 151800.0
Development of a drug to replace IVIg, and ADCC as cause for unexplained hemolysis post-transfusion Principal Investigator: BRANCH, Donald

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ALMIZRAQ, Ruqayyah
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 165000.0
Mechanism of anti-D-like antibody-mediated amelioration of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Principal Investigator: LAZARUS, Alan

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: YU, Xiaojie (Ben)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 106200.0
Reducing IVIG usage by developing novel prophylaxis therapies against FNAIT Principal Investigator: NI, Heyu

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: PASMAN, Yfke
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 165000.0
Transfusion options in coagulopathy: Efficacy in controlling bleeding Principal Investigator: SHEFFIELD, William

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: QADRI, Syed
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 151800.0
McMaster Transfusion Research Program Principal Investigator: HEDDLE, Nancy

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee:
Program Support Award for Canadian Transfusion Medicine and Science Research Program 833333.0
University of Ottawa Centre for Transfusion Research Principal Investigator: TINMOUTH, Alan

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee:
Program Support Award for Canadian Transfusion Medicine and Science Research Program 799887.8
The Centre for Blood Research Principal Investigator: CONWAY, Ed

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee:
Program Support Award for Canadian Transfusion Medicine and Science Research Program 776229.0
An evaluation of learner perspectives and outcomes following completion of the transfusion medicine area of focused competence Principal Investigator: TSENG, Eric Kuo

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ZELLER, Michelle
Qualitative Education Funding 9875.0
Red cell genotyping using buccal swab DNA Principal Investigator: BERARDI, Philip

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: GOLDMAN, Mindy R., HANNON, Judith, CLARKE, Gwen, LIWSKI, Robert
Small Project Funding Program 15000.0
Pre-transfusion furosemide for TACO Principal Investigator: SKEATE, Robert

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: CALLUM, Jeannie
Small Project Funding Program 15000.0
ROTEM-guided transfusion protocols - impact on the manufacturer Principal Investigator: TRUDEAU, Jacqueline

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: PETRASZKO, Tanya, LI, Cecilia
Small Project Funding Program 15000.0
National evaluation of platelet transport bags to reduce wastage Principal Investigator: WEBERT, Kathryn

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: CALLUM, Jeannie, LIN, Yulia, LIEBERMAN, Lani, PENDERGRAST, Jacob, CSERTI-GAZDEWICH, Christine
Small Project Funding Program 9740.0
Use of red blood cell antigen genotyping to assess RhD diversity in sickle cell disease patients Principal Investigator: SHIH, Andrew

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: BERARDI, Philip, CLARKE, Gwen, HANNON, Judith, HEDDLE, Nancy, VERHOVSEK, Madeleine
Small Project Funding Program 15000.0
Neonatal outcomes after transfusion of ABO non-identical blood (Neo-ABO) Principal Investigator: SOLH, Ziad

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: HEDDLE, Nancy, COOK, Richard J., FUSCH, Christoph
Small Project Funding Program 14988.7
Data sharing with CBMTG registry Principal Investigator: ALLAN, David

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: PAULSON, Kristjan
Small Project Funding Program 15000.0
Understanding brain death: a multipurpose educational video aimed to a diverse public and professional audience Principal Investigator: SHEMIE, Sam

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee:
Small Project Funding Program 14000.0
Incidence of intracranial hemorrhage in pediatric oncology patients Principal Investigator: WEBERT, Kathryn

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee:
Small Project Funding Program 15000.0
McMaster Centre for Transfusion Research Principal Investigator: ARNOLD, Donald

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee:
Transfusion Medicine Research Program Support Award 1303333.5
University of Toronto QUEST Research Program Principal Investigator: CALLUM, Jeannie

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee:
Transfusion Medicine Research Program Support Award 1290733.5
The Canadian National Transplant Research Program: increasing donating and improving transplantation outcomes Principal Investigator: WEST, Lori

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee:
Transplantation Research Program 250000.0