Our Funded Research Projects
Updated April 2024
| Title | Principal Investigator / Supervisor | Program Sort ascending | Project Start Date | Project End Date | Total $ Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Trainee | Principal Investigator: LAU, Wendy Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: TORDON, Bryan |
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Traineeship Award | 210000.0 | ||
| Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Trainee | Principal Investigator: LAU, Wendy Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: VANDERMEULEN, Heather |
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Traineeship Award | 210000.0 | ||
| Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Trainee | Principal Investigator: SHIH, Andrew Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: TAPLEY, Laura |
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Traineeship Award | 105000.0 | ||
| Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Trainee | Principal Investigator: ZELLER, Michelle Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: GABARIN, Nadia |
Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Traineeship Award | 210000.0 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Process evaluation of the Canadian Blood Services' cord blood bank: managerial and donor perspectives | Principal Investigator: DEVINE, Dana Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: HAW, Jennie |
CIHR Health System Impact Fellowship | 46500.0 | ||
| Options for increasing plasma supply in Canada: A health economic preference and modelling study | Principal Investigator: HOLLOWAY, Kelly Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: KENNEDY, Kevin |
CIHR Health System Impact Fellowship | 108500.0 | ||
| Leveraging equity-focused implementation science to evaluate and support the re-integration of men who have sex with men into the blood donation system | Principal Investigator: GOLDMAN, Mindy Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: VESNAVER, Elisabeth |
CIHR Health System Impact Fellowship | 108500.0 | ||
| Myocardial Ischemia and Transfusion. The MINT rollover trial | Principal Investigator: HEBERT, Paul Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: CARSON, Jeffrey L., DEVEREAUX, Philip J., EIKELBOOM, John W., FERGUSSON, Dean A., GOODMAN, Shaun G. , MCALISTER, Finlay A. , TINMOUTH, Alan T. |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 140210.0 | ||
| Platelet microRNAs during storage under blood bank conditions | Principal Investigator: PROVOST, Patrick Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: HITZLER, Walter |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 349548.0 | ||
| Pathogenesis and treatment of immune thrombocytopenia: Are there fundamental differences between anti-GPlba- and anti-GPllbllla-mediated thrombocytopenia? | Principal Investigator: NI, Heyu Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 378529.0 | ||
| Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: novel mechanisms and therapeutic approaches | Principal Investigator: NI, Heyu Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 471393.0 | ||
| Transfusion of red cells in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: The TRIST Study | Principal Investigator: TAY, Jason Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ALLAN, David S. , COYLE, Douglas A. , FERGUSSON, Dean A. , TINMOUTH, Alan T. , WALKER, Irwin R |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 340817.0 | ||
| Mechanisms of antibody-independent transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) | Principal Investigator: KUEBLER, Wolfgang Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: SEMPLE, John W. |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 328712.0 | ||
| Novel mechanisms of platelet aggregation: Roles of non-classical beta-3 integrin ligands and fibronectin in thrombosis and hemostasis | Principal Investigator: NI, Heyu Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 398871.0 | ||
| Transfusion-related Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection among allogeneic stem cell transplant pediatric recipients: A multicenter prospective cohort study (TREASuRE Study) | Principal Investigator: TROTTIER, Helen Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ALFIERI, Carolina , BUTEAU, Chantal , DUVAL, Michel , LACROIX, Jacques , ROBITAILLE, Nancy , SPINELLA, Philip , TUCCI, Marisa |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 519766.0 | ||
| Short and long-term clinical effects of blood donor characteristics in transfusion recipients | Principal Investigator: FERGUSSON, Dean Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ACKER, Jason P., CHASSÉ, Michael, ENGLISH, Shane, FORSTER, Alan, KNOLL, Greg, McINTYRE, Lauralyn A., SHEHATA, Nadine , van WALRAVEN, Carl, WILSON, Kumanan , TINMOUTH, Alan T. |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 103806.0 | ||
| Expanding treatment options for inflammatory bowel disease: A novel mechanism of antibody-based immunotherapy | Principal Investigator: SLY, Laura Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: HORWITZ, Marc, BRESSLER, Brian, RASSEKH, Rod, TURVEY, Stuart |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 408540.6 | ||
| Tranexamic acid versus placebo to reduce perioperative blood transfusion in patients undergoing major liver resection: a pilot randomized controlled trial | Principal Investigator: KARANICOLAS, Paul Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: GUYATT, Gordon H. , CHAUDHURY, Prosanto K. , DIXON, Elijah , LIN, Yulia , McCLUSKEY, Stuart A. , PORTER, Geoffrey A. , TARSHIS, Jordan , WEI, Alice C. |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 248319.0 | ||
| Exploratory analyses to determine if method of donor blood processing affects outcome in transfused recipients | Principal Investigator: HEDDLE, Nancy Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ACKER, Jason P. , ARNOLD, Donald M. , COOK, Richard J. , EIKELBOOM, John W. , O'BRIEN, Sheila F. , WEBERT, Kathryn E. |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 159878.0 | ||
| Understanding host mechanisms responsible for immune platelet destruction and thrombocytopenia | Principal Investigator: SEMPLE, John Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 406003.0 | ||
| Examining the relationship between repeated blood donations in female donors on maternal/neonatal outcomes: a cohort study | Principal Investigator: TINMOUTH, Alan Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: CHASSE, Michael, FERGUSSON, Dean A., GOLDMAN, Mindy R., O'BRIEN, Sheila F., SPRAGUE, Ann, van WALRAVEN, Carl, WALKER, Mark C., WILSON, Kumanan |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 135657.0 | ||
| Polyhemoglobin catalase superoxide dismutase carbonic anhydrase: a novel soluble biotherapeutic with no cardiac toxicity for hemorrhagic shock and other uses | Principal Investigator: CHANG, Thomas Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 224520.0 | ||
| Identification of host cellular immune mechanisms responsible for the initiation and/or modulation of Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) | Principal Investigator: SEMPLE, John Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: KUEBLER, Wolfgang M. |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 398982.0 | ||
| Characterization of the hematopoietic reconstitution enhancing activity of osteoblasts derived from human mesenchymal stromal cells | Principal Investigator: PINEAULT, Nicolas Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: CAMPBELL, Pearl , GARNIER, Alain |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 320504.0 | ||
| Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury and delayed TRALI: a prospective study in critically ill children | Principal Investigator: EMERIAUD, Guillaume Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: DU PONT-THIBIDEAU, Genevieve, FONTELA, Patricia S. , GAUVIN, France, GILFOYLE, Elaine, HUTCHISON, James S., LACROIX, Jacques, MENON, Kusum, ROBITAILLE, Nancy, TINMOUTH, Alan T., TROTTIER, Helen |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 477651.0 | ||
| The use of antibody-mediated immune suppression as a model in the development of a replacement for RhD prophylaxis in haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn | Principal Investigator: LAZARUS, Alan Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 620822.0 | ||
| Design and implementation of circulatory oxygen therapeutics derived from human hemoglobin by improved systematic chemical coupling and cross-linking | Principal Investigator: KLUGER, Ronald Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 192039.0 | ||
| Defining disease mechanisms in Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) and their association with clinical outcomes | Principal Investigator: ARNOLD, Donald Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: COOK, Richard J., NAZY, Ishac |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 317469.0 | ||
| Improving the cryostorage of blood products using novel small molecule cryoprotectants | Principal Investigator: BEN, Robert Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ACKER, Jason P. , ALLAN, David S. |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 384180.0 | ||
| Release, delivery and cell programming effects of platelet microparticles and microRNAs | Principal Investigator: PROVOST, Patrick Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: BOILARD, Eric |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 427422.0 | ||
| Polymer-based manufacturing tolerogenic miRNA-based therapeutics | Principal Investigator: SCOTT, Mark Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: HORWITZ, Marc S. |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 491125.0 | ||
| Small molecule inhibitors of phagocytosis as replacement therapy for IVIG | Principal Investigator: BRANCH, Donald Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: KOTRA, Lakshmi, P. |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 230000.0 | ||
| Microfluidic devices to measure the deformability of stored red blood cells | Principal Investigator: MA, Hongshen Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: SCOTT, Mark D. |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 398301.0 | ||
| Aneurysmal SubArachnoid Hemorrhage - Red blood cell transfusion And outcome (SAHaRA): a pilot randomized controlled trial | Principal Investigator: ENGLISH, Shane Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: McINTYRE, Lauralyn A. , ALGIRD, Almunder , BOUTIN, Amélie , CHASSE, Michael , DOWLATSHAHI, Dariush , FERGUSSON, Dean A. , GRIESDALE, Donald , KRAMER, Andreas H. , LAUZIER, François , LUM, Cheemun , MARSHALL, Shawn C. , PAGLIARELLO, Giuseppe , SINCLAIR, John , TINMOUTH, Alan T. , TURGEON, Alexis F. |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 157172.0 | ||
| Development of novel blood vessel and organ sealants for blood conservation in surgical practice | Principal Investigator: BROOKS, Don Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: DU, Caigan , HSIANG, York N. , KIZHAKKEDATHU, Jayachandran N. , KO, Frank K. |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 240996.0 | ||
| Understanding transcriptional and epigenetic control by Gfi1b towards the development of a therapy for sickle cell disease | Principal Investigator: TRUDEL, Marie Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: MOROY, Tarik |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership Operating Grant Program | 453132.0 | ||
| Transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery (TRICS II) | Principal Investigator: SHEHATA, Nadine Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership New Investigator Program | 300000.0 | ||
| Code sepsis: defining and translating optimal resuscitation and care for children with septic shock | Principal Investigator: PARKER, Melissa Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: |
Canadian Blood Services-CIHR Partnership New Investigator Program | 300000.0 | ||
| Pediatric Transfusion Camp | Principal Investigator: LIEBERMAN, Lani Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: LIN, Yulia, CALLUM, Jeannie, WALSH, Catherine, CHARGÉ, Sophie, WILLIAMS, Suzanne, FARONI, David, MEMA, Briseida, LACROIX, Jacque, LAU, Wendy, ROBITAILLE, Nancy, FINAN, Emer, HUME, Heather, HASPEL, Richard, ATKINSON, Adelle, SCOLNIK, Dennis |
BloodTechNet Award Program | 10500.0 | ||
| Podcast for FNAIT and ICTMG red cell specifications for hemoglobinopathies guidelines | Principal Investigator: SHEHATA, Nadine Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: |
BloodTechNet Award Program | 6200.0 | ||
| Transfusion CONsent by a Standardized Evidence-based Novel Tool (Transfusion- CONSENT): Creating and validating novel tools to assess competence in obtaining transfusion consent | Principal Investigator: LAUREANO, Marissa Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: KHANDELWAL, Aditi, HASPEL, Richard, FUNG, Mark, LANE, Shannon, ZELLER, Michelle |
BloodTechNet Award Program | 8524.0 | ||
| PID (Primary Immune Deficiency) Toolkit App | Principal Investigator: DARNEL, Susanna Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: LI, Cecilia, BEAUCHAMP, Aimee, MORRISON, Doug, DALLAS, Karen, MICHAAN, Jack, TAVASZI, Alina, DENESIN, Pam, FUNG, Rene, British Columbia Primary Immune Deficiency (PID) Group Members |
BloodTechNet Award Program | 25000.0 | ||
| An interactive virtual tour of blood product manufacturing at Canadian Blood Services | Principal Investigator: BODNAR, Melanie Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: CHARGÉ, Sophie, YAN, Mathew, ABE, Tricia, TORDON, Bryan, CLARKE, Gwen |
BloodTechNet Award Program | 20000.0 | ||
| An innovative digital strategy for dissemination of Choosing Wisely Canada guidelines in transfusion medicine | Principal Investigator: CAMPBELL, Clinton Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: LABRECQUE, Suzanne, LABELLE, Peter, AL-JEDANI, Hanadi, SADEK, Irene, KAHWASH, Eiad |
BloodTechNet Award Program | 25000.0 | ||
| Addressing racial disparity in blood, stem cell, and organ and tissue donor pools | Principal Investigator: FINGRUT, Warren Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: OKONOFUA, Sylvia, YAN, Matthew, KHANDELWAL, Aditi, PENDERGRAST, Jacob, LEEIES, Murdoch, TINGA, Biba, HAW, Jennie, JAGELAVICIUTE, Gabriela, ROSENFELD, Aaron, KHANOLKAR, Rutvij, SEGALL, Romy, BELLINI, Jonathan, MORAKINYO, Tobi, AGYEPONG, Revée |
BloodTechNet Award Program | 34150.0 | ||
| Stem Cell Transplantation Multimedia Toolkit | Principal Investigator: FINGRUT, Warren Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ALLAN, David, MESSNER, Hans, PETRASZKO, Tanya, ZUCCHET, Alyssa, DONNELLY, Sarah, HAMM, Taylor, THATCHER, Alicia, LADD, Aedan, CHAN, Sam, SUPPIAH, Roopa, WINQUIST, Lauren, LAU, Janny, PIETROBAN, Adam, LONDON, Sydney, COLES, Jenna |
BloodTechNet Award Program | 2000.0 | ||
| 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 |