Our Funded Research Projects

Updated April 2024

Title Principal Investigator / Supervisor Program Project Start Date Project End Date Total $ Awarded
Attitudes, behaviours, and acceptability related to current and future blood donation policy: A qualitative study of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montréal Principal Investigator: GRACE, Daniel

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: HART, Trevor, LAMBERT, Gilles, COX, Joseph , ADAM, Barry , BRENNAN, David , LACHOWSKY, Nathan, MOORE, David 		MSM Research Grant Program 60000.0
Assessment of the quality of granulocyte concentrates to optimise their use in transfusion therapy Principal Investigator: FERNANDES, Maria

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: GIRARD, Melissa, BRANCH, Donald 		Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program 30000.0
Assessment of fluorinated ice crystallization inhibitors: cryopreservation of hematopoietic stem cells and red blood cells Principal Investigator: BEN, Robert

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: BRIARD, Jennie 		Graduate Fellowship Program 96000.0
Assessing unintentional creation of bias against MSM as a function of exposure to blood donor screening questionnaire and assessing sexual behaviour risk factors of those successfully passing blood donor screening Principal Investigator: FISHER, William

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: 		MSM Research Grant Program 56000.0
Assessing the relationship between red blood cell deformability and transfusion lifetime Principal Investigator: MA, Hongshen

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: LAMOUREUX, Erik 		Graduate Fellowship Program 52000.0
Assessing the impact of donor manufacturing characteristics on survival of transfused red blood cells Principal Investigator: TINMOUTH, Alan

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ACKER, Jason, FERGUSSON, Dean, CHASSÉ, Michaël 		Intramural Research Grant Program 90935.0
Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of a plasma donation program for gbMSM in Montréal from the point of view of cis and trans gbMSM, volunteers from Héma-Québec, current donors, and plasma product recipients Principal Investigator: OTIS, Joanne

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: GERMAIN, Marc, HAW, Jennie, MONTEITH, Kenneth, MYHAL, Geneviève, PRESSEAU, Justin, PIRNAT, Bojan, LAPIERRE, Don 		MSM Plasma Program 390970.0
Assessing alternative Canadian Blood Services blood donor deferral screening policies for men who have sex with men Principal Investigator: BRENNAN, David

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ADAM, Barry, HART, Trevor, LACHOWSKY, Nathan, GRACE, Daniel 		MSM Research Grant Program 60000.0
Assessing acceptability, understanding and effectiveness of alternative screening questions for current donors Principal Investigator: FISHER, William

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: HAW, Jennie, GOLDMAN, Mindy, FOSTER, Terrie, O'BRIEN, Sheila, HOFKIRCHNER, Alexander 		MSM Plasma Program 129400.0
Are cervical cancer brachytherapy outcomes associated with pre-brachytherapy hemoglobin values and transfusion practice? An observational study comparing two academic centres. Principal Investigator: SOLH, Ziad

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: LAZO-LANGER, Alejandro, D'SOUZA, David, CALLUM, Jeannie, LEUNG, Eric, CHIN-YEE, Ian 		Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program 27669.5
Applying educational tools of knowledge translation to reduce the inappropriate use of plasma in Ontario: a collaboration between Canadian Blood Services and Ontario hospitals Principal Investigator: SOLH, Ziad

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: SKEATE, Robert, BERTA, Donna, CALLUM, Jeannie, LIMA, Ana, ZELLER, Michelle, ELAHIE, Allahna, HEDDLE, Nancy, THOMPSON, Troy, TINMOUTH, Alan, SHEHATA, Nadine, ILAGAN, Cesario 		BloodTechNet Award Program 7200.0
Antibodies to CD44 as a potential replacement for IVIg in ITP Principal Investigator: LAZARUS, Alan

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: SEMPLE, John W., SHEFFIELD, William 		Intramural Research Grant Program 300000.0
Anti-RBC monoclonal antibodies as a replacement for IVIg and anti-D in ITP Principal Investigator: LAZARUS, Alan

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: BRANCH, Donald, DUNN, Shannon 		Intramural Research Grant Program 400000.0
Anti-GPIb- and anti-GPIIbIIIa- mediated immune thrombocytopenia: Mechanisms and actions of intravenous IgG (IVIG) and alternative therapies Principal Investigator: NI, Heyu

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: LAZARUS, Alan, BRANCH, Donald 		Intramural Research Grant Program 412010.3
Anti-GPIb mediated thrombocytopenia: implications for IVIG and other therapies Principal Investigator: NI, Heyu

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: XU, Miao 		Graduate Fellowship Program 52000.0
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
Anemia-induced bleeding in thrombocytopenic patients with blood cancer Principal Investigator: ARNOLD, Donald

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: MODI, Dimpy 		Graduate Fellowship Program 70000.0
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
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
Allowing MSM to donate in the context of pathogen reduction of blood components: mathematical modeling of the risk of HIV, HBV and HCV transmission through transfusion Principal Investigator: LEWIN, Antoine

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: GERMAIN, Marc, DELAGE, Gilles, ROBILLARD, Pierre, GRÉGOIRE, Yves, WILLIAM, Fraser 		MSM Research Grant Program 39618.0
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
ACB and MSM - it's not an oxymoron: A research project that explores the importance of ACB people in MSM blood donation research Principal Investigator: DRYDEN, OmiSoore

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: LEE, Woo Jin Edward, NELSON, LaRon, MARSHALL, Zack, MBUAGBAW, Lawrence 		MSM Research Grant Program 410000.0
A study to understand C1 esterase inhibitor distribution and patterns of use in Canada Principal Investigator: ARNOLD, Donald

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: HEDDLE, Nancy, KEITH, Paul, WASERMAN, SUSAN, WEBERT, Kathryn, NING, Shuoyan, SHIH, Andrew, MORRISON, Doug, YAN, Matthew 		Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program 29858.6
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
A program to minimize preventable and inappropriate blood product transfusions in liver surgery Principal Investigator: MARTEL, Guillaume

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: BAKER, Laura, TINMOUTH, Alan, SAIDENBERG, Elianna, WHERRETT, Christopher, WORKNEH, Aklile 		Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program 20000.0
A novel clot-dissolving agent derived from clotting factor Va Principal Investigator: PRYZDIAL, Ed

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: LEE, Frank 		Graduate Fellowship Program 39500.0
A multifaceted intervention to optimize red blood cell transfusion practice in two provinces Principal Investigator: WEBERT, Kathryn

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: NAHIRNIAK, Susan, CALLUM, Jeannie, LIN, Yulia, ZELLER, Michelle 		Intramural Research Grant Program 332942.0
A machine learning based framework to analyze blood product transactional data for reducing discards Principal Investigator: CHENG, Calvino

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: ABIDI, Syed Sibte Raza, BLAKE, John, LIWSKI, Robert, QUINN, Jason, ABUSHAREKH, Ashraf, ABIDI, Samina, XIANG, Richard 		Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program 29950.0
A longitudinal analysis of behavioural and biological risk among men who have sex with men in metro Vancouver Principal Investigator: LACHOWSKY, Nathan

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: HOGG, Robert, MOORE, David, ROTH, Eric, ARMSTRONG, Heather 		MSM Research Grant Program 50000.0
A Framework for Accelerated Synthesis of Trial Evidence – FAST Evidence - to assess efficacy of mesenchymal stromal cells and convalescent plasma for COVID-19 Principal Investigator: ALLAN, David

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: TINMOUTH, Alan, FERGUSSON, Dean, LALU, Manoj 		Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program 25000.0
A clinical comparison of cold-stored and room temperature-stored allogeneic platelet transfusions in bleeding adult cardiac surgery patients - A randomized multicentre pilot study (PLTS-1 study) Principal Investigator: BARTOSZKO, Justyna

Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee: CALLUM, Jeannie, DEVINE, Dana, KARKOUTI, Keyvan, KAHR, Walter, MCVEY, Mark, PEER, Miki, RAO, Vivek, ABRAHAMYAN, Lusine, LIEBERMAN, Lani, MEWHORT, Holly 		Intramural Research Grant Program 242617.0