Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Influenza and COVID-19 vaccination in Canadian blood donors: A comparison across pre- and post-pandemic periods O'Brien SF, Osmond L, Goldman M, Drews SJ 2025 Vox Sang View Researchers Epidemiology research
International Forum on Genotyping of Blood Antigens in Donors: Summary Haw J, Holloway K, Clarke G, Nuni GE, Muncher L, Daly J, Martin J, Rieneck K, Dziegiel MH, Paccapelo C, Ronzoni L, O'Donghaile D, Ryan H, Montemayor Garcia C, Lee CK, Tsoi WC, Kobayashi H, Igarashi H, Palukka T, Haimila K, Nogues N, Gonzalez-Santesteban C, Gottschalk AJ, Hellberg Å, Olsson ML, Peyrard T, Jentsch U, Ang AL, Phang CY, Wall L, Gounder D, Dunbar N 2025 Vox Sang View Blood operators Social science research
Destabilization of PF4-antigenic complexes in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Rauova L, Bdeir K, Rux AH, Kalathottukaren MT, Oberg J, La CC, Lim DTE, Hayes VM, Koma GT, Sarkar A, Poncz M, Kizhakkedathu JN, Cines DB 2025 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Empowering Women in STEM: #WomeninScience 2025 Chuong K 2025 Centre for Blood Research Blog View General public Other
Variation in the osmotic characteristics of aging red blood cells: insights for cryopreservation optimization Hemmatibardehshahi S, Brandon-Coatham M, Holt A, Acker JP 2025 Cytotherapy View Researchers Basic research
Canadian Blood Services scientist recognized at International Stroke Conference for “first-in-class” research on stroke treatment Wolfe A 2025 Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog View General public Other
Chapitre 1: Du donneur au receveur – un ouvrage sur l’activité transfusionnelle au Canada Gabarin N, Yan M 2025 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Privacy-preserving federated data access and federated learning: Improved data sharing and AI model development in transfusion medicine Li N, Lewin A, Ning S, Waito M, Zeller MP, Tinmouth A, Shih AW 2025 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Cold storage surpasses the impact of biological age and donor characteristics on red blood cell morphology classified by deep machine learning Zhao Y, Brandon-Coatham M, Yazdanbakhsh M, Mykhailova O, William N, Osmani R, Kanias T, Acker JP 2025 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Prediction of Red Blood Cell Antibody Significance Using the Monocyte-Macrophage Assay Hillis LK, Cen S, Salou C, Ruiz Noa Y, Branch DR 2025 J Vis Exp View Researchers Basic research
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate vs Frozen Plasma for Coagulopathic Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery: The FARES-II Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial Karkouti K, Callum JL, Bartoszko J, Tanaka KA, Knaub S, Brar S, Ghadimi K, Rochon A, Mullane D, Couture EJ, Lin Y, Harle C, Zeller M, Tran DTT, Solomon C, Rao V, Law M, Butt AL, Chen EP, Martins MR, Saha T, Shih AW, Vézina MC, Moussa F, Pereira Cezar Zamper R, Syed S, Buyukdere H, Werner S, Grewal D, Wong D, Vandyck KB, Tanzola R, Hughes B, Royer O, Wong S, Levy JH 2025 JAMA View Health care providers Clinical research
CBR External Travel Awards: Earl W. Davie Symposium 2024 – Ava Obenaus Obenaus A 2025 Centre for Blood Research Blog View General public Other
Structural analyses of apolipoprotein A-IV polymorphisms Q360H and T347S elucidate the inhibitory effect against thrombosis Shoara AA, Slavkovic S, Neves MAD, Bhoria P, Prifti V, Chen P, Donaldson LW, Beckett AN, Johnson PE, Ni H 2025 J Biol Chem View Researchers Basic research
The association of donor and recipient sex on sepsis rates and hemoglobin increment among critically ill patients receiving red cell transfusions in a retrospective study Li W, Liu Y, Lucier KJ, Heddle NM, Acker JP 2025 eJHaem View Health care providers Clinical research
Preventative and therapeutic effects of a novel humanized anti-glycoprotein Ibα fragment of antigen-binding region in a murine model of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura Zheng L, Adili R, Wu Z, Zhang Q, Zhu G, Lei X, Liu Z, Neves MAD, Ma W, Slavkovic S, Xu XR, Ni H, Zheng XL 2025 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Congratulations 2023-24 CBR Travel Award Recipients! Centre for Blood Research 2025 Centre for Blood Research Blog View General public Other
Discrete event simulation model of an acute stroke treatment process at a comprehensive stroke center: Determining the ideal improvement strategies for reducing treatment times Koca G, Blake J, Gubitz G, Kamal N 2025 J Neurol Sci View Health care providers Clinical research
CBR External Travel Awards: Earl W. Davie Symposium 2024 – Michelle Brenner Brenner M 2025 Centre for Blood Research Blog View General public Other
International Forum on Donor- and Recipient-triggered Lookback for Traditional Transfusion-transmitted Infections: Responses Lieshout-Krikke R, Hoad V, Chua SS, Kam G, Satake M, Hino I, Stramer SL, Groves JA, de La Taille V, Laperche S, Cheng A, Goodison K, Tsoi WC, Lee CK, Prati D, Pati I, Drews SJ, Bigham M, Gratz G, Jungbauer C, Charlewood R, Smith M, Flaherty NO, Raftery A, Oyonarte S, Gubbe K, Luhm J, Ngcobo S, Slot E, Davison K, Brailsford S, Dunbar N 2025 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
The HEMOTION Trial: How do we integrate this new knowledge in our Practice? Turgeon A 2025 Professionaleducation.blood.ca View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Impact of input volume on red cell quality in deglycerolized RBCs using a modified ACP-215 protocol Howell A, Hill A, Lefresne W, Dennis B, Turner TR, Yi QL, Olafson C, William N, Acker JP 2025 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Mitochondrial Transplantation: A Novel Therapy for Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Mukkala AN, David BA, Ailenberg M, Liang J, Vaswani CM, Karakas D, Goldfarb R, Barbour W, Gasner A, Wu RS, Petrut R, Jerkic M, Andreazza AC, Dos Santos C, Ni H, Zhang H, Kapus A, Kubes P, Rotstein OD 2025 Ann Surg View Researchers Basic research
Red blood cell inventory management: Insights from transfusion laboratory technologists in British Columbia, Canada Dhahan J, Morrison D, Shih AW, McDonald D, Chen R, Hao L, Rosinski K, Buchko S, Blake J, Rutherford A 2025 Transfus Med View Blood operators Epidemiology research
Enhancement of plasma kallikrein specificity of antitrypsin variants identified by phage display and partial reversion Sivananthan S, Seto T, Tehrani NC, Bhakta V, Sheffield WP 2025 BMC Biotechnol View Researchers Basic research
The lifesaving role of blood transfusion in preterm infants Yazdanbakhsh M 2025 Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog View General public Other
International Forum on Donor- and Recipient-triggered Lookback for Traditional Transfusion-transmitted Infections: Summary Lieshout-Krikke R, Hoad V, Chua SS, Kam G, Satake M, Hino I, Stramer SL, Groves JA, de La Taille V, Laperche S, Cheng A, Goodison K, Tsoi WC, Lee CK, Prati D, Pati I, Drews SJ, Bigham M, Gratz G, Jungbauer C, Charlewood R, Smith M, O'Flaherty N, Raftery A, Oyonarte S, Gubbe K, Luhm J, Ngcobo S, Slot E, Davison K, Brailsford S, Dunbar N 2025 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research
Innovations in red blood cell preservation William N, Acker JP 2025 Blood Rev View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Deglycerolization of manually glycerolized, frozen red cell concentrates using a closed system cell processor Howell A, Kurach J, William N, Hill A, Dennis B, Acker JP 2025 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Preliminary determination of bacterial contamination of whole blood units in a Ghanaian blood bank: Providing evidence to improve transfusion safety Aidoo NB, Ramirez-Arcos S, Gillard L, Azumah DE, Adatsi A 2025 Vox Sang View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Has the switch to sexual risk behaviour screening impacted deferrals for pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis therapy for human immunodeficiency virus? Goldman M, Uzicanin S, O'Brien SF 2025 Vox Sang View Blood operators MSM research
Identifying the Views and Needs of Family Physicians on Providing Care to Living Kidney Donors: A Cross-Sectional Survey Loban K, Trinh E, Gaudio K, Nijjar D, Robert JT, Lam N, McKay S, Badenoch H, Fortin MC, Bugeja A, Mainra R, Dipchand C, Sandal S 2025 Clin Transplant View Researchers Ethical & legal research
Ethical Issues in Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Controlled Organ Donation After Determination of Death by Circulatory Criteria: A Scoping Review Murphy NB, Slessarev M, Basmaji J, Blackstock L, Blaszak M, Brahmania M, Chandler JA, Dhanani S, Gaulton M, Gross JA, Healey A, Lingard L, Ott M, Shemie SD, Weijer C 2025 Transplantation View Researchers Ethical & legal research
CBR External Travel Awards: Earl W. Davie Symposium 2024 – Guadalupe Rojas-Sanchez Rojas-Sanchez G 2025 Centre for Blood Research Blog View General public Other
Summary of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Literature Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management 2025 Professionaleducation.blood.ca View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Assessing the kinetics of oxygen-unloading from red cells using FlowScore, a flow-cytometric proxy of the functional quality of blood Rabcuka J, Smethurst PA, Dammert K, Saker J, Aran G, Walsh GM, Tan JCG, Codinach M, McTaggart K, Marks DC, Bakker SJL, McMahon A, Di Angelantonio E, Roberts DJ, Blonski S, Korczyk PM, Shirakami A, Cardigan R, Swietach P 2025 EBioMedicine View Researchers Basic research
Donor age contributes more to the rheological properties of stored red blood cells than donor sex and biological age distribution Mykhailova O, Brandon-Coatham M, Hemmatibardehshahi S, Yazdanbakhsh M, Olafson C, Yi QL, Kanias T, Acker JP 2025 Blood Adv View Researchers Basic research
Anemia Near Delivery Is Prevalent, Pernicious, and Associated With Lower Neighbourhood Income: An Analysis of Over 50 000 Pregnancies Arya S, Akbari-Moghaddam M, Liu Y, Press E, Muraca GM, VanderMeulen H, Barrett J, Zeller MP, Hacker MR, Callum J 2025 J Obstet Gynaecol Can View Health care providers Clinical research
Prolonging neutrophil room-temperature storage with clinically approved solutions: implications for granulocyte transfusion Labrecque MM, Allard M, Murru A, Paré G, Acker JP, Lesage S, Girard M, Fernandes MJ 2025 J Leukoc Biol View Researchers Basic research
Red cell specifications for blood group matching in patients with haemoglobinopathies: An updated systematic review and clinical practice guideline from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines Wolf J, Blais-Normandin I, Bathla A, Keshavarz H, Chou ST, Al-Riyami AZ, Josephson CD, Massey E, Hume HA, Pendergrast J, Denomme G, Grubovic Rastvorceva RM, Trompeter S, Stanworth SJ 2025 Br J Haematol View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The CBR welcomes Dr. Hugh Kim as Director Centre for Blood Research 2025 Centre for Blood Research Blog View General public Other
Reduction in cord blood graft potency due to processing delay can be prevented by trehalose supplementation Jahan S, Maganti HB, Patel J, Pasha R, Doxtator E, Manesia JK, Pineault N 2025 Vox Sang View Researchers Basic research
Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage English SW, Delaney A, Fergusson DA, Chassé M, Turgeon AF, Lauzier F, Tuttle A, Sadan O, Griesdale DE, Redekop G, Chapman M, Hannouche M, Kramer A, Seppelt I, Udy A, Kutsogiannis DJ, Zarychanski R, D'Aragon F, Boyd JG, Salt G, Bellapart J, Wood G, Cava L, Pickett G, Koffman L, Watpool I, Bass F, Hammond N, Ramsay T, Mallick R, Scales DC, Andersen CR, Fitzgerald E, Talbot P, Dowlatshahi D, Sinclair J, Acker J, Marshall SC, McIntyre L 2025 N Engl J Med View Health care providers Clinical research
The Role of Thrombo-inflammation in Ischemic Stroke: Focus on the Manipulation and Clinical Application Luo Y, Dong W, Yuan L, Zhu YA, Zhang DD, Ni H, Zhu W 2025 Mol Neurobiol View Researchers Basic research
Adjunct scientist honoured with 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Wolfe A 2025 Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog View General public Other
Treatment of Critical Bleeds in Patients With Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Systematic Review Chowdhury SR, Sirotich E, Guyatt G, Gill D, Modi D, Venier LM, Mahamad S, Chowdhury MR, Eisa K, Beck CE, Breakey VR, de Wit K, Porter S, Webert KE, Cuker A, O'Connor C, DiRaimo JM, Yan JW, Manski C, Kelton JG, Kang M, Strachan G, Hassan Z, Pruitt B, Pai M, Grace RF, Paynter D, Charness J, Cooper N, Fein S, Agarwal A, Nazaryan H, Siddiqui I, Leong R, Pallapothu S, Wen A, Xu E, Liu B, Shafiee A, Rathod P, Kwon H, Dookie J, Zeraatkar D, Thabane L, Couban R, Arnold DM 2025 Eur J Haematol View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A relational approach to understanding the factors influencing new plasma donor retention in Canada Seeley M, Bari A, Holloway K 2025 Vox Sang View Blood operators Social science research
Notification of blood donors who test positive for transfusion-transmissible infections O'Brien SF, Naicker K, Osmond L, Holloway K, Drews SJ, Bigham M, Goldman M 2025 Vox Sang View Blood operators New or improved product or process
International Forum on Genotyping of Blood Antigens in Donors: Responses Haw J, Holloway K, Clarke G, Nuni GE, Muncher L, Daly J, Martin J, Rieneck K, Dziegiel MH, Paccapelo C, Ronzoni L, O'Donghaile D, Ryan H, Garcia CM, Lee CK, Tsoi WC, Kobayashi H, Igarashi H, Palukka T, Haimila K, Nogues N, Gonzalez-Santesteban C, Gottschalk AJ, Hellberg Å, Olsson ML, Peyrard T, Jentsch U, Ang AL, Phang CY, Wall L, Gounder D, Dunbar N 2025 Vox Sang View Blood operators Social science research
Connecting Minds, Advancing Science: Recapping the 18th Annual Earl W. Davie Symposium Chuong K 2025 Centre for Blood Research Blog View General public Other
Deficiency of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin elicits a hemophilia-like bleeding and clotting disorder in mice Xue M, Wang S, Li C, Wang Y, Liu M, Huang X, Wang G, Yin Q, Xiao D, Yang S, Yan M, Niu L, Awais M, Shen C, Wang J, Lai R, Ni H, Tang X 2025 Blood View Researchers Basic research