Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Fostamatinib for the treatment of warm antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia: Phase 2, multicenter, open-label study Kuter DJ, Rogers KA, Boxer MA, Choi M, Agajanian R, Arnold DM, Broome CM, Field JJ, Murakhovskaya I, Numerof R, Tong S 2022 Am J Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
Blood Collection Agency Messaging to Donors and the Public in Canada and Australia During the Early Days of COVID-19 Haw J, Thorpe R, Holloway K 2022 Front Commun View Blood operators Ethical, legal and social implications research
An intron c.149-2632T>A change in RHD is associated with aberrant transcription and very weak D phenotype Floch A, Vege S, Berardi P, Hannon J, Ochoa-Garay G, Lomas-Francis C, Westhoff CM 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
International Forum on Policies and Practice for Transfusion of ABO and RhD Non-Identical Platelets: Summary Cardigan R, New HV, Estcourt L, Zhiburt E, Dubey R, Bengtsson J, Jöud M, Castillo C, Cid J, Lozano M, Gounder D, Flanagan P, Morley S, Clarke G, Devine D, Hindawi S, AlOtaibi A, Bub CB, Kutner JM, Ikeda T, Goto N, Okazaki H, Fontaine MJ, Pasion J, Song L, Latham T, Kerkhoffs JL, de Haas M, Zwaginga JJ, Gathof BS, Ommer K, Pirenne F, Raba M, Francois A, Daly J, Powley T, Dunbar N 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Donor-recipient sex is associated with transfusion-related outcomes in critically ill patients Alshalani A, Uhel F, Cremer OL, Schultz MJ, de Vooght KMK, van Bruggen R, Acker JP, Juffermans NP 2022 Blood Adv View Researchers Clinical research
Novel platelet products including cold-stored platelets Devine DV 2022 Hematology View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Investigation of Acute Transfusion Reactions Leary H, Webert KE, Heddle NM 2022 Practical Transfusion Medicine View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Database-driven research and big data analytic approaches in transfusion medicine Ning S, Li N, Barty R, Arnold D, Heddle NM 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
A positive blood culture is associated with a lower haemoglobin increment in hospitalized patients after red blood cell transfusion Qadri SM, Liu Y, Barty RL, Heddle NM, Sheffield WP 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers Clinical research
Concentré de recherche: Évaluation de la sécurité des pompes à perfusion pour les transfusions de globules rouges Wolfe A 2022 Blood.ca website View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Plasma Components Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
The Market in Noninvasive Prenatal Tests and the Message to Consumers: Exploring Responsibility Holloway K, Simms N, Hayeems RZ, Miller FA 2022 Hastings Cent Rep View Regulators Ethical, legal and social implications research
Complement contributions to COVID-19 Conway EM, Pryzdial ELG 2022 Curr Opin Hematol View Researchers Basic research
Balancing non-discriminatory donor selection and blood safety in the Netherlands: Evaluation of an individual risk assessment of sexual behavior Hahn B, Quee F, Prinsze FJ, Gregoire Y, O'Brien SF, Germain M, van de Laar T, Zaaijer HL, van den Hurk K 2022 Transfusion View Blood operators MSM research
Evolving policies for donors with diabetes: The Canadian experience Miller O, Caffrey N, O'Brien SF, Goldman M 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
Chapter 17. Hemostatic disorders and hereditary angioedema Poon MC, Goodyear D, Rydz N, Lee A 2022 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Assessing the quality of stored red blood cells using handheld Spatially Offset Raman spectroscopy with multisource correlation analysis Vardaki MZ, Georg Schulze H, Serrano K, Blades MW, Devine DV, F. B. Turner R 2022 Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol View Researchers New or improved product or process
Dimethyl sulfoxide-free cryopreservation solutions for hematopoietic stem cell grafts Kaushal R, Jahan S, McGregor C, Pineault N 2022 Cytotherapy View Researchers New or improved product or process
Co-administration of FVIII with IVIG reduces immune response to FVIII in hemophilia A mice Afraz S, Stevic I, Matino D, Wen J, Atkinson H, Chan AKC, Hortelano G 2022 Sci Rep View Researchers Clinical research
FAQ : Test des titres d’iso-hémagglutinines (anti-A/anti-B) des donneurs à la Société canadienne du sang Bodnar M, Bienz M, Clarke G 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Blood donor eligibility criteria for medical conditions: A BEST collaborative study Jacquot C, Tiberghien P, van den Hurk K, Ziman A, Shaz B, Apelseth TO, Goldman M, The Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Canadian Blood Donors: The Advance of Omicron O’Brien SF, Caffrey N, Yi Q-L, Pambrun C, Drews SJ 2022 Viruses View Researchers Clinical research
Acute thrombocytopenia suggesting thrombotic microangiopathy Venier LM, Patriquin CJ, Warkentin TE 2022 Am J Hematol View Health care providers Clinical research
An uncertain association between influenza season, recent influenza vaccination campaigns, and unconfirmed repeat reactive syphilis serology assay results in Canadian blood donors Drews SJ, Bodnar M, Gill B, Carson D, Hawes G, Yi QL, Tran V, Zhou HY, Bigham M, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
A Qualitative Comparison of the Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG II Quant Assay against Commonly Used Canadian SARS-CoV-2 Enzyme Immunoassays in Blood Donor Retention Specimens, April 2020 to March 2021 Abe KT, Rathod B, Colwill K, Gingras A-C, Tuite A, Robbins NF, Orjuela G, Jenkins C, Conrod V, Yi Q-L, O’Brien SF, Drews SJ 2022 Microbiol Spectr View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Blood is a politic of place-making: Blackness, queerness and the construction of the donor Dryden OH 2022 Harriet’s Legacies: Race, Historical Memory, and Futures in Canada View Researchers MSM research
Automated closed volume reduction process for apheresis stem cell grafts: From development to clinical implementation Howell A, Letcher B, Murphy K, Elmoazzen H, Petraszko T, Acker JP, Pineault N, Holovati JL 2022 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
A data-informed system to manage scarce blood product allocation in a randomized controlled trial of convalescent plasma Li N, Zeller MP, Shih AW, Heddle NM, St. John M, Bégin P, Callum J, Arnold DM, Akbari-Moghaddam M, Down DG, Jamula E, Devine DV, Tinmouth A 2022 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Rapport de surveillance O'Brien SF 2022 Blood.ca website View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Current status of rapid bacterial detection methods for platelet components: A 20-year review by the ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party Subgroup on Bacteria Schmidt M, Ramirez-Arcos S, Stiller L, McDonald C, ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party Subgroup on Bacteria 2022 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
2021 Chinese consensus on the diagnosis and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia in pregnancy Zhang X, Chen F, Chen X, Cheng Y, Fang M, Feng J, Fu H, Gao H, Han Y, He A, Hou M, Hu Y, Huang R, Huang W, Jing Z, Kong P, Liang A, Liang M, Liu D, Liu J, Liu L, Liu X, Ma L, Mei H, Ni H, Niu T, Peng J, Qiao J, Ren J, Song Y, Tang LV, Tong T, Wang S, Wang X, Wang Z, Wei H, Wu D, Wu G, Xu C, Xu X, Xu Y, Yang L, Yang R, Yang T, Yin C, Yu L, Zhang G, Zhang L, Zhang L, Zhang X, Zhao W, Zhao Y, Zhou D, Zhou H, Zhou Z, Zhu T, Wang J, Huang X 2022 Chin Med J (Engl) View Health care providers Clinical research
From demand forecasting to inventory ordering decisions for red blood cells through integrating machine learning, statistical modeling, and inventory optimization Li N, Arnold DM, Down DG, Barty R, Blake J, Chiang F, Courtney T, Waito M, Trifunov R, Heddle NM 2022 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
The authors reply Iba T, Levy JH, Warkentin TE 2022 Crit Care Med View Researchers Clinical research
A scalable serology solution for profiling humoral immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination Colwill K, Galipeau Y, Stuible M, Gervais C, Arnold C, Rathod B, Abe KT, Wang JH, Pasculescu A, Maltseva M, Rocheleau L, Pelchat M, Fazel-Zarandi M, Iskilova M, Barrios-Rodiles M, Bennett L, Yau K, Cholette F, Mesa C, Li AX, Paterson A, Hladunewich MA, Goodwin PJ, Wrana JL, Drews SJ, Mubareka S, McGeer AJ, Kim J, Langlois M-A, Gingras A-C, Durocher Y 2022 Clin Transl Immunol View Researchers New or improved product or process
SARS-CoV-2 spike-dependent platelet activation in COVID-19 vaccine-induced thrombocytopenia Appelbaum J, Arnold DM, Kelton JG, Gernsheimer T, Jevtic SD, Ivetic N, Smith JW, Nazy I 2022 Blood Adv View Researchers Basic research
U.S. cities will not meet blood product resuscitation standards during major mass casualty incidents: Results of a THOR-AABB working party prospective analysis Cannon JW, Igra NM, Borge PD, Cap AP, Devine D, Doughty H, Geng Z, Guzman JF, Ness PM, Jenkins DH, Rajbhandary S, Schmulevich D, Stubbs JR, Wiebe DJ, Yazer MH, Spinella PC 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Applying principles of patient blood management during COVID-19 pandemic: a literature review Khandelwal A, Vandermeulen H, Tordon B, Pavenski K 2022 Annals of Blood View Health care providers Clinical research
NAC Statement on RHD Genotyping in Prenatal Patients Pavenski K, Khandelwal A, Clarke G, Lane D 2022 National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
International Forum on the Management of Major Haemorrhage: Summary Green L, Stanworth S, McQuilten Z, Lin V, Tucker H, Jackson B, Badawi M, Hindawi S, Chaurasia R, Patidar G, Pandey HC, Fasola F, Miyata S, Matsumoto M, Matsushita T, Rahimi-Levene N, Peer V, Pavenski K, Callum J, Thompson T, Murphy M, Staves J, Maegele M, Abeyakoon C, Rushford K, Wood E, Nuñez MA, Mellado S, Saa E, Triyono T, Pratomo B, Apelseth TO, Dunbar N 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Reply to: Concerns about estimating relative risk of death associated with convalescent plasma for COVID-19 Bégin P, Callum J, Cook R, Jamula E, Liu Y, Finzi A, Arnold DM 2022 Nat Med View Researchers Clinical research
Removing the men who have sex with men blood donation deferral: Informing risk models using Canadian public health surveillance data Caffrey N, Goldman M, Lewin A, Grégoire Y, Yi QL, O’Brien SF 2022 Transfus Clin Biol View Researchers MSM research
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among Vancouver public school staff in British Columbia, Canada: a cross-sectional study Goldfarb DM, Mâsse LC, Watts AW, Hutchison SM, Muttucomaroe L, Bosman ES, Barakauskas VE, Choi A, Dhillon N, Irvine MA, Reicherz F, O’Reilly C, Sediqi S, Xu RY, Razzaghian HR, Sadarangani M, Coombs D, O’Brien SF, Lavoie PM 2022 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
Doxorubicin-Induced Platelet Activation and Clearance Relieved by Salvianolic Acid Compound: Novel Mechanism and Potential Therapy for Chemotherapy-Associated Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia Ma W, Rousseau Z, Slavkovic S, Shen C, Yousef GM, Ni H 2022 Pharmaceuticals View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Risk of HIV did not change with expanding eligibility criteria for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men Walsh G 2022 Blood.ca website View Regulators MSM research
Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry-Novel Insights From an Old Technology Into Stressed Red Blood Cell Physiology Stephenson D, Nemkov T, Qadri SM, Sheffield WP, D'Alessandro A 2022 Front Physiol View Researchers Basic research
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Plaquettes Stewart T 2022 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Utilization of a surgical database to provide care and assess perioperative treatment and outcomes in patients with bleeding disorders Olasupo OO, Haddix C, Nakar C, Maahs J, Greist A, Ghafoor A, Donfield SM, Iorio A, Shapiro AD 2022 Eur J Haematol View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
HIV incidence and compliance with deferral criteria over three progressively shorter time deferrals for men who have sex with men in Canada Caffrey N, Goldman M, Osmond L, Yi Q-L, Fan W, O'Brien SF 2022 Transfusion View Regulators MSM research
Transfusion thresholds in myelodysplastic syndrome - Helping patients live better Balitsky A, Arnold D 2022 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
A cross-sectional study of haemolytic disease of the newborn in Uganda Dhabangi A, Nankunda J, Okaba V, Nakubulwa S, Hume HA, Dzik WH, Heddle NM 2022 Vox Sang View Health care providers Clinical research