Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Strain PS/BAC/317/16/W, Isolated from Contaminated Platelet Concentrates in England Yousuf B, Flint A, Weedmark K, McDonald C, Bearne J, Pagotto F, Ramirez-Arcos S, Hotopp JCD 2021 Microbiol Resour Announc View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Frequency of positive anti-PF4/polyanion antibody tests after COVID-19 vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and BNT162b2 Thiele T, Ulm L, Holtfreter S, Schönborn L, Kuhn SO, Scheer C, Warkentin TE, Bröker BM, Becker K, Aurich K, Selleng K, Hübner N-O, Greinacher A 2021 Blood View Researchers Clinical research
Heparin induced thrombocytopenia in relation to SARS-CoV-2 infection and ABO blood group Ray JG, Warkentin TE, Park AL 2021 Thromb Res View Researchers Clinical research
Staphylococcus epidermidis undergoes global changes in gene expression during biofilm maturation in platelet concentrates Loza-Correa M, Yousuf B, Ramirez-Arcos S 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Current and Future Perspectives for the Cryopreservation of Cord Blood Stem Cells Jahan S, Kaushal R, Pasha R, Pineault N 2021 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers New or improved product or process
Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score COVIDSurg Collaborative 2021 Br J Surg View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
COVID-19 convalescent plasma: Interim recommendations from the AABB Cohn CS, Estcourt L, Grossman BJ, Pagano MB, Allen ES, Bloch EM, Casadevall A, Devine DV, Dunbar NM, Foroutan F, Gniadek TJ, Goel R, Gorlin J, Joyner MJ, Metcalf RA, Raval JS, Rice TW, Shaz BH, Vassallo RR, Winters JL, Beaudoin G, Tobian AAR 2021 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Evaluation of a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)/post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) deferral policy among blood donors Saeed S, Goldman M, Uzicanin S, O'Brien SF 2021 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Persistence of CRISPR/Cas9 gene edited hematopoietic stem cells following transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical studies Maganti HB, Bailey AJM, Kirkham AM, Shorr R, Pineault N, Allan DS 2021 Stem Cells Transl Med View Researchers Basic research
Translating bioactive peptides for COVID-19 therapy Bhullar KS, Drews SJ, Wu J 2021 Eur J Pharmacol View Researchers Basic research
Concentré de recherche: Saignement pendant la chirurgie cardiaque?: le?concentré de complexe prothrombique est-il une solution de rechange au plasma? Kron A 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research
Maintaining trust in a pandemic: Blood collection agency messaging to donors and the public during the early days of COVID-19 Haw J, Thorpe R, Holloway K 2021 SocArXiv View Blood operators Ethical, legal and social implications research
COVID-19 Case Age Distribution: Correction for Differential Testing by Age Fisman DN, Greer A, Brankston G, Hillmer M, O'Brien SF, Drews S, Tuite AR 2021 Ann Intern Med View Researchers Clinical research
Ketamine administration for acute painful sickle cell crisis: A randomized controlled trial Alshahrani MS, AlSulaibikh AH, ElTahan MR, AlFaraj SZ, Asonto LP, AlMulhim AA, AlAbbad MF, Almaghraby N, AlJumaan MA, AlJunaid TO, Darweesh MN, AlHawaj FM, Mahmoud AM, Alossaimi BK, Alotaibi SK, AlMutairi TM, AlSulaiman Pharm DD, Alfaraj D, Alhawwas R, Mbuagbaw L, Lewis K, Verhovsek M, Crowther M, Guyatt G, Alhazzani W 2021 Acad Emerg Med View Researchers Clinical research
Spontaneous HIT syndrome: Knee replacement, infection, and parallels with vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia Warkentin TE, Greinacher A 2021 Thromb Res View Researchers Clinical research
Early warning and rapid public health response to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCF) by monitoring SARS-CoV-2 RNA in LTCF site-specific sewage samples and assessment of antibodies response in this population: prospective study protocol Lee BE, Sikora C, Faulder D, Risling E, Little LA, Qiu Y, Gao T, Bulat R, Craik S, Hrudey SE, Ohinmaa A, Estabrooks CA, Gingras A-C, Charlton C, Kim J, Wood H, Robinson A, Kanji JN, Zelyas N, O’Brien SF, Drews S, Pang X-L 2021 BMJ Open View Regulators New or improved product or process
Blood bank storage of red blood cells increases RBC cytoplasmic membrane order and bending rigidity Himbert S, Qadri SM, Sheffield WP, Schubert P, D’Alessandro A, Rheinstädter MC 2021 PLoS One View Researchers Basic research
Venous Thromboembolism and Mild Thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccination Gabarin N, Patterson S, Pai M, Afzaal T, Nazy I, Sheppard JI, Arnold DM, Warkentin TE 2021 Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Red blood cells, leukocytes reduced (LR) Jenkins C 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Determining Optimal Treatment to Correct Preoperative Anemia and Reduce Perioperative Allogeneic Blood Transfusions in Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study Peel JK, Trudeau J, Tano R, Jadunandan S, Callum J, Moussa F, Lin Y 2021 J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth View Health care providers Clinical research
International pediatric thrombosis network to advance pediatric thrombosis research: Communication from the ISTH SSC subcommittee on pediatric and neonatal thrombosis and hemostasis van Ommen CH, Albisetti M, Bhatt M, Bonduel M, Branchford B, Chalmers E, Chan A, Goldenberg NA, Holzhauer S, Monagle P, Nowak-Göttl U, Revel-Vilk S, Sciuccatie G, Sirachainan N, Male C 2021 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Cold-stored leukoreduced whole blood: Extending the time between donation and filtration has minimal impact on in vitro quality Schubert P, Chen Z, Bhakta V, Culibrk B, Wambolt R, Sheffield WP, Devine DV, McTaggart K 2021 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Concentré de recherche: Le plasma de convalescents est un traitement inefficace pour les patients atteints de la COVID19 Modi D 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 Vaccination Greinacher A, Thiele T, Warkentin TE, Weisser K, Kyrle PA, Eichinger S 2021 N Engl J Med View Researchers Clinical research
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Plaquettes Jenkins C 2021 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Screening of Feijoa (Acca Sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret) Fruit Effect on Proliferation and Apoptosis using Bone Marrow derived Stem Cells Model Rasekh H, Mahrabani D, Hosseini Farahi M, Masoumi S, Acker J 2021 Electron J Gen Med View Researchers Basic research
Determinants of the intention to participate in a programme of plasma donation for fractionation among men who have sex with men Veillette-Bourbeau L, Otis J, Lewin A, Godin G, Germain M, Daunais-Laurin G, Lalonde F, Caruso J, Myhal G, Pronovost F 2021 Vox Sang View Researchers MSM research
Viper venoms drive the macrophages and hepatocytes to sequester and clear platelets: novel mechanism and therapeutic strategy for venom-induced thrombocytopenia Shen C, Liu M, Mackeigan DT, Chen ZY, Chen P, Karakas D, Li J, Norris PAA, Li J, Deng Y, Long C, Lai R, Ni H 2021 Arch Toxicol View Researchers Basic research
Recommendations for the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of VITT against COVID-19: Communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Platelet Immunology Nazy I, Sachs UJ, Arnold DM, McKenzie SE, Choi P, Althaus K, Ahlen MT, Sharma R, Grace RF, Bakchoul T 2021 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Aspirin nonsensitivity in patients with vascular disease: Assessment by light transmission aggregometry (aspirin nonsensitivity in vascular patients) Khan H, Zamzam A, Gallant RC, Syed MH, Rand ML, Ni H, Forbes TL, Al-Omran M, Qadura M 2021 Res Pract Thromb Haemost View Researchers Clinical research
Chapitre 2: Les composants sanguins Gupta A, Bigham M 2021 Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A homogeneous split-luciferase assay for rapid and sensitive detection of anti-SARS CoV-2 antibodies Yao Z, Drecun L, Aboualizadeh F, Kim SJ, Li Z, Wood H, Valcourt EJ, Manguiat K, Plenderleith S, Yip L, Li X, Zhong Z, Yue FY, Closas T, Snider J, Tomic J, Drews SJ, Drebot MA, McGeer A, Ostrowski M, Mubareka S, Rini JM, Owen S, Stagljar I 2021 Nat Commun View Researchers New or improved product or process
Releasates of riboflavin/UV-treated platelets: Microvesicles suppress cytokine-mediated endothelial cell migration/proliferation Schubert P, Culibrk L, Culibrk B, Conway EM, Goodrich RP, Devine DV 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Effect of Convalescent Plasma on Organ Support–Free Days in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial Writing Committee for the REMAP-CAP Investigators 2021 JAMA View Health care providers Clinical research
Converting factor and nonfactor usage into a single metric to facilitate benchmarking the resources consumed for haemophilia care across jurisdictions and over time Stonebraker JS, O'Mahony B, Noone D, Iorio A 2021 Haemophilia View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Blood shortages planning in Canada: The National Emergency Blood Management Committee experience during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Petraszko T, Nahirniak S, Doncaster C, Levy I 2021 Transfusion View Regulators Benchmarking and standard setting
Concentré de recherche: Précision et efficacité accrues dans la gestion des réserves de sang Li N 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Examining prescribing practices with respect to oral iron supplementation for post-partum anemia: a retrospective review Iancu AM, Buckstein J, Melamed N, Lin Y 2021 J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Evaluation of the sexual health in people living with hemophilia Germini F, Chai-Adisaksopha C, Pete D, Curtis R, Frick N, Nichol MB, Noone D, O'Mahony B, Page D, Stonebraker JS, Thabane L, Crowther MA, Skinner MW, Iorio A 2021 Haemophilia View Researchers Clinical research
Chapter 4: Clinical transfusion procedures Clarke G, Al-Riyami AZ, Roxby D 2021 Educational Modules on Clinical Use of Blood View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
ResearchUnit: Platelet Transfusion in Children with Cancer Barty R 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A comparative study of platelet factor 4-enhanced platelet activation assays for the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Rubino JG, Arnold DM, Warkentin TE, Smith JW, Kelton JG, Nazy I 2021 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Donor screening question alternatives to men who have sex with men time deferral: Potential impact on donor deferral and discomfort O'Brien SF, Goldman M, Robillard P, Osmond L, Myhal G, Roy É 2021 Transfusion View Blood operators MSM research
Differential Leukocyte MicroRNA Responses Following Pan T Cell, Allorecognition and Allosecretome-Based Therapeutic Activation Yang X, Toyofuku WM, Scott MD 2021 Arch Immunol Ther Exp View Researchers Basic research
Anemia-Induced Bleeding in Patients with Platelet Disorders Thakar S, Gabarin N, Gupta A, Radford M, Warkentin TE, Arnold DM 2021 Transfus Med Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
Soy Isoflavones Inhibit Both GPIb-IX Signaling and ?IIb?3 Outside-In Signaling via 14-3-3? in Platelet Liu M, Wang G, Xu R, Shen C, Ni H, Lai R 2021 Molecules View Researchers Basic research
Degradation of red blood cell deformability during cold storage in blood bags Islamzada E, Matthews K, Lamoureux ES, Duffy SP, Scott MD, Ma H 2021 eJHaem View Researchers Basic research
Patterns of joint damage in severe haemophilia A treated with prophylaxis Goren R, Pullenayegum E, Blanchette VS, Dover S, Carcao M, Israels SJ, Chan A, Rivard GE, Steele M, Cloutier S, Klaassen RJ, Sinha R, Price VE, Laferriere N, Paradis E, Wu JK, Feldman BM 2021 Haemophilia View Health care providers Clinical research
Qualitative study to support the content validity of the immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) Life Quality Index (ILQI) Cooper N, Cuker A, Bonner N, Ghanima W, Provan D, Morgan M, Taylor B, D'Alessio D, Arnold D, Viana R 2021 Br J Haematol View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Trauma 2021: Trauma Association of Canada Annual Scientific Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia (virtual), April 12–16, 2021 Bednarek O, O’Leary M, Hurley S, Cummings C, Bird R, Frattini S, McEachern S, Benjamin S, Pereira A, Brigode W, MacLean A, Moore L, Makish A, Sadler J, Sadler J, Albacete S, Forbes H, Grzelak S, Strauss R, Strauss R, Upadhyaya Y, Leung V, Tropiano J, Moore M, Greene J, Goldstein J, Schmitz E, Bratu I, Alballa AS, Dawe P, Malone J, Javidan AP, Allen L, Curtis RM, Ssebazza K, Schellenberg M, Lampron J, Tanenbaum B, Chisholm A, Ringuette J, Watson I, Shi D, Bhangu A, Moffat B, Fong D, Moore L, Farquharson S, Al Khaboori S, Lorthios-Guilledroit A, Côté C, McPherson J, Tran A, Guttman M, Yeung M, Poirier R-A, Siddiqi M, Evans T, Guiab K, Guiab K, Bradley N, Elliott C, Bradley N, Power A, Kirkpatrick A, Merkle A, Jessula S, Minor S, Emsley J, Sameoto C, Fitzpatrick E, Erdogan M, Lampron J, Green R, Sibley A, Jain T, Nicholson B, Stryhn H, Karsli C, Stuhler R, Ng E, Coates A, Engels P, Benjamin S, Watson I, Watson I, Talsma AN, Lobchuk M, Thongpriwan V, Cahill S, Mis J, Starr F, Bokhari F, Ladak A, Snelgrove R, Wang H, Power H, Bradley N, Allen L, Leeper R, Parry N, Ball I, Vogt K, Moffat B, Rawls D, Dawe P, Ramler G, Andres E, Rawls D, Lakha N, Brisson A, Merchant J, Forbes H, Widder S, Bradley N, Bradley N, Widder S, Albacete S, Berube M, Gagnon M-A, Pelet S, Belzile É, Kron A, Callum J, Armali C, Modi D, Notario L, Perez P, Tillmann B, Pannell D, Beckett A, Tien H, Nathens A, Da Luz L, Perrier L, Menchetti I, Blondal E, Peng H, Sullivan-Kwantes W, Tien H, Nathens A, Beckett A, Callum J, Da Luz L, Irfan N, Coates A, Engels P, Razek T, Wilson A, Beckett A, Goltz D, Figueira S, Knight H, Lampron J, Devine D, Callum J, Jenkins C, Beckett A, Goldstien J, Leroux Y, McVey J, Brown R, Swain J, Carter A, Fidgen D, Baker S, Butts F, McCulloch S, Opra I, Jensen J, Travers A, Andreou P, Earl M, Warner G, Carter A, Rezaaifar M, Figueira S, Wilkins D, Lampron J, Lai K, Hafeez AA, Goldberg S, Abahuje E, Pozner C, Yule S, Parker S, Dias R, Simons R, Joos E, Haines VV, Linder J, Cameron A, Nathens A, Cleghorn G, Chaplin T, Vogt K, Parry N, Priestap F, Leeper R, Mujoomdar A, Kribs S, Ball I, Kearley C, LeBlanc J, Owattanapanich N, Getrajdman J, Matsushima K, Lam L, Inaba K, Figueira S, Eagles D, Khoury L, Nemnom M-J, Moors J, Kriellaars D, Mitchell D, Watson I, Totton L, Ouelett L, Benjamin S, Vautour J, McEachern S, Watson I, Ouelett L, Ringuette J, Chisholm A, Pishe T, McLaren C, Evans C, Notario L, Pannell D, Thomas-Boaz W, Freedman C, Tien H, Nathens A, Da Luz L, Li C, Vogt K, Allen L, Yoshy C, Mujoomdar A, Wiseman D, Mao R, Liu EY, Lan L, Amir T, Yan J, Singh K, Allard-Coutu A, Hameed M, Garraway N, Joos E, Isac G, Kanji H, Finlayson G, Tansley G, Lee A, Gonthier C, Belcaïd A, Moore L, Duranceau M-F, Truchon C, Berube M, Moore L, Lauzier F, Vogt K, Berry G, Tremblay L, Martel M, Pagé G, Belzile É, Pinard A-M, Evans D, Perreault K, Sirois C, Grzelak S, Turgeon A, Talbot M, Kennedy C, Hilsden R, Slobogean G, Lamb T, Lampron J, Matar M, Fernando S, Perry J, Vaillancourt C, Nathens J, Strauss R, Tillmann B, Phillips A, Haas B, Hage B, Yanchar N, Joos E, Brisson A, McKay J, Bryan F, Evans T, Qureshi A, Saadat G, Khalifa A, Bokhari F, Kaminsky M, Guiab K, Khalifa A, Bokhari F, Aly A, Evans T, Roberts A, Khalifa A, Kaminsky M, Bokhari F, Evans T, Zahid J, Roberts A, Saadat G, Messer T, Bokhari F, Keen R, Hoogers K, Widder S, Notario L, Javidan A, Johnston M, Thomas-Boaz W, Freedman C, Pannell D, Tien H, Nathens A, Da Luz L, Morch K, Scott L, Lam N, Widder S, Parekh A, Parry N, Tomlinson C, Donley N, McKee J, Wachs J, Kay M, Holland S 2021 Can J Surg View Health care providers Basic research