Our Research Publications
Updated August 2025
| Title | Authors | Year Sort ascending | Journal | Link to Article | Intended Audience | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porcine-derived pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy may be linked to chronic hepatitis E virus infection in cystic fibrosis lung transplant recipients | Thornton CS, Waddell BJ, Congly SE, Svishchuk J, Somayaji R, Fatovich L, Isaac D, Doucette K, Fonseca K, Drews SJ, Borlang J, Osiowy C, Parkins MD | 2024 | Gut | View Porcine-derived pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy may be linked to chronic hepatitis E virus infection in cystic fibrosis lung transplant recipients | Health care providers | Clinical research |
| Homing and Engraftment of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Following Transplantation: A Pre-Clinical Perspective | Hasan T, Pasala AR, Hassan D, Hanotaux J, Allan DS, Maganti HB | 2024 | Curr Oncol | View Homing and Engraftment of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Following Transplantation: A Pre-Clinical Perspective | Researchers | Clinical research |
| Comparative genome analyses of Staphylococcus aureus from platelet concentrates reveal rearrangements involving loss of type VII secretion genes | Ramirez-Arcos S, Ighem-Chi S, Flint A, Weedmark K, Pagotto F | 2024 | Access Microbiol | View Comparative genome analyses of Staphylococcus aureus from platelet concentrates reveal rearrangements involving loss of type VII secretion genes | Researchers | Basic research |
| Introduire un nouveau produit sanguin pour mieux répondre aux besoins transfusionnels des Forces armées canadiennes | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Introduire un nouveau produit sanguin pour mieux répondre aux besoins transfusionnels des Forces armées canadiennes | General public | Other |
| Prehospital Freeze-Dried Plasma in Trauma: A Critical Review | Sheffield WP, Singh K, Beckett A, Devine DV | 2024 | Transfus Med Rev | View Prehospital Freeze-Dried Plasma in Trauma: A Critical Review | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| International review of blood donation nucleic acid amplification testing | Faddy HM, Osiowy C, Custer B, Busch M, Stramer SL, Adesina O, van de Laar T, Tsoi W-C, Styles C, Kiely P, Margaritis A, Kwon S-Y, Qiu Y, Deng X, Lewin A, Jørgensen SW, Erikstrup C, Juhl D, Sauleda S, Camacho Rodriguez BA, Coral LJCS, Gaviria García PA, Oota S, O'Brien SF, Wendel S, Castro E, Navarro Pérez L, Harvala H, Davison K, Reynolds C, Jarvis L, Grabarczyk P, Kopacz A, Łętowska M, O'Flaherty N, Young F, Williams P, Burke L, Chua SS, Muylaert A, Page I, Jones A, Niederhauser C, Vermeulen M, Laperche S, Gallian P, Sawadogo S, Satake M, Gharehbaghian A, Addas-Carvalho M, Blanco S, Gallego SV, Seltsam A, Weber-Schehl M, Al-Riyami AZ, Al Maamari K, Alawi FB, Pandey HC, Mbanya D, França RA, Charlewood R, the Virology Surveillance Risk Assessment Policy subgroups of the ISBT Working Party on Transfusion-transmitted Infectious Diseases | 2024 | Vox Sang | View International review of blood donation nucleic acid amplification testing | Blood operators | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Donor eligibility criteria for men who have sex with men and pathogen reduction technologies: Estimating risk with mathematical modelling | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Donor eligibility criteria for men who have sex with men and pathogen reduction technologies: Estimating risk with mathematical modelling | General public | MSM research |
| Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Research ensures innovation and safety go hand in hand for stem cell transplantation | Caspani G, Singh C | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Research ensures innovation and safety go hand in hand for stem cell transplantation | General public | Other |
| Targeted development and optimization of small-molecule ice recrystallization inhibitors (IRIs) for the cryopreservation of biological systems | McMunn LE, Walsh EM, Ben RN | 2024 | Cryo Letters | View Targeted development and optimization of small-molecule ice recrystallization inhibitors (IRIs) for the cryopreservation of biological systems | Researchers | Basic research |
| Use of Albumin in critically ill patients | Relke N, Hewitt M, Rochwerg B, Callum J | 2024 | CHEST Physician Critical Care Commentary | View Use of Albumin in critically ill patients | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Canadian Blood Services supports development of updated clinical guideline on transfusion for hemoglobinopathies | Wolfe A | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Canadian Blood Services supports development of updated clinical guideline on transfusion for hemoglobinopathies | General public | Other |
| Améliorer la sécurité des transfusions de plaquettes grâce à la réduction des agents pathogènes | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Améliorer la sécurité des transfusions de plaquettes grâce à la réduction des agents pathogènes | General public | Other |
| Canadian Blood Services researcher studies potential treatment for sickle cell disease | Abe T | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Canadian Blood Services researcher studies potential treatment for sickle cell disease | General public | Other |
| Création involontaire de préjugés lors de la sélection des donneurs | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Création involontaire de préjugés lors de la sélection des donneurs | General public | MSM research |
| Driving excellence: The Centre for Blood Research and Canadian Blood Services renew collaboration to advance blood science education and training | Chuong K, Sztainert T, Wolfe A | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Driving excellence: The Centre for Blood Research and Canadian Blood Services renew collaboration to advance blood science education and training | General public | Other |
| Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Evaluating umbilical cord blood transfusion efficacy and safety in neonates | Yazdanbakhsh M | 2024 | Centre for Blood Research Blog | View Lay Science Writing Competition 2024: Evaluating umbilical cord blood transfusion efficacy and safety in neonates | General public | Other |
| Determining the impact of current Canadian stem cell registry policy on donor availability via dynamic registry simulation | Blake JT, Ganz K, Seftel M, Allan D | 2024 | Vox Sang | View Determining the impact of current Canadian stem cell registry policy on donor availability via dynamic registry simulation | Blood operators | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Top 5 R.E.D. Blog posts of 2024 | Brennan A | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Top 5 R.E.D. Blog posts of 2024 | General public | Other |
| BloodTechNet educational resources | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View BloodTechNet educational resources | Health care providers | Education research |
| A novel sequencing panel for somatic hypermutation (SHM) status determination | Ghosh D | 2024 | Centre for Blood Research Blog | View A novel sequencing panel for somatic hypermutation (SHM) status determination | General public | Other |
| Transforming Transfusion: engineered platelets using lipid nanoparticles | Perrier J | 2024 | Centre for Blood Research Blog | View Transforming Transfusion: engineered platelets using lipid nanoparticles | General public | Other |
| Correlation of the Transfusion Camp knowledge assessment test with clinical transfusion practice | Tordon B, Meirovich H, Malkin A, Pavenski K, Moorehead A, Ginsborg L, Saeed S, Shehata N, Callum J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Lieberman L, Pendergrast J, Lin Y | 2024 | Transfusion | View Correlation of the Transfusion Camp knowledge assessment test with clinical transfusion practice | Health care providers | Education research |
| Prevalence and significance of large granular lymphocytes in patients with immune thrombocytopenia | Gabe C, Liu Y, Duncan J, St John M, Lucier KJ, Kimmel D, Kelton JG, Arnold DM | 2023 | Platelets | View Prevalence and significance of large granular lymphocytes in patients with immune thrombocytopenia | Researchers | Clinical research |
| An expanded role for blood donor emerging pathogens surveillance | O’Brien SF, Goldman M, Drews S | 2023 | CMAJ | View An expanded role for blood donor emerging pathogens surveillance | Blood operators | New or improved product or process |
| Transmission of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Through Blood Transfusion and Plasma-Derived Products: A Narrative Review of Observed and Modeled Risks | Pozzo di Borgo A, Rochette S, Gaussen A, O'Brien SF, Germain M, Renaud C, Lewin A | 2023 | Transfus Med Rev | View Transmission of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Through Blood Transfusion and Plasma-Derived Products: A Narrative Review of Observed and Modeled Risks | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| The von Willebrand factor-binding aptamer rondaptivon pegol as a treatment for severe and nonsevere hemophilia A | Ay C, Kovacevic KD, Kraemmer D, Schoergenhofer C, Gelbenegger G, Firbas C, Quehenberger P, Jilma-Stohlawetz P, Gilbert JC, Zhu S, Beliveau M, Koenig F, Iorio A, Jilma B, Derhaschnig U, Pabinger I | 2023 | Blood | View The von Willebrand factor-binding aptamer rondaptivon pegol as a treatment for severe and nonsevere hemophilia A | Health care providers | Clinical research |
| Data for assessing red blood cell deformability from microscopy images using deep learning | Lamoureux ES, Islamzada E, Wiens MVJ, Matthews K, Duffy SP, Ma H | 2023 | Data Brief | View Data for assessing red blood cell deformability from microscopy images using deep learning | Researchers | New or improved product or process |
| Summary of adverse transfusion reactions 2018-2023 | Yan M | 2023 | Blood.ca website | View Summary of adverse transfusion reactions 2018-2023 | Blood operators | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Hämolytische Erkrankung des Neugeborenen (Morbus haemolyticus neonatorum; MHN): ABO-Unverträglichkeit | International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines | 2023 | ICTMG.org | View Hämolytische Erkrankung des Neugeborenen (Morbus haemolyticus neonatorum; MHN): ABO-Unverträglichkeit | General public | Other |
| Assessment of stored red blood cells through lab-on-a-chip technologies for precision transfusion medicine | Isiksacan Z, D’Alessandro A, Wolf SM, McKenna DH, Tessier SN, Kucukal E, Gokaltun AA, William N, Sandlin RD, Bischof J, Mohandas N, Busch MP, Elbuken C, Gurkan UA, Toner M, Acker JP, Yarmush ML, Usta OB | 2023 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | View Assessment of stored red blood cells through lab-on-a-chip technologies for precision transfusion medicine | Researchers | Basic research |
| Sickle cell disease and the need for blood: Barriers to donation for African, Caribbean, and Black young adults in Canada | Haw J, Walrond J, Jayachandran J, Dordunoo D, Eche-Ameh H, Muwhen U, Phiri P, Rastogi J, Tinga B | 2023 | Transfusion | View Sickle cell disease and the need for blood: Barriers to donation for African, Caribbean, and Black young adults in Canada | Researchers | Ethical, legal & social implications research |
| Proceedings of the immune thrombocytopenia summit: new concepts in mechanisms, diagnosis, and management | Mahamad S, Modi D, Al-Samkari H, Cuker A, Despotovic JM, Italiano JE, Lambert MP, Lee EJ, Rondina MT, Sholzberg M, Kruse C, Larché M, Nazy I, Miller MS, Arnold DM | 2023 | Res Pract Thromb Haemost | View Proceedings of the immune thrombocytopenia summit: new concepts in mechanisms, diagnosis, and management | Health care providers | Clinical research |
| Trogocytosis drives red blood cell antigen loss in association with antibody-mediated immune suppression | Cruz-Leal Y, Norris PAA, Gonzalez LG, Marjoram D, Wabnitz H, Shan Y, Lazarus AH | 2023 | Blood | View Trogocytosis drives red blood cell antigen loss in association with antibody-mediated immune suppression | Researchers | Basic research |
| Doença hemolítica do recém-nascido (DHRN): incompatibilidade ABO | International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines | 2023 | ICTMG.org | View Doença hemolítica do recém-nascido (DHRN): incompatibilidade ABO | General public | Other |
| Barriers and enablers to and strategies for promoting domestic plasma donation throughout the world: Overarching protocol for three systematic reviews | Etherington C, Palumbo A, Holloway K, Meyer S, Labrecque M, Rubini K, Shorr R, Welch V, Gibson E, Foster T, Haw J, Vesnaver E, Maharshi MT, O’Brien SF, MacPherson P, Dogba J, Steed T, Goldman M, Presseau J | 2023 | PLoS One | View Barriers and enablers to and strategies for promoting domestic plasma donation throughout the world: Overarching protocol for three systematic reviews | Blood operators | Social science research |
| The operational impact of introducing cold stored platelets | Blake JT, Krok E, Pavenski K, Pambrun C, Petraszko T | 2023 | Transfusion | View The operational impact of introducing cold stored platelets | Blood operators | New or improved product or process |
| Modeling unrelated blood stem cell donor recruitment using simulated registrant cohorts: Assessment of human leukocyte antigen matching across ethnicity groups | Blake JT, Parmar G, Ganz K, Seftel MD, Allan DS | 2023 | Transfusion | View Modeling unrelated blood stem cell donor recruitment using simulated registrant cohorts: Assessment of human leukocyte antigen matching across ethnicity groups | Health care providers | New or improved product or process |
| Modular adjuvant-free pan-HLA-DR-immunotargeting subunit vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 elicits broad sarbecovirus-neutralizing antibody responses | Kassardjian A, Sun E, Sookhoo J, Muthuraman K, Boligan KF, Kucharska I, Rujas E, Jetha A, Branch DR, Babiuk S, Barber B, Julien JP | 2023 | Cell Rep | View Modular adjuvant-free pan-HLA-DR-immunotargeting subunit vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 elicits broad sarbecovirus-neutralizing antibody responses | Researchers | Basic research |
| Towards the crux of sex-dependent variability in red cell concentrates | William N, Osmani R, Acker JP | 2023 | Transfus Apher Sci | View Towards the crux of sex-dependent variability in red cell concentrates | Researchers | Basic research |
| NAC Recommendations for the Use of Solvent-Detergent Plasma in Canada | Quinn JG, Pavenski K, Webert K, Ye S | 2023 | National Advisory Committee on Blood and Blood Products | View NAC Recommendations for the Use of Solvent-Detergent Plasma in Canada | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| FAQ : Information destinée aux professionnels de la santé sur les plaquettes d’aphérèse traitées au psoralène (PATP) et les plaquettes d’aphérèse non traitées dans la solution additive pour plaquettes PAS-E | Ning S, Nowry A, Zeller M | 2023 | Blood.ca website | View FAQ : Information destinée aux professionnels de la santé sur les plaquettes d’aphérèse traitées au psoralène (PATP) et les plaquettes d’aphérèse non traitées dans la solution additive pour plaquettes PAS-E | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| The Specialist in Transfusion Science program | Clarke G, Holovati J | 2023 | Immunohematology | View The Specialist in Transfusion Science program | Researchers | Other |
| The impact of biological age of red blood cell on in vitro endothelial activation markers | Alshalani A, Beuger BM, Tuip-de Boer AM, van Bruggen R, Acker JP, Juffermans NP | 2023 | Front Physiol | View The impact of biological age of red blood cell on in vitro endothelial activation markers | Researchers | Basic research |
| The importance of iron for whole blood donors: a Canadian perspective | Khandelwal A, Pambrun C, Goldman M | 2023 | Blood.ca website | View The importance of iron for whole blood donors: a Canadian perspective | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Chapitre 14. Aphérèse thérapeutique | Oliver M, Patriquin C | 2023 | Guide de la pratique transfusionnelle | View Chapitre 14. Aphérèse thérapeutique | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Extracellular vesicles: effectors of transfusion-related acute lung injury | Kuebler WM, William N, Post M, Acker JP, McVey MJ | 2023 | Am J Physiol Lung Cell | View Extracellular vesicles: effectors of transfusion-related acute lung injury | Researchers | Clinical research |
| Adjudicating the Diagnosis of Immune Thrombocytopenia in a Clinical Research Study | Gabe C, Mahamad S, John M, Duncan J, Kelton J, Arnold D | 2023 | TH Open | View Adjudicating the Diagnosis of Immune Thrombocytopenia in a Clinical Research Study | Researchers | Clinical research |
| Validation of a flow-cytometry-based red blood cell antigen phenotyping method | Liwski R, Clarke G, Cheng C, Abidi SSR, Abidi SR, Quinn JG | 2023 | Vox Sang | View Validation of a flow-cytometry-based red blood cell antigen phenotyping method | Health care providers | New or improved product or process |
| Hepatitis B Blood Donor Screening Data: An Under-Recognized Resource for Canadian Public Health Surveillance | O’Brien SF, Reedman CN, Osiowy C, Bolotin S, Yi Q-L, Lourenço L, Lewin A, Binka M, Caffrey N, Drews SJ | 2023 | Viruses | View Hepatitis B Blood Donor Screening Data: An Under-Recognized Resource for Canadian Public Health Surveillance | Researchers | Clinical research |
| Eleven-month SARS-CoV-2 binding antibody decay, and associated factors, among mRNA vaccinees: implications for booster vaccination | Asamoah-Boaheng M, Grunau B, Haig S, Karim ME, Kirkham T, Lavoie PM, Sediqi S, Drews SJ, apos, Brien SF, Barakauskas V, Marquez AC, Jassem A, Goldfarb DM | 2023 | Access Microbiol | View Eleven-month SARS-CoV-2 binding antibody decay, and associated factors, among mRNA vaccinees: implications for booster vaccination | Researchers | Clinical research |