Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Quality Control of Automated Cell Counters Cembrowski GS, Clarke G 2015 Clin Lab Med View Health care providers Other
The epidemiology of imported malaria and transfusion policy in five non-endemic countries O'Brien SF, Delage G, Seed CR, Pillonel J, Fabra CC, Davison K, Kitchen A, Steele WR, Leiby DA 2015 Transfus Med Rev View Blood operators Other
Transfusion management of patients receiving daratumumab therapy for advanced plasma cell myeloma Hannon JL, Clarke G 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Reduced deformability of parasitized red blood cells as a biomarker for anti-malarial drug efficacy Deng X, Duffy SP, Myrand-Lapierre M-E, Matthews K, Santoso AT, Du Y-L, Ryan KS, Ma H 2015 Malar J View Researchers New or improved product or process
Acute Lung Injury Causes Asynchronous Alveolar Ventilation That Can Be Corrected by Individual Sighs Tabuchi A, Nickles HT, Kim M, Semple JW, Koch E, Brochard L, Slutsky AS, Pries AR, Kuebler WM 2015 Am J Respir Crit Care Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Inhibition of phagocytic recognition of anti-D opsonized Rh D+ RBC by polymer-mediated immunocamouflage Li L, Noumsi GT, Kwok YYE, Moulds JM, Scott MD 2015 Am J Hematol View Researchers Basic research
Molecular immunohaematology round table discussions at the AABB Annual Meeting, Philadelphia 2014 Flegel WA, De Castilho SL, Keller MA, Klapper EB, Moulds JM, Noizat-Pirenne F, Shehata N, Stack G, St-Louis M, Tormey CA, Waxman DA, Weinstock C, Wendel S, Denomme GA 2015 Blood Transfus View Health care providers Other
Perioperative Management of Dabigatran: A Prospective Cohort Study Schulman S, Carrier M, Lee AY, Shivakumar S, Blostein M, Spencer FA, Solymoss S, Barty R, Wang G, Heddle N, Douketis JD 2015 Circulation View Health care providers Clinical research
ResearchUnit: Bath time for blood cells: improving the red blood cell washing process Acker JP 2015 Blood.ca website View Other Other
ResearchUnit: Using Immunocamouflage to Fool the Immune System Scott MD 2015 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Validation of sterility testing of cord blood: Challenges and results Ramirez-Arcos S, Kou Y, Yang L, Perkins H, Taha M, Halpenny M, Elmoazzen H 2015 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
A benchmarking program to reduce red blood cell outdating: implementation, evaluation, and a conceptual framework Barty RL, Gagliardi K, Owens W, Lauzon D, Scheuermann S, Liu Y, Wang G, Pai M, Heddle NM 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Aggregates in platelet concentrates van der Meer PF, Dumont LJ, Lozano M, Bondar N, Wong J, Ismay S, Pink J, Nussbaumer W, Coene J, Feys HB, Compernolle V, Devine DV, Howe D, Lin CK, Sun J, Ringwald J, Strasser EF, Eckstein R, Seltsam A, Perseghin P, Proserpio P, Wakamoto S, Akino M, Takamoto S, Tadokoro K, Teo D, Shu PH, Chua SS, Jimenez-Marco T, Lozano M, Cid J, Castro E, Munoz I, Gulliksson H, Sandgren P, Thomas S, Petrik J, McColl K, Kamel H, Dugger J, Sweeney JD, Gorlin JB, Sutor LJ, Heath D, Sayers MH 2015 Vox Sang View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Anti-A and anti-B: what are they and where do they come from? Branch DR 2015 Transfusion View Researchers Other
Chapter 33: Synthesis of N-(4-Methoxybenzyl)-2-(α-d-glucopyranosyl) acetamide Roy R, Vidal S, Briard JG, Shiao TC, Ben RN 2015 Carbohydrate Chemistry: Proven Synthetic Methods, Volume 3 View Researchers Basic research
Dissociation of SERPINE1 mRNA from the translational repressor proteins Ago2 and TIA-1 upon platelet activation Corduan A, Ple H, Laffont B, Wallon T, Plante I, Landry P, Provost P 2015 Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIg) Utilization in Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP): A Multi-Center, Retrospective Review Hsia C, Liu Y, Eckert K, Monga N, Elia-Pacitti J, Heddle NM 2015 Drugs Real World Outcomes View Health care providers Clinical research
Red blood cell transfusion and mortality effect in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol English SW, Chassé M, Turgeon AF, Tinmouth A, Boutin A, Pagliarello G, Fergusson D, McIntyre L 2015 Syst Rev View Researchers Clinical research
Virtual screen for repurposing approved and experimental drugs for candidate inhibitors of EBOLA virus infection Veljkovic V, Loiseau PM, Figadere B, Glisic S, Veljkovic N, Perovic VR, Cavanaugh DP, Branch DR 2015 F1000Res View Researchers Basic research
Evaluation of the appropriateness of frozen plasma usage after introduction of prothrombin complex concentrates: a retrospective study Shih AW, Kolesar E, Ning S, Manning N, Arnold DM, Crowther MA 2015 Vox Sang View Health care providers New or improved product or process
Hemoglobin C in a patient with sickle cell anemia: Transfusion-acquired SC disease Estey MP, Capote KR, Barakauskas VE, Clarke G, Higgins T 2015 Clin Biochem View Health care providers Clinical research
New cancers after autotransplantations for multiple myeloma Mahindra A, Raval G, Mehta P, Brazauskas R, Zhang MJ, Zhong X, Bird JM, Freytes CO, Hale GA, Herzig R, Holmberg LA, Kamble RT, Kumar S, Lazarus HM, Majhail NS, Marks DI, Moreb JS, Olsson R, Saber W, Savani BN, Schiller GJ, Tay J, Vogl DT, Waller EK, Wiernik PH, Wirk B, Lonial S, Krishnan AY, Dispenzieri A, Brandenburg NA, Gale RP, Hari PN 2015 Biol Blood Marrow Transplant View Health care providers Clinical research
Risk infection to spare bleeding? The quandary of splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenia Zeller M, Arnold DM 2015 Am J Hematol View Health care providers Clinical research
The efficacy and safety of heparin in patients with sepsis: a systematic review and metaanalysis Zarychanski R, Abou-Setta AM, Kanji S, Turgeon AF, Kumar A, Houston DS, Rimmer E, Houston BL, McIntyre L, Fox-Robichaud AE, Hebert P, Cook DJ, Fergusson DA 2015 Crit Care Med View Health care providers Clinical research
The prevalence of anti-K in Canadian prenatal patients Goldman M, Lane D, Webert K, Fallis R 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Western immunoblotting as a new tool for investigating direct antiglobulin test-negative autoimmune hemolytic anemias Bloch EM, Sakac D, Branch HA, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Pendergrast J, Pavenski K, Branch DR 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers New or improved product or process
A novel nanobiotherapeutic poly-[hemoglobin-superoxide dismutase-catalase-carbonic anhydrase] with no cardiac toxicity for the resuscitation of a rat model with 90 minutes of sustained severe hemorrhagic shock with loss of 2/3 blood volume Bian Y, Chang TM 2015 Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol View Researchers Basic research
CD8+ T cells are predominantly protective and required for effective steroid therapy in murine models of immune thrombocytopenia Ma L, Simpson E, Li J, Xuan M, Xu M, Baker L, Shi Y, Yougbaré I, Wang X, Zhu G, Chen P, Prudhomme GJ, Lazarus AH, Freedman J, Ni H 2015 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Platelet transfusion: a systematic review of the clinical evidence Kumar A, Mhaskar R, Grossman BJ, Kaufman RM, Tobian AA, Kleinman S, Gernsheimer T, Tinmouth AT, Djulbegovic B 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
ResearchUnit: Breakthrough brings universal blood a step closer to reality Withers SG, Kizhakkedathu J 2015 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Storage duration and other measures of quality of red blood cells for transfusion Spinella PC, Acker J 2015 JAMA View Blood operators Other
Public Perceptions of Pathogen Reduction Technology in the Canadian Donor Blood Supply Gray N, Newbold KB, Lane SJ, Heddle NM, Webert K, Eyles J 2015 ISBT Sci Ser View Blood operators Other
Splitting versus lumping: reconsidering the definition of transfusion-related acute lung injury Webert KE 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
A biochemical network can control formation of a synthetic material by sensing numerous specific stimuli Hun Yeon J, Chan KYT, Wong T-C, Chan K, Sutherland MR, Ismagilov RF, Pryzdial ELG, Kastrup CJ 2015 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
A single-institution analysis of the utility of pre-induction ejection fraction measurement in patients newly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia Bryant A, Sheppard D, Sabloff M, Delbaere M, Maze R, Allan D, Atkins H, Bence-Bruckler I, Faught C, Huebsch L, Tay J, Zanke B, Bredeson C 2015 Leuk Lymphoma View Health care providers Clinical research
Airway Compromise and Perioperative Management of a Patient with Acquired Factor XIII Inhibitor Tone K, Lalu M, Kilty SJ, Rosenberg E, Tinmouth A 2015 A&A Case Reports View Health care providers Clinical research
Delayed clamping of the umbilical cord after delivery and implications for public cord blood banking Allan DS, Scrivens N, Lawless T, Mostert K, Oppenheimer L, Walker M, Petraszko T, Elmoazzen H 2015 Transfusion View Blood operators Other
Distinguishing between anti-platelet factor 4/heparin antibodies that can and cannot cause heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Nazi I, Arnold DM, Warkentin TE, Smith JW, Staibano P, Kelton JG 2015 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
Accelerated apoptotic death and in vivo turnover of erythrocytes in mice lacking functional mitogen- and stress-activated kinase MSK1/2 Lang E, Bissinger R, Fajol A, Salker MS, Singh Y, Zelenak C, Ghashghaeinia M, Gu S, Jilani K, Lupescu A, Reyskens KM, Ackermann TF, Foller M, Schleicher E, Sheffield WP, Arthur JS, Lang F, Qadri SM 2015 Sci Rep View Researchers Basic research
Donor attention to reading materials O'Brien SF, Osmond L, Choquet K, Yi QL, Goldman M 2015 Vox Sang View Blood operators Other
Fibronectin orchestrates thrombosis and hemostasis Wang Y, Carrim N, Ni H 2015 Oncotarget View Researchers Other
Incidence of gammopathies in long-term plasmapheresis donors at Canadian Blood Services Palmer DS, Scalia V, O'Toole J, Welch C, Yi Q, Goldman M 2015 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Preoperative Autologous Blood Donation: Waning Indications in an Era of Improved Blood Safety Vassallo R, Goldman M, Germain M, Lozano M, For the BEST Collaborative 2015 Transfus Med Rev View Health care providers Other
ResearchUnit: Platelets vs. blood vessels: what causes bleeding fetuses and newborns with FNAIT? Ni H 2015 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Sustained expression of coagulation Factor IX by modified cord blood-derived mesenchymal stromal cells Dodd M, Marquez-Curtis L, Janowska-Wieczorek A, Hortelano G 2014 J Gene Med View Researchers Basic research
The efficacy and safety of plasma exchange in patients with sepsis and septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis Rimmer E, Houston BL, Kumar A, Abou-Setta AM, Friesen C, Marshall JC, Rock G, Turgeon AF, Cook DJ, Houston DS, Zarychanski R 2014 Crit Care View Health care providers Clinical research
The procoagulant envelope virus surface: contribution to enhanced infection Pryzdial EL, Sutherland MR, Ruf W 2014 Thromb Res View Researchers Basic research
What should men living with haemophilia need to know? The perspectives of Canadian men with haemophilia Arnold E, Lane S, Webert KE, Chan A, Walker I, Tufts J, Rubin S, Poon MC, Heddle NM 2014 Haemophilia View Health care providers Other
Medium conditioned with mesenchymal stromal cell-derived osteoblasts improves the expansion and engraftment properties of cord blood progenitors Dumont N, Boyer L, Emond H, Saltik BC, Pasha R, Bazin R, Mantovani D, Roy DC, Pineault N 2014 Exp Hematol View Researchers Basic research
Molecular immunohematology: red cell antigen genotyping Goldman M 2014 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research