Our Research Publications

Updated November 2023

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
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
A novel VSV/HIV pseudotype approach for the study of HIV microbicides without requirement for level 3 biocontainment Harrison AL, Henry S, Mahfoud R, Manis A, Albertini A, Gaudin Y, Lingwood CA, Branch DR 2011 Future Virol View Researchers Basic research
A personalized limited sampling approach to better estimate terminal half-life of FVIII concentrates Chelle P, Iorio A, Edginton AN 2022 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
A pH and thermosensitive choline phosphate-based delivery platform targeted to the acidic tumor microenvironment Yu X, Yang X, Horte S, Kizhakkedathu JN, Brooks DE 2014 Biomaterials View Researchers Basic research
A phase-II sequential case-series study of all patients presenting to four plasma exchange centres with presumed relapsed/refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura treated with rituximab Clark WF, Rock G, Barth D, Arnold DM, Webert KE, Yenson PR, Kelton JG, Li L, Foley SR, members of the Canadian Apheresis G 2015 Br J Haematol View Health care providers Clinical research
A plasmin-activatable thrombin inhibitor reduces experimental thrombosis and assists experimental thrombolysis in murine models Sheffield WP, Eltringham-Smith LJ, Gataiance S, Bhakta V 2014 J Thromb Thrombolysis View Researchers Basic research
A platelet cover-up Arnold DM 2013 Blood View Researchers Other
A platelet viability assay (PVA) for the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Ivetic N, Arnold D, Smith J, Huynh A, Kelton J, Nazy I 2019 Platelets View Researchers Basic research
A Portrait of Cord Blood Units Distributed for Transplantation from Canadian Blood Services’ Cord Blood Bank: First Analysis Parmar G, Green M, Mostert K, Lawless T, Dibdin N, Weiss J, Ganz K, Petraszko T, Seftel MD, Allan DS 2022 Curr Oncol View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
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
A Primer on Biostatistics Shih AW, Li N, Montemayor C, Heddle NM 2022 Practical Transfusion Medicine View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A prospective multi-faceted interventional study of blood bank technologist screening of red blood cell transfusion orders: The START study Kron AT, Collins A, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Pendergrast J, Webert K, Lieberman L, Zeller MP, Harding SR, Nahirniak S, Prokopchuk-Gauk O, Lin Y, Mendez B, Armali C, Lee C, Watson D, Arnott D, Xun F, Blain H, Panchuk H, Hughes H, Chorneyko K, Angers M, Pilutti N, Lett R, Dowsley S, Ruijs T, Cupido T, Kichinko T, Thompson T, Afshar-Ghotli Z, Callum J, University of Toronto Quality in Utilization, Education and Safety in Transfusion (QUEST) Research Program 2021 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
A Prospective Observational Cohort Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Between Paramedics and Matched Blood Donors in Canada During the COVID-19 Pandemic Grunau B, O’Brien SF, Kirkham TL, Helmer J, Demers PA, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Drews SJ, Karim ME, Srigley JA, Sediqi S, O’Neill D, Drennan IR, Goldfarb DM 2022 Ann Emerg Med View Researchers Clinical research
A prospective observational study of the incidence, natural history, and risk factors for intravenous immunoglobulin-mediated hemolysis Pendergrast J, Armali C, Callum J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Jiwajee A, Lieberman L, Lau W, Lin Y, Parmar N, Pavenski K, Riden LS, Shehata N, Willie-Ramharack K, Tomlinson G, Tong TN, Binnington B, Branch DR 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
A prospective study measuring the development of antibodies against platelet factor 4-heparin in healthy males after exposure to heparins Kelton JG, Warkentin TE, Moore JC, Arnold DM, Nazi I, Arepally GM, Roach JM, Fier I 2012 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
A push in Alberta for "pay-for-plasma" distracts from bigger questions Cattapan A 2020 Policy Options View Other Ethical, legal and social implications research
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
A quality monitoring program for red blood cell components: in vitro quality indicators before and after implementation of semiautomated processing Acker JP, Hansen AL, Kurach JD, Turner TR, Croteau I, Jenkins C 2014 Transfusion View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
A randomized controlled trial comparing the outcome of critically ill adults who received fresher vs. older red cells units Lacroix J, Hébert PC, Fergusson DA, Tinmouth A, Walsh T, Stanworth S, Campbell H, Boyd J, Burrows H, Hemmatapour S, on behalf of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group 2016 ISBT Sci Ser View Health care providers Clinical research
A Rapid Screening Assay Identifies Monotherapy with Interferon-ß and Combination Therapies with Nucleoside Analogs as Effective Inhibitors of Ebola Virus McCarthy SDS, Majchrzak-Kita B, Racine T, Kozlowski HN, Baker DP, Hoenen T, Kobinger GP, Fish EN, Branch DR 2016 PLoS Negl Trop Dis View Researchers Basic research
A regional massive hemorrhage protocol developed through a modified Delphi technique Callum JL, Yeh CH, Petrosoniak A, McVey MJ, Cope S, Thompson T, Chin V, Karkouti K, Nathens AB, Murto K, Beno S, Pendergrast J, McDonald A, MacDonald R, Adhikari NKJ, Alam A, Arnold D, Barratt L, Beckett A, Brenneman S, Chaudhry HR, Collins A, Harvey M, Lampron J, Margarido C, McFarlan A, Nascimento B, Owens W, Pai M, Rizoli S, Ruijs T, Skeate R, Skelton T, Sholzberg M, Syer K, Viveiros JL, Theriault J, Tinmouth A, Van Heest R, White S, Zeller M, Pavenski K 2019 CMAJ Open View Health care providers Clinical research
A Retrospective Chart Review of Transfusion Practices in the Palliative Care Unit Setting Sirianni G, Perri G, Callum J, Gardner S, Berall A, Selby D 2018 Am J Hosp Palliat Care View Researchers Clinical research
A retrospective study of the added value of parallel titers compared with serial titers Lin Y, Cohen R, Buckstein J, Callum J, Lieberman L 2019 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
A role for red cell clearance in antibody-mediated inhibition of erythrocyte alloimmunization? Marjoram D, Cruz-Leal Y, Bernardo L, Lazarus AH 2017 ISBT Sci Ser View Researchers Basic 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 medRxiv View Researchers New or improved product or process
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
A simple protein-based surrogate neutralization assay for SARS-CoV-2 Abe KT, Li Z, Samson R, Samavarchi-Tehrani P, Valcourt EJ, Wood H, Budylowski P, Dupuis Ii AP, Girardin RC, Rathod B, Wang J, Barrios-Rodiles M, Colwill K, McGeer A, Mubareka S, Gommerman JL, Durocher Y, Ostrowski M, McDonough KA, Drebot MA, Drews SJ, Rini JM, Gingras AC 2020 JCI Insight View Researchers New or improved product or process
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
A stressful predicament for blood bankers! Branch DR 2020 Transfus Med View Blood operators Basic research
A study protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating clinical effects of platelet transfusion products: the Pathogen Reduction Evaluation and Predictive Analytical Rating Score (PREPAReS) trial Ypma PF, van der Meer PF, Heddle NM, van Hilten JA, Stijnen T, Middelburg RA, Hervig T, van der Bom JG, Brand A, Kerkhoffs JL 2016 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
A Survey of Patient Experience in CML: American and Canadian Perspectives Hillis C, Flynn KE, Goldman EH, Moreira-Lucas TS, Visentini J, Dorman S, Ballinger R, Byrnes HF, De Palma A, Barbier V, Machado L, Atallah E 2023 Patient Prefer Adherence View Researchers Clinical research
A suspected septic transfusion reaction associated with posttransfusion contamination of a platelet pool by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium Drews SJ, Lesley P, Detsky ME, Distefano L, Ilagan C, Mehta S, McGeer A, Shehata N, Skeate R, Ramirez-Arcos S 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
A synthetic globotriaosylceramide analogue inhibits HIV-1 infection in vitro by two mechanisms Harrison AL, Olsson ML, Jones RB, Ramkumar S, Sakac D, Binnington B, Henry S, Lingwood CA, Branch DR 2010 Glycoconj J View Researchers Basic research
A systematic evaluation of laboratory testing for drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia Arnold DM, Kukaswadia S, Nazi I, Esmail A, Dewar L, Smith JW, Warkentin TE, Kelton JG 2013 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Clinical research
A systematic review of definitions and reporting of bleeding outcome measures in haemophilia Chai-Adisaksopha C, Hillis C, Thabane L, Iorio A 2015 Haemophilia View Health care providers Clinical research
A systematic review of preclinical studies on the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stromal cell-derived microvesicles Akyurekli C, Le Y, Richardson RB, Fergusson D, Tay J, Allan DS 2015 Stem Cell Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
A systematic review of the association between anti-?-2 glycoprotein I antibodies and APS manifestations Jiang D, Lim W, Crowther M, Garcia D 2021 Blood Adv View Researchers Clinical research
A thermoreversible poly(choline phosphate) based universal biomembrane adhesive Yu X, Yang X, Horte S, Kizhakkedathu JN, Brooks DE 2014 Macromol Biosci View Researchers Basic research
A trend of dropping anti-SARS-CoV-2 plaque reduction neutralization test titers over time in Canadian convalescent plasma donors Drews SJ, Devine DV, McManus J, Mendoza E, Manguiat K, Wood H, Girardin R, Dupuis A, McDonough K, Drebot M 2021 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
A trial to determine whether septic shock-reversal is quicker in pediatric patients randomized to an early goal-directed fluid-sparing strategy versus usual care (SQUEEZE): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial Parker MJ, Thabane L, Fox-Robichaud A, Liaw P, Choong K 2016 Trials View Researchers Clinical research
A user guide to the American Society of Hematology clinical practice guidelines Izcovich A, Cuker A, Kunkle R, Neumann I, Panepinto J, Pai M, Seftel M, Cheung MC, Lottenberg R, Byrne M, Plovnick R, Terrell D, Holter-Chakrabarty JL, Djulbegovic B, Hicks LK, Wiercioch W, Nieuwlaat R, Schünemann HJ 2020 Blood Adv View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
AABB Committee Report: reducing transfusion-transmitted cytomegalovirus infections AABB Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee, Heddle NM, Boeckh M, Grossman B, Jacobson J, Kleinman S, Tobian AAR, Webert K, Wong ECC, Roback JD 2016 Transfusion View Blood operators Clinical research
ABO blood group and COVID-19: a review on behalf of the ISBT COVID-19 working group Goel R, Bloch EM, Pirenne F, Al-Riyami AZ, Crowe E, Dau L, Land K, Townsend M, Jecko T, Rahimi-Levene N, Patidar G, Josephson CD, Arora S, Vermeulen M, Vrielink H, Montemayor C, Oreh A, Hindawi S, van den Berg K, Serrano K, So – Osman C, Wood E, Devine DV, Spitalnik SL, the ISBT COVID-19 Working Group 2021 Vox Sang View Researchers Clinical research
ABO blood groups influence macrophage-mediated phagocytosis of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes Wolofsky KT, Ayi K, Branch DR, Hult AK, Olsson ML, Liles WC, Cserti-Gazdewich CM, Kain KC 2012 PLoS Pathog View Researchers Basic research
ABO O blood group as a risk factor for platelet reactivity in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Karnes JH, Rollin J, Giles JB, Martinez KL, Steiner HE, Shaffer CM, Momozawa Y, Inai C, Bombin A, Shi M, Mosley JD, Stanaway I, Selleng K, Thiele T, Mushiroda T, Pouplard C, Heddle NM, Kubo M, Phillips EJ, Warkentin TE, Gruel Y, Greinacher A, Roden DM 2022 Blood View Researchers Basic research
ABO zygosity, but not secretor or Fc receptor status, is a significant risk factor for IVIG-associated hemolysis Branch DR, Hellberg Å, Bruggeman CW, Storry JR, Sakac D, Blacquiere M, Tong TN, Burke-Murphy E, Binnington B, Parmar N, Riden LS, Willie K, Armali C, Aziz J, Lieberman L, Laroche V, Callum J, Lin Y, Shehata N, Pavenski K, Lau W, Hannach B, Kuijpers TW, Olsson ML, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Pendergrast J 2018 Blood 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
Accuracy of International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision Codes for Identifying Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Liu B, Hadzi-Tosev M, Liu Y, Lucier KJ, Garg A, Li S, Heddle NM, Rochwerg B, Ning S 2022 Crit Care Explor View Health care providers Clinical research
Acellular pertussis vaccine effectiveness and waning immunity in Alberta, Canada: 2010–2015, a Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) study Bell CA, Russell ML, Drews SJ, Simmonds KA, Svenson LW, Schwartz KL, Kwong JC, Mahmud SM, Crowcroft NS 2019 Vaccine View Health care providers Clinical research
Acetylsalicyclic acid for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic diseases Webert K, Kelton J 2016 Aspirin and related drugs View Health care providers Clinical research