Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
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
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
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
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
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
Recommended primary outcomes for clinical trials evaluating hemostatic blood products and agents in patients with bleeding: Proceedings of a National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and US Department of Defense Consensus Conference Spinella PC, El Kassar N, Cap AP, Kindzelski AL, Almond CS, Barkun A, Gernsheimer TB, Goldstein JN, Holcomb JB, Iorio A, Jensen DM, Key NS, Levy JH, Mayer SA, Moore EE, Stanworth SJ, Lewis RJ, Steiner ME 2021 J Trauma Acute Care Surg View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
ResearchUnit: Treating bleeding during cardiac surgery: Is prothrombin complex concentrate a substitute for plasma? Kron A 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research
The importance of evaluating differences in HES formulations used in hematopoietic progenitor cell cryopreservation Halpenny M, William N, Elmoazzen H, Giulivi A, Martin L, Perron D, Bredeson C, Hamelin L, Huebsch L, Yang L, Birch P, Acker JP 2021 Cytotherapy View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Treatment-induced cerebral sinus venous thrombosis in childhood acute lymphoblastic malignancies: New risk factors to consider El-Khoury H, Saifi O, Haddad S, Chahrour M, Ghanem KM, Mubarak Y, Tamim H, Makki M, Zakka C, Chan AK, Mahfouz R, Tarek N, El-Solh H, Abboud MR, Saab R, Muwakkit SA 2021 Pediatr Blood Cancer View Health care providers Clinical research
Discrete-Event Simulation to Model the Thrombolysis Process for Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients at Urban and Rural Hospitals Bulmer T, Volders D, Blake J, Kamal N 2021 Front Neurol View Researchers New or improved product or process
Extensive variability in platelet, bleeding, and QOL outcome measures in adult and pediatric ITP: Communication from the ISTH SSC subcommittee on platelet immunology Al-Samkari H, Cronin A, Arnold DM, Rodeghiero F, Grace RF 2021 J Thromb Haemost 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
Evaluation of riboflavin and ultraviolet light treatment against Klebsiella pneumoniae in whole blood-derived platelets: A pilot study Alabdullatif M, Osman IE, Alrasheed M, Ramirez-Arcos S, Alyousef M, Althawadi S, Alhumiadan H 2021 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
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
Effect of cryopreservation on a rare McLeod donor red blood cell concentrate Turner TR, Clarke G, Denomme GA, Skeate R, Acker JP 2021 Immunohematology View Researchers Basic research
A multisite study of pertussis vaccine effectiveness by time since last vaccine dose from three Canadian provinces: A Canadian Immunization Research Network study Savage RD, Bell CA, Righolt CH, Wilkinson K, Schwartz KL, Chen C, Bolotin S, Deeks SL, Drews SJ, Jamieson FB, Johnson C, Kwong JC, Mahmud SM, Russell ML, Simmonds KA, Svenson LW, Crowcroft NS 2021 Vaccine View Researchers Clinical research
ResearchUnit: Convalescent plasma is an ineffective treatment for patients with COVID-19 Modi D 2021 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research