Our Research Publications
Updated August 2025
| Title | Authors | Year Sort ascending | Journal | Link to Article | Intended Audience | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatric antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 after infection and vaccination in Calgary, Canada | Ricketson LJ, Doucette EJ, Alatorre I, Tarannum T, Gray J, Booth W, Tipples G, Charlton C, Kanji JN, Fonseca K, Kellner JD | 2024 | BMC Infect Dis | View Pediatric antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 after infection and vaccination in Calgary, Canada | Health care providers | Epidemiology research |
| One month left to enter the 2024 Lay Science Writing Competition! | Wolfe A | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View One month left to enter the 2024 Lay Science Writing Competition! | General public | Other |
| Améliorer la sécurité du traitement par IgIV pour les patients | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Améliorer la sécurité du traitement par IgIV pour les patients | General public | Other |
| Restrictive or liberal transfusion strategy in myocardial infarction and anemia | Carson J | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Restrictive or liberal transfusion strategy in myocardial infarction and anemia | Health care providers | Clinical research |
| Qualitative analysis of Canadian blood and plasma donors' views on expanding donor screening eligibility for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men | Woo H, Fisher W, Kohut T, Haw J | 2024 | Transfusion | View Qualitative analysis of Canadian blood and plasma donors' views on expanding donor screening eligibility for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men | Researchers | MSM Social science research |
| Transfusion Camp: The UK experience and its value in improving knowledge of transfusion medicine among postgraduate trainees | Aggarwal A, Kaushik K, Morton S, Danaee A, Gurung K, Robinson S, Kapitany C, Charge S, Lin Y, Desborough M, Murphy MF | 2024 | Transfus Med | View Transfusion Camp: The UK experience and its value in improving knowledge of transfusion medicine among postgraduate trainees | Health care providers | Education research |
| Critères d’admissibilité au don des HARSAH et technologies de réduction des agents pathogènes : estimer les risques par la modélisation mathématique | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Critères d’admissibilité au don des HARSAH et technologies de réduction des agents pathogènes : estimer les risques par la modélisation mathématique | General public | MSM research |
| Cutibacterium acnes contamination does not enhance the proinflammatory profile of platelet concentrates | Kumaran D, Ramirez-Arcos S | 2024 | Transfusion | View Cutibacterium acnes contamination does not enhance the proinflammatory profile of platelet concentrates | Researchers | Basic research |
| Surveillance Report 2024 | O'Brien SF | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View Surveillance Report 2024 | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Improving blood safety through a risk-informed approach to complex decision-making | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Improving blood safety through a risk-informed approach to complex decision-making | General public | Other |
| Antagonism of the Platelet-Activating Factor Pathway Mitigates Inflammatory Adverse Events Driven by Anti-erythrocyte Antibody Therapy in Mice | Won KD, Gil Gonzalez L, Cruz-Leal Y, Pavon Oro A, Lazarus AH | 2024 | J Immunol | View Antagonism of the Platelet-Activating Factor Pathway Mitigates Inflammatory Adverse Events Driven by Anti-erythrocyte Antibody Therapy in Mice | Researchers | Basic research |
| FAQ: Delisting of directed donations at Canadian Blood Services | Ning S | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View FAQ: Delisting of directed donations at Canadian Blood Services | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Nova Scotia blood donors | O'Brien SF, Deeks SL, Hatchette T, Pambrun C, Drews SJ | 2024 | J Assoc Med Microbiol Infect Dis Can | View SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Nova Scotia blood donors | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| Accuracy of venous thromboembolism ICD-10 codes: A systematic review and meta-analysis | Liu B, Hadzi-Tosev M, Eisa K, Liu Y, Lucier KJ, Garg A, Li S, Xu E, Mithoowani S, Ikesaka R, Heddle NM, Rochwerg B, Ning S | 2024 | Thromb Res | View Accuracy of venous thromboembolism ICD-10 codes: A systematic review and meta-analysis | Researchers | Basic research |
| Advancing gender inclusivity for Two-Spirit, trans, nonbinary and other gender-diverse blood and plasma donors | Haw J, Butler-Foster T, Murray B, Lapierre D, Bosse J, Edwards J, Gümüşpala Ş, Jenkins C, Devor A | 2024 | Vox Sang | View Advancing gender inclusivity for Two-Spirit, trans, nonbinary and other gender-diverse blood and plasma donors | Researchers | Social science research |
| Mythbusters Social Media Package: Use of Intravenous Albumin: A Guideline from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG) | Callum J, Clark E, Rochwerg B, Daly J, Raza S, Vlaar A, Wolfe A | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View Mythbusters Social Media Package: Use of Intravenous Albumin: A Guideline from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG) | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Platelet component inventory, indications & ordering | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View Platelet component inventory, indications & ordering | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Implementation of sexual risk behavior donor screening in Canada | Goldman M, Lewin A, Renaud C, O'Brien SF | 2024 | Transfusion | View Implementation of sexual risk behavior donor screening in Canada | Blood operators | MSM research |
| Characterization of transfusion-relevant bacteria reference strains in a lyophilized format | Prax M, McDonald CP, Bekeredjian-Ding I, Cloutier M, Gravemann U, Grothaus A, Krut O, Mpumlwana X, O'Flaherty N, Satake M, Stafford B, Suessner S, Vollmer T, Ramirez-Arcos S | 2024 | Vox Sang | View Characterization of transfusion-relevant bacteria reference strains in a lyophilized format | Researchers | New or improved product or process |
| Pushing the boundaries of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: insights from cutting-edge preclinical research | Hasan T, Maganti HB | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Pushing the boundaries of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: insights from cutting-edge preclinical research | General public | Other |
| Estimated median density identifies donor age and sex differences in red blood cell biological age | Mykhailova O, Brandon-Coatham M, Durand K, Olafson C, Xu A, Yi Q-L, Kanias T, Acker JP | 2024 | Transfusion | View Estimated median density identifies donor age and sex differences in red blood cell biological age | Researchers | Basic research |
| Making platelet transfusions safer through pathogen reduction | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Making platelet transfusions safer through pathogen reduction | General public | Other |
| Commentary on "Inhibition of cellular activation induced by platelet factor 4 via the CXCR3 pathway ameliorates Japanese encephalitis and dengue viral infections" | Drews SJ | 2024 | J Thromb Haemost | View Commentary on "Inhibition of cellular activation induced by platelet factor 4 via the CXCR3 pathway ameliorates Japanese encephalitis and dengue viral infections" | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| Comparable bacterial growth in platelet concentrates suspended in plasma and platelet additive solution and improved detection of bacterial contamination using a new generation automated culture system | Kou Y, Kumaran D, Howell A, Ramirez-Arcos S | 2024 | Transfusion | View Comparable bacterial growth in platelet concentrates suspended in plasma and platelet additive solution and improved detection of bacterial contamination using a new generation automated culture system | Researchers | Basic research |
| Feasibility of plasma donation with alternative eligibility criteria | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Feasibility of plasma donation with alternative eligibility criteria | General public | MSM research |
| Lay Science Writing Competition 2024 – Open! | Centre for Blood Research | 2024 | Centre for Blood Research Blog | View Lay Science Writing Competition 2024 – Open! | General public | Other |
| Advancing the Scientific Basis for Determining Death in Controlled Organ Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death | Murphy NB, Shemie SD, Capron A, Truog RD, Nakagawa T, Healey A, Gofton T, Bernat JL, Fenton K, Khush KK, Schwartz B, Wall SP | 2024 | Transplantation | View Advancing the Scientific Basis for Determining Death in Controlled Organ Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Transfusion Probability as a Novel Measure for Lab-Guided Medical Decision-Making | Risk M, Callum J, Trentino K, Murray K, Zhao L, Shi X, Verma A, Razak F, Raza S | 2024 | medRxiv | View Transfusion Probability as a Novel Measure for Lab-Guided Medical Decision-Making | Health care providers | Clinical research |
| Perseverance and collaboration: How a new clinical trial aims to determine whether sex matters when matching blood products to patients | Wolfe A | 2024 | Research.Education.Discovery (R.E.D.) Blog | View Perseverance and collaboration: How a new clinical trial aims to determine whether sex matters when matching blood products to patients | General public | Other |
| Améliorer la sécurité et préserver les ressources en diminuant les transfusions inappropriées | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Améliorer la sécurité et préserver les ressources en diminuant les transfusions inappropriées | General public | Other |
| Understanding immunity in Canada: COVID-19 seroprevalence studies | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Understanding immunity in Canada: COVID-19 seroprevalence studies | General public | Other |
| Reply to Kaestner et al.: Pioneering quantitative platforms for stored red blood cell assessment open the door for precision transfusion medicine | Isiksacan Z, D’Alessandro A, 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 | 2024 | PNAS | View Reply to Kaestner et al.: Pioneering quantitative platforms for stored red blood cell assessment open the door for precision transfusion medicine | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Modélisation mathématique : comparaison des risques de transmission du VIH en fonction de différentes politiques d’admissibilité au don de sang des HARSAH | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Modélisation mathématique : comparaison des risques de transmission du VIH en fonction de différentes politiques d’admissibilité au don de sang des HARSAH | General public | MSM research |
| Implementing pathogen reduction technology while discontinuing blood donor deferral criteria for sexual risk behaviors: A simulation study | Domingue MP, O'Brien SF, Grégoire Y, Lanteri MC, Stramer SL, Camirand Lemyre F, Lewin A | 2024 | Transfusion | View Implementing pathogen reduction technology while discontinuing blood donor deferral criteria for sexual risk behaviors: A simulation study | Blood operators | Epidemiology research |
| Exposure of cryopreserved red cell concentrates to real-world transient warming events has a negligible impact on quality | Kurach J, Brandon-Coatham M, Olafson C, Turner TR, Phan C, Yazdanbakhsh M, Osmani R, Ehsani-Moghaddam B, Clarke G, Acker JP | 2024 | Transfusion | View Exposure of cryopreserved red cell concentrates to real-world transient warming events has a negligible impact on quality | Blood operators | New or improved product or process |
| Canada's approach to SARS-CoV-2 sero-surveillance: Lessons learned for routine surveillance and future pandemics | O'Brien SF, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Grunau B, Krajden M, Buckeridge DL, Goldfarb DM, Anderson M, Germain M, Brown P, Stein DR, Kandola K, Tipples G, Awadalla P, Lang A, Behl L, Fitzpatrick T, Drews SJ | 2024 | Can J Public Health | View Canada's approach to SARS-CoV-2 sero-surveillance: Lessons learned for routine surveillance and future pandemics | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Public Health Research Toolkit: A report from the Surveillance, Risk Assessment and Policy Sub-group of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party | Stanley J, Busch MP, Erikstrup C, Galel SA, Holmberg JA, Lewin A, O'Brien SF, Osiowy C, Patidar G, Russell WA, Spencer BR, Higgs C | 2024 | Vox Sang | View The International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Public Health Research Toolkit: A report from the Surveillance, Risk Assessment and Policy Sub-group of the ISBT Transfusion Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party | Blood operators | Epidemiology research |
| Advancing in vivo assessment of red blood cell transfusions: A call for radiation-free methods in transfusion medicine | Yazdanbakhsh M, Acker JP | 2024 | Transfus Apher Sci | View Advancing in vivo assessment of red blood cell transfusions: A call for radiation-free methods in transfusion medicine | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Improving safety and conserving resources by reducing unnecessary transfusions | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Blood.ca website | View Improving safety and conserving resources by reducing unnecessary transfusions | General public | Other |
| Use of Intravenous Albumin: A Guideline From the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines | Callum J, Skubas NJ, Bathla A, Keshavarz H, Clark EG, Rochwerg B, Fergusson D, Arbous S, Bauer SR, China L, Fung M, Jug R, Neill M, Paine C, Pavenski K, Shah PS, Robinson S, Shan H, Szczepiorkowski ZM, Thevenot T, Wu B, Stanworth S, Shehata N | 2024 | Chest | View Use of Intravenous Albumin: A Guideline From the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Alberta’s research priorities to advance organ donation and transplantation: an ecosystem-based and consensus-driven approach to strategic research planning | Davoodi S, Gongal P, Delaney S, Acker J, Boulet D, Boulet T, Dijke E, Elliot J, Halloran K, Halpin A, Hartell D, Kemp L, Kramer A, Lam N, Mager D, Mokoena T, Pepper A, Powell L, Tandon P, Wilson M, Wilkins R, Woolfsmith J, West L | 2024 | Can Heal Pol | View Alberta’s research priorities to advance organ donation and transplantation: an ecosystem-based and consensus-driven approach to strategic research planning | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Thrombotic triad in microgravity | Elahi MM, Witt AN, Pryzdial ELG, McBeth PB | 2024 | Thromb Res | View Thrombotic triad in microgravity | Researchers | Basic research |
| Decreasing parvovirus B19 and hepatitis A nucleic acid test positivity rates in Canadian plasma donors following the initiation of COVID-19 restriction in March 2020 | Drews SJ, Charlton C, O'Brien SF, Burugu S, Denomme GA | 2024 | Vox Sang | View Decreasing parvovirus B19 and hepatitis A nucleic acid test positivity rates in Canadian plasma donors following the initiation of COVID-19 restriction in March 2020 | Researchers | Epidemiology research |
| Mythbusters: Use of Intravenous Albumin: A Guideline from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG) | Callum J, Clark E, Rochwerg B, Daly J, Raza S, Vlaar A, Wolfe A | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View Mythbusters: Use of Intravenous Albumin: A Guideline from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG) | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Réserves en produits plaquettaires, indications et commande | Canadian Blood Services' Innovation & Portfolio Management | 2024 | Professionaleducation.blood.ca | View Réserves en produits plaquettaires, indications et commande | Health care providers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| Viral coagulation: pushing the envelope | Pryzdial ELG, Perrier JR, Rashid MU, West HE, Sutherland MR | 2024 | J Thromb Haemost | View Viral coagulation: pushing the envelope | Researchers | Basic research |
| A perspective on exogenous redox regulation mediated by transfused RBCs subject to the storage lesion | William N, Acker JP | 2024 | Transfus Apher Sci | View A perspective on exogenous redox regulation mediated by transfused RBCs subject to the storage lesion | Researchers | Basic research |
| Sebum Components Dampen the Efficacy of Skin Disinfectants against Cutibacterium acnes Biofilms | Kumaran D, Ramirez-Arcos S | 2024 | Microorganisms | View Sebum Components Dampen the Efficacy of Skin Disinfectants against Cutibacterium acnes Biofilms | Researchers | Basic research |
| The selection and preparation of red cell components for intrauterine transfusion: A national survey | Bodnar M, Lieberman L, Arsenault V, Berardi P, Duncan J, Lane D, Lavoie M, McCarthy J, Morrison D, Robitaille N, Shehata N, Wilson A, Clarke G, Obstetrical tC, Pediatric Transfusion Network | 2024 | Vox Sang | View The selection and preparation of red cell components for intrauterine transfusion: A national survey | Researchers | Benchmarking and standard setting |
| 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 |