Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
The systematic use of evidence-based methodologies and technologies enhances shared decision-making in the 2018 International Consensus Conference on Patient Blood Management Van Remoortel H, Aranko K, Mueller MM, De Buck E, Devine D, Folléa G, Meybohm P, Tiberghien P, Wood EM, Vandekerckhove P, Seifried E 2020 Vox Sang View Researchers Benchmarking and standard setting
Age-Specific SARS-CoV-2 Infection Fatality and Case Identification Fraction in Ontario, Canada Fisman DN, Drews SJ, Tuite AR, O’Brien SF 2020 medRxiv View Researchers Clinical research
Characterizing the ability of an ice recrystallization inhibitor to improve platelet cryopreservation Waters L, Ben R, Acker JP, Padula MP, Marks DC, Johnson L 2020 Cryobiology View Researchers New or improved product or process
Crosstalk Between Platelets and Microbial Pathogens Li C, Li J, Ni H 2020 Front Immunol View Researchers Basic research
Evidence for sustained mucosal and systemic antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 antigens in COVID-19 patients Isho B, Abe KT, Zuo M, Jamal AJ, Rathod B, Wang JH, Li Z, Chao G, Rojas OL, Bang YM, Pu A, Christie-Holmes N, Gervais C, Ceccarelli D, Samavarchi-Tehrani P, Guvenc F, Budylowski P, Li A, Paterson A, Yun YF, Marin LG, Caldwell L, Wrana JL, Colwill K, Sicheri F, Mubareka S, Gray-Owen SD, Drews SJ, Siqueira WL, Barrios-Rodiles M, Ostrowski M, Rini JM, Durocher Y, J.McGeer A, Gommerman JL, Gingras A-C 2020 medRxiv View Researchers Basic research
Phenotype matching and storage age of blood for sickle cell patients: A review and recommendations for transfusion practice Morin P-A, Skeate R, Clarke G 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Safety and efficacy of self-administered romiplostim in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: Results of an integrated database of five clinical trials Kuter DJ, Arnold DM, Rodeghiero F, Janssens A, Selleslag D, Bird R, Newland A, Mayer J, Wang K, Olie R 2020 Am J Hematol View Researchers Clinical research
The unique characteristics of COVID-19 coagulopathy Iba T, Levy J, Conors J, Warkentin T, Tachil J, Levi M 2020 Crit Care View Health care providers Clinical research
Concentré de recherche: Concentré de fibrinogène vs cryoprécipité pour réduire les saignements après une chirurgie cardiaque Karkouti K 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research
Sources of viral respiratory infections in Canadian acute care hospital healthcare personnel Buckrell S, Coleman BL, McNeil SA, Katz K, Muller MP, Simor A, Loeb M, Powis J, Kuster SP, Di Bella JM, Coleman KKL, Drews SJ, Kohler P, McGeer A, Hatchette T, Holness L, Raboud J, Langley J, Mazzulli T, Nichol K, Genesove L, Oudyk J, McCaskell L, Johnson N 2020 J Hosp Infect View Health care providers Clinical research
The 14-3-3ζ–c-Src–integrin-?3 complex is vital for platelet activation Shen C, Liu M, Xu R, Wang G, Li J, Chen P, Ma W, Mwangi J, Lu Q, Duan Z, Zhang Z, Dahmani FZ, Mackeigan DT, Ni H, Lai R 2020 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome refractory to high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin responsive to therapeutic plasma exchange James TE, Martin LJ, Warkentin TE, Crowther MA 2020 Platelets View Health care providers Clinical research
Establishment of Transfusion-Relevant Bacteria Reference Strains for Red Blood Cells Prax M, Spindler-Raffel E, McDonald CP, Bearne J, Satake M, Kozakai M, Rojo J, Hanschmann K-MO, Lambrecht B, Grundmann U, O’Flaherty N, Klimek A, Bekeredjian-Ding I, Gathof BS, Störmer M, Süßner S, Renke C, Lee C-k, Knabbe C, Vollmer T, Keil SD, Shipps ME, Wagner SJ, Jentsch U, Mpumlwana X, Cloutier M, Bringmann P, Lu T, Ramirez-Arcos S, Kou Y, Krut O, ISBT Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases Working Party SoB 2020 Vox Sang View Researchers New or improved product or process
Transient loss of membrane integrity following intracellular ice formation in dimethyl sulfoxide-treated hepatocyte and endothelial cell monolayers William N, Acker JP 2020 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research
Association of Influenza Activity and Environmental Conditions With the Risk of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Berry I, Tuite AR, Salomon A, Drews S, Harris AD, Hatchette T, Johnson C, Kwong J, Lojo J, McGeer A, Mermel L, Ng V, Fisman DN 2020 JAMA Netw Open View Health care providers Clinical research
Cluster-randomized trials in transfusion medicine Sirotich E, Barty R, Li N, Arnold DM 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Development of an Ordinal Scale Treatment Endpoint for Adults Hospitalized With Influenza Lee N, Smith SW, Hui DSC, Ye M, Zelyas N, Chan PKS, Drews SJ, Zapernick L, Wong R, Labib M, Shokoples S, Eurich DT 2020 Clin Infect Dis View Researchers Clinical research
Good practice statements (GPS) for the clinical care of patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura Zheng XL, Vesely SK, Cataland SR, Coppo P, Geldziler B, Iorio A, Matsumoto M, Mustafa RA, Pai M, Rock G, Russell L, Tarawneh R, Valdes J, Peyvandi F 2020 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Promoting access to COVID-19 convalescent plasma in low- and middle-income countries Bloch EM, Goel R, Montemayor C, Cohn C, Tobian AAR 2020 Transfus Apher Sci View Health care providers Clinical research
Sustained Depletion of FXIII-A by Inducing Acquired FXIII-B Deficiency Strilchuk AW, Meixner SC, Leung J, Safikhan N, Kulkarni JA, Russell HM, van der Meel R, Sutherland MR, Owens AP, Palumbo J, Conway EM, Pryzdial EL, Cullis P, Kastrup CJ 2020 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Whole Blood and Apheresis Collection of Blood Components Intended for Transfusion Acker J, Razatos A 2020 AABB Technical Manual, 20th Edition Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Daudi cell stroma: An alternative to dithiothreitol to resolve daratumumab interference in pretransfusion testing Tremblay T, Branch DR, Loubaki L 2020 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
ISTH guidelines for the diagnosis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura Zheng XL, Vesely SK, Cataland SR, Coppo P, Geldziler B, Iorio A, Matsumoto M, Mustafa RA, Pai M, Rock G, Russell L, Tarawneh R, Valdes J, Peyvandi F 2020 J Thromb Haemost View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Utilising red cell antigen genotyping and serological phenotyping in sickle cell disease patients to risk-stratify patients for alloimmunisation risk Shih AW, Yan MTS, Elahie AL, Barty RL, Liu Y, Berardi P, Azzam M, Siddiqui R, Parvizian MK, Mcdougall T, Heddle NM, Al-Habsi KS, Goldman M, Cote J, Athale U, Verhovsek MM 2020 Transfus Med View Health care providers Clinical research
Variations in hemoglobin measurement and eligibility criteria across blood donation services are associated with differing low-hemoglobin deferral rates: a BEST Collaborative study Zalpuri S, Romeijn B, Allara E, Goldman M, Kamel H, Gorlin J, Vassallo R, Grégoire Y, Goto N, Flanagan P, Speedy J, Buser A, Kutner JM, Magnussen K, Castrén J, Culler L, Sussmann H, Prinsze FJ, Belanger K, Compernolle V, Tiberghien P, Cardenas JM, Gandhi MJ, West KA, Lee CK, James S, Wells D, Sutor LJ, Wendel S, Coleman M, Seltsam A, Roden K, Steele WR, Bohonek M, Alcantara R, Di Angelantonio E, van den Hurk K, BEST Collaborative 2020 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
A call for caution in use of pertussis vaccine effectiveness studies to estimate waning immunity: A Canadian Immunization Research Network Study Crowcroft NS, Schwartz KL, Savage RD, Chen C, Johnson C, Li Y, Marchand-Austin A, Bolotin S, Deeks SL, Jamieson FB, Drews SJ, Russell ML, Svenson LW, Simmonds K, Righolt CH, Bell C, Mahmud SM, Kwong JC 2020 Clin Infect Dis View Researchers Clinical research
Concentré de recherche: Protéger les patients atteints d’anémie falciforme contre le risque d’allo-immunisation?: avantages du génotypage Shih AW 2020 Blood.ca website Health care providers Clinical research
The efficacy of ice recrystallization inhibitors in rat lung cryopreservation using a low cost technique for ex vivo subnormothermic lung perfusion Lautner L, Himmat S, Acker JP, Nagendran J 2020 Cryobiology View Researchers Basic research
Illustrated State-of-the-Art Capsules of the ISTH 2020 Congress Ariens R, Becattini C, Bender M, Bergmeier W, Castoldi E, Devreese K, Ellis M, Gailani D, Ignjatovic V, James PD, Kerrigan S, Lambert M, Lee LH, Levi M, Maugeri N, Meijers J, Melero-Martin J, Michelson AD, Mingozzi F, Neeves K, Ni H, Olsson A-K, Prohászka Z, Ranson M, Riva N, Senis Y, van Ommen CH, Vaughan DE, Weisel J 2020 J Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
New insights into IVIg mechanisms and alternatives in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases Norris PAA, Kaur G, Lazarus AH 2020 Curr Opin Hematol View Researchers Basic research
Research Unit: Estimating hemophilia prevalence and life expectancy Iorio A 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Clinical research
Transfusion of blood components containing ABO-incompatible plasma does not lead to higher mortality in civilian trauma patients Seheult JN, Dunbar NM, Hess JR, Tuott EE, Bahmanyar M, Campbell J, Fontaine M, Khan J, Ko A, Mi J, Murphy MF, Nykoluk T, Poisson J, Raval JS, Shih A, Sperry JL, Staves J, Wong M, Yan MTS, Ziman A, Yazer MH, Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) Collaborative 2020 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Circular of information for the use of human blood components: Hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC), cord blood Jenkins C 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Isoagglutinin-reduced immunoglobulin retains efficacy in mouse models of immune thrombocytopenia and rheumatoid arthritis and is less likely to cause intravenous immunoglobulin–associated hemolysis Cen SY, Branch DR 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: Improving quality testing of stem cells for patients Pineault N 2020 Blood.ca website View Researchers New or improved product or process
Trehalose-Based Polyethers for Cryopreservation and Three-Dimensional Cell Scaffolds Diaz-Dussan D, Peng YY, Sengupta J, Zabludowski R, Adam MK, Acker JP, Ben RN, Kumar P, Narain R 2020 Biomacromolecules View Researchers Basic research
Blood Components Gupta A, Bigham M 2020 Clinical Guide to Transfusion View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A comparison of methods for prediction of pharmacokinetics when switching to extended half-life products in hemophilia A patients Yu JK, Iorio A, Edginton AN 2020 Thromb Res View Researchers Clinical research
Donor-dependent aging of young and old red blood cell subpopulations: Metabolic and functional heterogeneity Mykhailova O, Olafson C, Turner TR, D?Alessandro A, Acker JP 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
High subzero cryofixation: A technique for observing ice within tissues Lautner L, William N, Acker JP 2020 Cryobiology View Researchers New or improved product or process
The mega-importance of de novo lipogenesis in platelet production Nazy I, Arnold DM, Steinberg GR 2020 Nat Metab View Researchers Basic 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
Testing and management of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia Meunier D, Clarke G 2020 Blood.ca website View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A case series of inactivated Japanese encephalitis virus vaccination associated with positive West Nile virus blood donor screening nucleic acid tests Drews SJ, Makowski K, Wood H, Dimitrova K, Yan MTS, Young D, Skeate R, Ng M, Hawes G, Fearon M, Bigham M 2020 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Aging, chronic inflammation, and platelet hyperactivity Ma W, Karakas D, Chen ZY, Ni H 2020 Ann Blood View Researchers Basic research
Circulaire d'information utilisation de composants sanguins humains: Cellules progénitrices hématopoïétiques de sang de cordon ombilical Jenkins C 2020 Blood.ca website Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
A crosswalk tabular review on methods and outcomes from randomized clinical trials using pathogen reduced platelets Rebulla P, Garban F, van der Meer PF, Heddle NM, McCullough J 2020 Transfusion View Researchers Clinical research
Platelet autoantibodies in the bone marrow of patients with immune thrombocytopenia Shrestha S, Nazy I, Smith JW, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2020 Blood Adv View Health care providers Clinical research
SARS in Canada: Lessons learned for the blood operator Devine DV 2020 Transfus Med View Blood operators Other
Update on newer approaches to prevent or treat COVID-19 infection: What we all need the most right now!! Seghatchian J, Acker JP, Putter JS 2020 Transfus Apher Sci View Researchers New or improved product or process