Our Research Publications

Updated August 2025

Title Authors Year Journal Link to Article Intended Audience Purpose
Quality assessment of established and emerging blood components for transfusion Acker J, Marks DC, Sheffield W 2016 J Blood Transfus View Blood operators Benchmarking and standard setting
Antibody-mediated immune suppression is improved when blends of anti-RBC monoclonal antibodies are used in mice Bernardo L, Amash A, Marjoram D, Lazarus AH 2016 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Introduction of a closed-system cell processor for red blood cell washing: postimplementation monitoring of safety and efficacy Acker JP, Hansen AL, Yi Q-L, Sondi N, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Pendergrast J, Hannach B 2016 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Oxford's Systematic Review Initiative: leading by example in evidence-based transfusion medicine Fergusson DA 2016 Transfus Med View Researchers Clinical research
ResearchUnit: Mastering the monocyte monolayer assay Branch D 2016 Blood.ca website View Other Other
RhoA/ROCK signaling contributes to sex differences in the activation of human platelets Schubert P, Coupland D, Nombalais M, Walsh G, Devine DV 2016 Thromb Res View Researchers Basic research
Shining a light on AHG "blind" spot(s) Branch DR, Westhoff CM 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Understanding stakeholder important outcomes and perceptions of equity, acceptability and feasibility of a care model for haemophilia management in the US: a qualitative study Lane SJ, Sholapur NS, Yeung CH, Iorio A, Heddle NM, Sholzberg M, Pai M 2016 Haemophilia View Health care providers Other
The Ottawa criteria for the appropriate use of perioperative blood transfusions in liver resection using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method. Bennett S, Fergusson D, Tinmouth A, McIsaac D, Pawlik T, Hebert P, Mcintyre L, Karanicolas P, Barkun J, Turgeon-Fournier A 2016 Can J Surg View Health care providers Clinical research
Acquired Factor XIII Inhibitor in Hospitalized and Perioperative Patients: A Systematic Review of Case Reports and Case Series Tone KJ, James TE, Fergusson DA, Tinmouth A, Tay J, Avey MT, Kilty S, Lalu MM 2016 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Clinical research
Donor deferral policies for men who have sex with men: where are we today? Goldman M, O'Brien SF 2016 Curr Opin Hematol View Blood operators Other
Hepatitis E Petrik J, Lozano M, Seed CR, Faddy HM, Keller AJ, Prado Scuracchio PS, Wendel S, Andonov A, Fearon M, Delage G, Zhang J, Shih JWK, Gallian P, Djoudi R, Tiberghien P, Izopet J, Dreier J, Vollmer T, Knabbe C, Aggarwal R, Goel A, Ciccaglione AR, Matsubayashi K, Satake M, Tadokoro K, Jeong S-H, Zaaijer HL, Zhiburt E, Chay J, Teo D, Chua SS, Piron M, Sauleda S, Echevarría J-M, Dalton H, Stramer SL 2016 Vox Sang View Blood operators Other
Mitochondrial Inner Membrane Depolarization as a Marker of Platelet Apoptosis: Disclosure of Nonapoptotic Membrane Depolarization Gyulkhandanyan AV, Allen DJ, Mykhaylov S, Lyubimov E, Ni H, Freedman J, Leytin V 2016 Clin Appl Thromb Hemost View Researchers Basic research
Noninvasive pH monitoring for bacterial detection in platelet concentrates Loza-Correa M, Perkins H, Kumaran D, Kou Y, Qaisar R, Geelhood S, Ramirez-Arcos S 2016 Transfusion View Researchers New or improved product or process
Platelet microparticles reprogram macrophage gene expression and function Laffont B, Corduan A, Rousseau M, Duchez AC, Lee CH, Boilard E, Provost P 2016 Thromb Haemost View Researchers Basic research
Splenic lymphocyte subtypes in immune thrombocytopenia: increased presence of a subtype of B-regulatory cells Aslam R, Segel GB, Burack R, Spence SA, Speck ER, Guo L, Semple JW 2016 Br J Haematol View Researchers Basic research
The Grand Challenges of Organ Banking: Proceedings from the first global summit on complex tissue cryopreservation Lewis JK, Bischof JC, Braslavsky I, Brockbank KGM, Fahy GM, Fuller BJ, Rabin Y, Tocchio A, Woods EJ, Wowk BG, Acker JP, Giwa S 2016 Cryobiology View Researchers Other
The spleen dictates platelet destruction, anti-platelet antibody production, and lymphocyte distribution patterns in a murine model of immune thrombocytopenia Aslam R, Kapur R, Segel GB, Guo L, Zufferey A, Ni H, Semple JW 2016 Exp Hematol View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion premedication practices among pediatric health care practitioners in Canada: results of a national survey Solh Z, Chan AK, Heddle NM 2016 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
Aneurysmal SubArachnoid Hemorrhage—Red Blood Cell Transfusion And Outcome (SAHaRA): a pilot randomised controlled trial protocol English SW, Fergusson D, Chassé M, Turgeon A, Lauzier F, Griesdale D, Algird A, Kramer A, Tinmouth A, Lum C 2016 BMJ Open View Researchers Clinical research
Dicer1 mediated miRNA processing shapes the mRNA profile and function of murine platelets Rowley JW, Chappaz S, Corduan A, Chong MM, Campbell R, Khoury A, Manne BK, Wurtzel JG, Michael JV, Goldfinger LE, Mumaw MM, Nieman MT, Kile BT, Provost P, Weyrich AS 2016 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Erroneous HbA1c results in a patient with elevated HbC and HbF Adekanmbi J, Higgins T, Rodriguez-Capote K, Thomas D, Winterstein J, Dixon T, Gifford JL, Krause R, Venner AA, Clarke G, Estey MP 2016 Clinica Chimica Acta View Health care providers Clinical research
Extracellular histones identified in crocodile blood inhibit in-vitro HIV-1 infection Kozlowski HN, Lai ET, Havugimana PC, White C, Emili A, Sakac D, Binnington B, Neschadim A, McCarthy SD, Branch DR 2016 AIDS View Researchers Basic research
Phosphatidylserine externalization and procoagulant activation of erythrocytes induced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factor pyocyanin Qadri SM, Donkor DA, Bhakta V, Eltringham-Smith LJ, Dwivedi DJ, Moore JC, Pepler L, Ivetic N, Nazi I, Fox-Robichaud AE, Liaw PC, Sheffield WP 2016 J Cell Mol Med View Researchers Basic research
Producing megakaryocytes from a human peripheral blood source Ivetic N, Nazi I, Karim N, Clare R, Smith JW, Moore JC, Hope KJ, Kelton JG, Arnold DM 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Temperature stability of Poly-[hemoglobin-superoxide dismutase-catalase-carbonic anhydrase] in the form of a solution or in the lyophilized form during storage at -80°C, 4°C, 25°C and 37°C or pasteurization at 70°C Bian Y, Guo C, Chang T 2016 Artif Cells Nanomed Biotechnol View Researchers Basic research
Transfusion thresholds and other strategies for guiding allogeneic red blood cell transfusion Carson JL, Stanworth SJ, Roubinian N, Fergusson DA, Triulzi D, Doree C, Hebert PC 2016 Cochrane Database Syst Rev View Health care providers Clinical research
Validation of administrative database codes for acute kidney injury in kidney transplant recipients Molnar AO, van Walraven C, McArthur E, Fergusson D, Garg AX, Knoll G 2016 Can J Kidney Health Dis View Regulators New or improved product or process
Characterization of the growth modulatory activities of osteoblast conditioned media on cord blood progenitor cells Abu-Khader A, Pasha R, Ward GCD, Boisjoli G, Pineault N 2016 Cytotechnology View Researchers Basic research
Identification of six new RHCE variant alleles in individuals of diverse racial origin Goldman M, Cemborain A, Cote J, El Hamss R, Flower RL, Garaizar A, Garcia-Sanchez F, Hyland CA, Kalvelage M, Londero D, Lopez GH, Revelli N, Rodriguez-Wilhelmi P, Villa A, Ochoa-Garay G 2016 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Introduction to the Special Issue: Teaching Healthcare Operations Research, Part 1 Blake J 2016 INFORMS Transactions on Education View Researchers Other
Microparticle and mitochondrial release during extended storage of different types of platelet concentrates Marcoux G, Duchez A-C, Rousseau M, Levesque T, Boudreau LH, Thibault L, Boilard E 2016 Platelets View Researchers Basic research
Reducing the age of transfused red blood cells in hospitals: ordering and allocation policies Sarhangian V, Abouee-Mehrizi H, Baron O, Berman O, Heddle NM, Barty R 2016 Vox Sang View Health care providers Benchmarking and standard setting
Riboflavin and ultraviolet illumination affects selected platelet mRNA transcript amounts differently Klein-Bosgoed C, Schubert P, Devine DV 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
ResearchUnit: United we stand, divided we fall: using monoclonal antibody combinations to improve drug effectiveness Lazarus A 2016 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Stability of Thawed Apheresis Fresh-Frozen Plasma Stored for up to 120 Hours at 1° C to 6° C Sheffield WP, Bhakta V, Yi Q-L, Jenkins C 2016 J Blood Transfus View Researchers Basic research
Triplets with neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to antibodies against human platelet antigen 1a Solh Z, Breakey V, Murthy P, Smith JW, Arnold DM 2016 Transfusion View Health care providers Clinical research
CD20+ B-cell depletion therapy suppresses murine CD8+ T-cell-mediated immune thrombocytopenia Guo L, Kapur R, Aslam R, Speck ER, Zufferey A, Zhao Y, Kim M, Lazarus AH, Ni H, Semple JW 2016 Blood View Researchers Basic research
Clinical Studies of Ex Vivo Expansion to Accelerate Engraftment After Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation: A Systematic Review Kiernan J, Damien P, Monaghan M, Shorr R, McIntyre L, Fergusson D, Tinmouth A, Allan D 2016 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Clinical research
Non-invasive spectroscopy of transfusable red blood cells stored inside sealed plastic blood-bags Buckley K, Atkins CG, Chen D, Schulze HG, Devine DV, Blades MW, Turner RFB 2016 Analyst View Researchers New or improved product or process
Quantification of Cell-Free DNA in Red Blood Cell Units in Different Whole Blood Processing Methods Shih AW, Bhagirath VC, Heddle NM, Acker JP, Liu Y, Eikelboom JW, Liaw PC 2016 J Blood Transfus View Blood operators Basic research
ResearchUnit: Searching for safer red blood cell bags for pediatric recipients Serrano K, Acker J 2016 Blood.ca website View Other Other
Protein translation occurs in platelet concentrates despite riboflavin/UV light pathogen inactivation treatment Schubert P, Culibrk B, Karwal S, Goodrich RP, Devine DV 2016 Proteomics Clin Appl View Researchers Basic research
Changes in blood center red blood cell distributions in the era of patient blood management: the trends for collection (TFC) study Yazer MH, Jackson B, Beckman N, Chesneau S, Bowler P, Delaney M, Devine D, Field S, Germain M, Murphy MF, Sayers M, Shaz B, Shinar E, Takanashi M, Vassallo R, Wickenden C, Yahalom V, Land K, on behalf of the BEST Collaborative 2016 Transfusion View Blood operators New or improved product or process
Effect of Blood Donor Characteristics on Transfusion Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Chasse M, McIntyre L, English SW, Tinmouth A, Knoll G, Wolfe D, Wilson K, Shehata N, Forster A, van Walraven C, Fergusson DA 2016 Transfus Med Rev View Researchers Clinical research
Extracellular matrix proteins in the regulation of thrombus formation Wang Y, Gallant RC, Ni H 2016 Curr Opin Hematol View Researchers Basic research
Optimal conditions for the performance of a monocyte monolayer assay Tong TN, Burke-Murphy E, Sakac D, Pendergrast J, Cserti-Gazdewich C, Laroche V, Branch DR 2016 Transfusion View Researchers Basic research
Platelets are versatile cells: New discoveries in hemostasis, thrombosis, immune responses, tumor metastasis and beyond Xu XR, Zhang D, Oswald BE, Carrim N, Wang X, Hou Y, Zhang Q, Lavalle C, McKeown T, Marshall AH, Ni H 2016 Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci View Researchers Basic research
Subarachnoid hemorrhage admissions retrospectively identified using a prediction model English SW, McIntyre L, Fergusson D, Turgeon A, dos Santos MP, Lum C, Chassé M, Sinclair J, Forster A, van Walraven C 2016 Neurology View Health care providers Clinical research
The mechanism and modulation of complement activation on polymer grafted cells Leung VL, Kizhakkedathu JN 2016 Acta Biomater View Researchers Basic research